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Partnership

ICSE · Class 11 · Commerce

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1

Meaning and Definitions of Partnership

  • Partnership is based on agreement between two or more persons.
  • The business must be carried on jointly and the profits must be shared.
  • Partnership is created by contract, not by status.
2

Characteristics of Partnership

  • Statutory characteristics include agreement between two or more persons, legal business, contractual relationship, profit motive, and principal-agent relationship.
  • General characteristics include unlimited liability, no separate legal entity, utmost good faith, restriction on transfer of interest, definite name of the firm, mutual agency, non-transferability of
  • Minimum number of partners is two.
3

Merits and Demerits of Partnership

  • Partnership is easy to start and does not need a complicated legal procedure.
  • More capital is available because there are more than one partner.
  • Work can be divided according to skill, so management becomes specialised.
4

Difference between Partnership and Sole Trade

  • Partnership is governed by the Partnership Act, 1932; sole trade has no separate Act.
  • Partnership has two or more members; sole trade has one owner.
  • Partnership distributes profit and loss among partners; sole trade gives all profit or loss to one person.

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Partnership is the relation between personsThe legal features are agreement betweenImportant general features include unlimited liabilityOrdinary partners have unlimited liabilityThe main types are general

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