Business Structures

There are specific laws that pertain to how businesses can set themselves up. Businesses can be started up as sole proprietorships, general or limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, corporations, S corporations, professional associations, limited liability companies, business trusts and professional corporations. Each business structure has its own unique laws regarding how the business can operate, how it can do taxes and so on and so forth. Here you will find an explanation of the options that are available to you pertaining to business structures and the laws surrounding them.

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Basics of Business Structures
Business structures typically are comprised of certain key points that make them different. There are several business structures that have differentiating facets however; there are only six ordinary issues that characterize each business form. The business structures depend upon the number of people involved in the business and the liability assumed by the owners of the business. These are not always the choice of the business owner due to the laws governing certain types of business structures.
Business Subchapter S Corporation
A business subchapter S corporation derives its title from the taxation codes that these company structures fall under according to Chapter 1, subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Service’s Internal Revenue Code. Earnings from these subchapter S corporations are not taxed as personal incomes, however, as earnings to be paid to amongst the company’s shareholders. Aside from earnings, the losses of the company will also be divided amongst shareholders within a business subchapter S corporation. Individual shareholders will then report their personal earnings or losses on their pers
Delaware Incorporation
During the high-tech bubble in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the idea of a quick path to an initial public offering became so entrenched that startups began skipping the step of incorporating...
E-Commerce Law
The definition of an e-commerce is essentially the purchase, sale, or exchange of goods and services via the internet. Additionally, e-commerce includes transferring assets, business communications, and intra-company electronic communication including emails, faxes, conferencing mediums, images, or video over the internet or any other form of digital network. The trends of e-commerce in t

E-business
The global nature of the doing online business presents unique and challenging legal issues for an e-business attorney and every internet business owner. The United States Census Bureau reports in 2007, nearly 248 million Americans note they have access to the internet, which is roughly 75% of the overall population in the United States. While these internet business statistics sound staggeri
Joint Venture
As the adage goes, “good contracts in business are like good fences between neighbors”, and when considering entering into a joint venture, every business owner should seek the comprehensive counsel of a joint venture attorney. Joint ventures in business encompass the union of two or more companies in a pseudo-partnership for an explicitly defined period of time.
Limited Partnership
A business limited partnership, though seemingly a complex term, means exactly what the title specifies. In business relations, business owners fall into one of two categories: general partners and limited partners.

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