Chapter 2 Sole Proprietorship and Partnership
Chapter 2 Sole Proprietorship and Partnership
Characteristics
Limitation
• The owner of a SP must be responsible for debts and obligations of the SP with assets he/she
contribute to the SP
• Rights of partners:
Distinguish general partners and limited partners
General partners Limited partners
Right to -Manage the P’ship - Don’t have this right
manage - Vote on anything - Vote on some issues: amending
and supplementing the charter,
amending and supplementing
their rights and obligations,
reorganizing and dissolving the
company
Right to Right to inspect the books and Right to inspect the books and
information records, contracts… records
- Do business on behalf of the - No right to do
company, legal representative; business on behalf of
Right to use the company's seals and the company
do assets to do business; right to be
business repaid …
- To be entitled to share profits - To be entitled to share
in the proportion to their profits in proportion to their
Right to contributed capital or contributed capital;
profits according to the partnership
and agreement (the charter);
losses
Duties of partners
General partners Limited partners
Obligation to - Contributing correctly, - Contributing correctly, fully and on time
contribute fully and on time as as committed => the uncontributed capital
capital committed => violations, is considered a debt to the company;
causing damage to the Failure to do so may result in expulsion
company, must compensate;
Liability for Joint and several liability Limited liability
company debts