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types of business
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                           SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP




                                                                          ALL PROFITS ARE YOURS TO
                     THE SOLE (INDIVIDUAL) OWNER,                           KEEP. BECAUSE YOU ARE
                   AND FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL                      PERSONALLY LIABLE, A CREDITOR
                    DEBTS AND OBLIGATIONS RELATED                        CAN MAKE A CLAIM AGAINST

                              TO THE BUSINESS.                           YOUR PERSONAL ASSETS AS

                                                                     WELL AS YOUR BUSINESS ASSETS

                                                                     IN ORDER TO SATISFY ANY DEBTS.




                                             PARTNERSHIP




                       a non-incorporated business

                      that is created between two                            GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, EACH
                                                                            PARTNER IS JOINTLY LIABLE
                                or more people.
                                                                            FOR THE DEBTS OF THE
                                                                            PARTNERSHIP.
                   In a partnership, your                                   LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, A

                  financial resources are                                   PERSON CAN CONTRIBUTE TO
                combined with those of your                                 INVOLVED IN ITS OPERATIONS.
                                                                            THE BUSINESS WITHOUT BEING
                business partner(s), and put                                A LIMITED LIABILITY

                        into the business.                                  PARTNERSHIP IS USUALLY

                                                                           ONLY AVAILABLE TO A GROUP
                                                                           OF PROFESSIONALS, SUCH AS
                        YOU AND YOUR PARTNER(S) WOULD                      LAWYERS, ACCOUNTANTS OR
                          THEN SHARE IN THE PROFITS OF

                         THE BUSINESS ACCORDING TO ANY                     DOCTORS.
                            LEGAL AGREEMENT YOU HAVE
                                        DRAWN UP.


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