| Edition |
10th edition. |
| Description |
260 pages : forms ; 28 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Is a partnership right for you? -- Sharing ownership of a business -- Business structure options -- Comparing partnerships to LLCs and corporations -- A closer look at partnerships -- An overview of Your Partnership Agreement -- Preparing your agreement -- Basic topics covered in a partnership agreement -- Partners : their authority and relationship -- Name and purpose of the partnership -- Financial considerations -- Expanding your business -- Operational and management responsibilities -- Withdrawal of a partner, buyouts, and ending a partnership -- Disputes -- Short-form partnership agreements -- Will you need a lawyer or an accountant? -- Partnership name, contributions, profits, and management -- Name, term, and purpose -- Contributions -- Profits, losses, draws, and salaries -- Management responsibilities -- Changes and growth of your partnership -- Amending the partnership agreement -- Admission of a new partner -- Changes : departure of a partner, buyouts, and business continuation -- Buy-sell clauses -- Determining the value of the business -- Payments to departing partners -- Expelling a partner -- Continuing the partnership -- Terminating a partnership -- Partnership disputes : mediation and arbitration -- Mediation -- Arbitration -- Combining mediation with arbitration -- Partnership and taxes -- Using tax experts -- Partnership business and personal income taxes -- How partnerships are taxed -- Family partnerships for tax-savings -- Tax consequences of contributions to a partnership -- Management of the partnership business -- Tax returns -- Taxation and sale of a partnership interest -- Tax terms explained -- Getting your business started -- Permits and licenses -- Federal and state tax requirements -- Bookkeeping and accounting -- Budgeting -- Insurance -- Rent and lease negotiations -- Limited partnerships -- How a limited partnership works -- The relationship between the general partner and the limited partners -- Securities aspects of limited partnerships -- Certificate of limited partnership -- Tax aspects of limited partnerships -- Lawyers and other professionals/doing your own research -- Lawyers -- Partnership tax experts -- Doing your own research -- Drafting your own partnership agreement -- How to prepare your agreement -- After you've drafted your agreement -- The story of a partnership. |
| Subject |
Partnership -- United States -- Popular works.
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Articles of partnership -- United States -- Popular works.
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Articles of partnership. (OCoLC)fst00817186
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Partnership. (OCoLC)fst01054190
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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Law for laypersons.
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| Added Author |
Warner, Ralph (Ralph Jake), author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Clifford, Denis. Form a partnership. 10th edition. Berkeley, CA : Nolo, 2017 9781413324471 (DLC) 2017008877 |
| ISBN |
9781413324464 (paperback) |
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1413324460 (paperback) |
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