Limited Partnership Essay

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1. What form of partnership allows some of the investors to limit their liability? Explain by giving examples. There are many ways people start their businesses; the first one being sole proprietorship, second one partnership, and the last one corporation. Sole proprietorship refers to one owner, partnership refers to two or more owners, and corporation is a unique ownership that can be purchased through stocks. The ownership I will be discussing is partnership and how there is a limit on anyone of the partners liability in the company. Most partnerships are formed through an agreement between the participants, known as the Articles of partnership, which specifies the ownership interest. Usually when there is any loses all the partners involved are liable. To circumvent this shared unlimited liability feature, a special form of partnership, called a limited partnership, can be utilized. In the situation of unlimited partnership the owners who have put in a limited amount of money are only responsible for what they invested in the firm. The limited partner does not run the company because it is prohibited to do so. In the United States there is a law that is called the Uniform partnership act that first started in 1914, and then was revised several times until 1997 which documents the procedures the limited partnership must follow. Not all of the states in the United States are bound by this law. Louisiana is not included in the Uniform partnership act. The Act does not alter a partner's liability for personal misconduct and does not alter the normal partnership rules regarding a partner's right to indemnification from the partnership. In becoming an LLP (limited liability partner), each partner should consider a personal liability calculus. Where partnership assets are insufficient to indemnify a partner for an LLP obligation, each partner forfeits a

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