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Proprietorship

It is an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its assets and liabilities and entitled to earned profits and enjoying the benefit of business environment.

Features of Proprietorship:

  • One man ownership and control
  • No much legal formalities
  • Own Capital contribution
  • Unlimited liability
  • No separate entity for the business and personal
  • Non Profit sharing
  • Complete secrecy

Benefits of Proprietorship:

  • Easiest and least expensive form of ownership to organize
  • Sole proprietors are in complete control, and within the parameters of the law, may make decisions as they see fit.
  • Sole proprietors receive all income generated by the business to keep or plough back to earn.
  • Profits from the business flow-through directly to the owner's personal tax return.
  • The business is easy to dissolve, if desired

Limitations of Proprietorship:

  • Sole proprietors have unlimited liability and are legally responsible for all debtagainst the business. Their business and personal assets are at risk according to the risk of the business.
  • Has a disadvantage in raising funds and are often limited to using funds from personal savings or consumer loans.
  • May have a hard time attracting high-caliber employees, or those that are motivated by the opportunity to own a part of the business.

Suitability:

A sole proprietorship form of business organization is suitable to the following types of business houses where:

  • The capital requirement is very small.
  • The goods are of artistic and personal requirements
  • There is transfer of personal services
  • Computer services
  • Business necessitating spirit of co-operation

Procedure for Commencement of Proprietorship:

  • Decide on a business name for your sole proprietorship.
  • Search availability of your sole proprietorship's chosen business name, and for similarity to existing names
  • Register your sole proprietorship's name
  • Application for PAN/Bank Account

A sole proprietorship offers the least amount of complication in terms of start-up requirements for the different business organizations (i.e. corporation, partnership, etc.)

 
     
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