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1
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a business with a only ONE owner is a ______

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sole proprietorship 991

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A sole proprietor has a _____ form of liability, thus sole proprietorship is a _____ form of business.

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high, risky 991

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2 reasons why someone might start a sole proprietorship?

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  1. simple and inexpensive to startup

2. most people don’t consider the business form decision 991

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legally, a sole proprietorship _____ be transferred to another person …..

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cannot, the buyer of the soul proprietorship business and must create his own form of business to continue the business. 991

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a _____ has two or more owners called _____.

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partnership, partners 991

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like a sole proprietorship, a partnership is not a ________ entity

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tax-paying, The partners must claim the business income under their individual federal income tax returns 991

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Identical to a partnership except that an ______ partner has no liability for most obligations; however, an ______ partner retains unlimited liability for his own wrongful acts, such as malpractice liability to a client.

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Limited liability partnership (LLP) 992

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A ______ has one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. ______ partners generally have _____ to manage the business, but are also insulted from unlimited liability.

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Limited partnership, Limited, No 992

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_________ is a limited partnership who’s partners have elected limited liability status for all the partners. A _____ is created by making a filing with the _________

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Limited liability limited partnership (LLLP), LLLP, secretary of state. 993

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a ______ is owned by shareholders who elect a board of directors to manage the business

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Corporation 993

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The _____ has the ability to attract the largest amount of capital because shareholders avoid ______ and shares are easily _____/____

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corporation, unlimited liability, transferred/liquidated 993

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By electing _______ , the corporation and its shareholders are taxed nearly entirely like a _______: income and losses of the business are reported on the shareholders’ individual federal income tax returns.

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S Corporation status, partnership 993

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S Corporation status is limited to ______, thus ability to raise capital is ______

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100 shareholders, severely limited 993

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The _______ permits professionals such as accountants, physicians, and dentists to incorporate their professional practices

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Professional corporation 993

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while professional shareholders have no personal liability for the obligations of the professional Corporation, they retain ________ to their clients for their ___________

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Unlimited liability, professional malpractice 994

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The ____ is the body of law that governs partnerships absent a written contract.

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The Revised Uniform Partnership Act (RUPA) 996

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The RUPA defines a partnership as an “______________”

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1) Association of 2 or more persons ….
2) …carrying on a business…
3) …co-ownership….
4) …for profit 997

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2 factors in determining co-ownership

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  1. Sharing of profits

2. Sharing of management of the business 998

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A _______ maybe found when a court is reluctant to call an arrangement a partnership because the purpose of the arrangement is not to establish an ongoing business involving many transactions but instead is limited to a single project

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Joint venture 999

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three elements of a purported partner

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  1. a person purports to be or consents to being represented as a partner of another person or partnership.
  2. a third-party relies on the representation.
  3. the third-party transacts with the actual or purported partnership 1001
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a ______ is an order charging all or part of the partners transferable partnership interest with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment

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Charging order 1006

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A partner’s partnership interest are these 2 main things

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  1. the partners’ transferable interest

2. the partners’ management and other rights 1006

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23
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a partner who transfers some or all of their interests _______ their management and other rights within the partnership.

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doesn’t lose 1007

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In a _______ a _____ must not act in competition of the _____ nor can they personally profit from the _____ without consent of the ______

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partnership, partner, partners 1012

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the ______ requires a partner to undertake his share of responsibility for running the day-to-day operations of the partnership business

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duty to serve 1014

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The _______ requires a partner make decisions that they believe are in the best interest of the partnership

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duty of care 1014

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partners have a ______ for their use or disposal of partnership funds and partnership property, as well as their receipt of any property, benefits, or profit, without the consent of the other partners.

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duty to account 1014

28
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a partner has a right to be ______ for payments made from personal funds and for personal liabilities incurred during the ordinary conduct of the business.

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indemnified 1014

29
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unless there is an agreement, partners share partnership profits ______, according to the ______, and not their __________.

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equally, number of partners, capital contributions 1015

30
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In a partnership or limited liability partnership, every partner has ______ as a _______ and may make contracts that bind the partnership.

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implied authority, general manager of the business 1018

31
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A partners express and implied authority together constitute their _______

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actual authority 1018

32
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a _______ has an inventory; that is, its regular Business is buying and selling merchandise, such as retailing, wholesaling, importing, or exporting.

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trading partnership

33
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a partner for trading partnership has ______ and _______ to _____ for the partnership.

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implied and apparent authority, borrow money 1019

34
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a _________ has no substantial inventory and is usually engaged in providing services.

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nontrading partnership 1019

35
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a partner for a nontrading partnership has _________ or _____ to borrow money for the partnership.

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no implied or apparent authority 1019

36
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because it is sometimes difficult to determine trading from nontrading partnerships, the most important thing to distinguish is whether the partner’s borrowing was done _________.

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within the normal course of business. 1019

37
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the RUPA requires that any partnership not in the ordinary not in the course of ordinary business be _________, absent a contrary agreement.

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approved by all partners 1020

38
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an innocent partner of an LLP has ________ for the professional malpractice of his partners.

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no liability 1023

39
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The LLP itself ______ for the tort of a wrongdoing partner or employee under the doctrine of respondeat superior.

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is liable 1023

40
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partners are _____ and ____ liable for partnership obligations, whether based in contract or tort.

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jointly, severally 1024

41
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for LLP partners, only the ____ is liable on contractual obligations, and only the ____ may be sued on such a claim.

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LLP 1024

42
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for tort allegation only the ____ as well as the _____ are liable.

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LLP, partner who committed the tort 1024

43
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Early American corporations received _______ from state legislatures, however, few were granted these because incorporation was considered a privilege.

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Special Charters 1071

44
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Most business corporations are _________. These business forms issue stock to their shareholders, who invest in the corporation with the expectation that they will earn a profit on their investment.

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for-profit corporations 1071

45
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General Electric is an example of a ___________ because it’s shares are generally available to public investors

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publicly held corporation 1071

46
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Corporations with very few shareholders who’s shares are not available to the general public are called ___________

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close corporations 1072

47
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A _________ or S corporation, is a special type of close corporation in that it is treated nearly like a partnership for federal income tax purposes. It’s shareholders report the earnings or losses of the business on their individual income tax returns.

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subchapter S corporation 1072

48
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S corporations benefit with taxes because they avoid the ________ penalty.

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double tax (double because typical corporations are taxed and then the individual shareholders are also taxed) 1072

49
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The IRS requires S Corporations to limit their shareholder to ______ or fewer shareholders.

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One Hundred 1072

50
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__________ do not issue and do not expect to make a profit. These corporations have members rather than shareholders, and none of the surplus revenue from their operations maybe distributed to their members.

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Not-for-profit corporations 1072

51
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___________ perform ________ and business functions. Examples include a municipalities, public school corporations, and water companies.

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government-owned corporations, government 1072

52
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To become a corporation, a business must incorporate by complying with an _______

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incorporation statute 1073

53
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The revised version of ____________ is a model statute created by the ABA for adoption by state legislatures and is the basis for corporation law in 29 states and the District of Columbia.

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The Model Business Corporation Act (MBCA) 1073

54
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Incorporation under state law requires delivering articles of incorporation to the

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Secretary of State 1073

55
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Most states have statutes governing nonprofit corporations based on the revised ___________.

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Model Nonprofit Corporation Act (MNCA) 1073

56
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The circumstances under which states may impose their laws on a business incorporated within another state is determined by the law of ________.

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foreign corporations 1074

57
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A corporation is a _______ in the state that has granted its charter. It is a ______ in all other states in which it does business.

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Domestic corporation, foreign corporation 1074

58
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A corporation domiciled in one country is an _______ in other countries in which it does business.

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alien corporation 1074

59
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In the the leading “International Shoe Case” the Supreme Court established that the ________ clause requires that a foreign corporation have sufficient contacts with a state before a state may exercise jurisdiction over the corporation. Under the _______ corporations that avail themselves of the protections of the state laws, should also suffer any reasonable burden that the state imposes.

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Due Process, benefit theory 1074

60
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Under the _________, the power to regulate interstate commerce is is given to the federal government. A state government may require a corporation to abide by their laws but cannot regulate interstate commerce.

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Commerce Clause 1074

61
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To aid the courts determination of whether a state may constitutionally impose its laws of a foreign corporation, courts have traditionally used the concept of ______. The 4 determining purposes are _______.

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doing business, whether a corporation is subject to……

  1. a lawsuit in a state’s courts
  2. taxation
  3. qualify with the state to carry on its activities
  4. state regulation of the corporation’s internal affairs. 1074
62
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a __________ is a foreign corporation that conducts most of its business in a state other other than the one in which it is incorporated.

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pseudo-foreign corporation 1079

63
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To promote justice and to prevent inequity, courts will sometimes ignore the separateness of a corporation and its shareholders by _________ thereby taking away the shareholder’s limited liability

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piercing the corporate veil 1080

64
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2 requirements must exist for a court to pierce the corporate veil:

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  1. domination of a corporation by its shareholders; and
  2. use of that domination for an improper purpose 1080

(domination occurs when a shareholder causes a corporation to act for their personal benefit.)

65
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Inadequate capitalization called _________, is proved when capitalization is very small in relation to the nature of the business of the corporation and the risks the business necessarily entails

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thin capitalization 1080

66
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Transfer of corporate assets to shareholders for less than their fair market value, called _______, also defraud creditors

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looting 1081

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