Friday, September 5, 2014

Things To Take Note Of When Entering Partnerships

By Mattie MacDonald


When one would enter a partnership, he is bonded by certain rules under the law which would both allow and restrict him and his partners to do certain things. Now partnerships can be very helpful because it will allow one to have more capital and to have more help with making the business big. Here are some of the basic rules to think about when entering a partnership.

Now one thing to take note of would be that there are different kinds of partners like general partners or industrial partners and many more. Now each of these partners would have different positions and different contributions to give. Now even if they do, each of the partners would still have to follow the fundamental rules.

Now one of the first basic rules that one would have to think about would be the contributions that one would make. Now when it comes to contributing to the partnership, one can actually contribute either cash, property, or industry. Now the amount of control that one partner will have over the business will depend on how much he has contributed to it like if he were to contribute to make up fifty percent of the business, he controls that fifty percent.

Now the next thing to take note of would be the distribution of the profits and losses that the company would be incurring. Now the partners have to determine during the creation of the partnership who will get how much of the share of profits and who will be liable for what. From there a contract has to be made so that in the future, there will be no disputes over who gets what.

Now another rule that one would always have to remember in managing a partnership would be that a partner may make a decision without permission from the rest. So in the event that the company will need to come into an agreement with another party, one partner may make a decision. This will help them not have disputes among themselves.

Now if one would want to end the business, it is also possible but there are also some rules to think about. Now when one would want to dissolve a partnership, then he would be terminating all operations. Now if he would want to be free from the business, he would have to carefully apply for dissolution to do things legally.

Some rules for this kind of situation would be to first make sure that all of them would be notified about the dissolution. When deciding to close the business, the partners would have to legally apply for a dissolution. Also, once the partnership is already dissolved, then all the partners will be able to get their assets back according to what they contributed.

So if one is interested in creating a partnership, these are some of the basic rules that he would have to take note of. Now one has to make sure that him and his partners would follow all of these rules otherwise legal actions can be taken. Now do take note that all partners have their own tasks and they must follow the law.




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