Business Structures and Incorporation

Download or read book Business Structures and Incorporation written by Ann Carrington and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive book describing principal forms of business, exploring the considerations and strategies in making an appropriate selection, sample forms and documents, and much more. By carefully considering the forms of business entities that are available and then intelligently choosing an appropriate one, the entrepreneur can reduce exposure to liabilities, save taxes and launch the business in a form capable of being financed and conducted efficiently. The sooner a choice is made, the more flexibility and wider selection the entrepreneur will have. Moreover, formalizing a business helps prevent misunderstandings among the participants by defining ownership, roles, and duties in the business.The primary considerations in the choice of business entity will be how to protect the entrepreneur's personal assets from liabilities of the business. For example, tax strategies such as maximizing the tax benefits of start-up losses, avoiding double (or even triple) layers of taxation, and converting ordinary income into long term capital gains, which is taxed at lower rates. other examples include: selecting an entity that will be attractive to potential investors and lenders, availability of attractive equity incentives for employees and other service providers, and costs (start-up costs and on-going costs).