What is the difference between incorporated and unincorporated?
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An incorporated business is one that has registered with a state to be separate, for taxes and other reasons, from the people owning it.  The business becomes a legal entity, like a person, it pays taxes on it's own tax return and must follow corporate law.  A question of where means which state it registered with because corporations don't actually live anywhere.  Unincorporated is a company or partnership business (like Mike's Plumbing, or Richards and Sons Grocery) that the owners didn't separate themselves from the business by incorporating.  They add the income and expenses onto their own 1040 Tax return usually Schedule C. (Exception: A partnership business between people not sharing the same 1040 uses a different form.)
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you will probably qualify as a partnership, not a Corp (Ther are certain guidelines to both).  You should talk to the small business association to get that information tho.  You are right though, it is mostly about taxes.  If you are a corporation, you are what they call, double taxed, but you are only liable as far as the business itself.  As a partnership, you are liable for everything you own.  Meaning that if someone sues you, they can take everything as a partnership, but the upside is that taxes are lower.
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The same as the difference between commerce and business, except online.\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=define+commerce\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=define+business
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The difference is in the control. FDI implies that the investor has some direct control of the enterprize s/he invests in (e.g. majority of shares).
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Very complete source for every & @ll legal procedures; i liked what i briefly saw. (fyi) you may go directly to State Dept to start filing your Limited Liability Partnership,[at least here in my jurisdiction]co. even w/out notarizing, but if you want to make it that way, perfect; You may also consider an Incorporation since the benefits are extent on behalf of both partties-you as a service/professional provider or licitator and clients/co's that contracts you; If you incorporate and your customers dissagree and start any litigation for insatisfaction against you as resident agent[official incorporator] your private assets  / properties, house, land, personal vehicles won't be in risk, only the assets under corporation will be the ones to respond. Plus you will have higher financial rate when incorporated since corporation acquires its own juridical personality-versus you as an individual in a  Limited Society-partnership.
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GmbH is a German Company \nPLC is a British Company\n\nYou will see these letters used after the company name like Inc. is used for companies in the US.
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I see no difference between a property tax, use tax, sales tax or income tax as far as the government's power to levy.  However, you should consider that most taxable property has the ability to generate income.  When real property produces a continuous benefit to the owner (as opposed to a cheeseburger eaten and digested), I think it's fair to tax that benefit.
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There are several different types of businesses (ie Sole Proprietorship, S-Corp, C-Corp, Partnership) entities.  You can learn a bit about the differences at www.mycorporation.com.  You can even file all of the necesary documents thorugh this website.
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Beside the ein #, you can also search the Secretaty of State office to see if the business is incorporated in the state or you can also search at county level for any business licenses, depending on the type of business.  All businesses have to get some type of licenses to operate whether it is for zoning purposes or others.
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Go to the website of the California Secretary of State, see link below.\n\nYou can choose between the links for corporation vs. limited liability company or limited partnership.\n\nThere are several factors you should consider before selecting a corporation vs. LLC or vice versa.  Having said that, a lot of entrepreneurs are starting LLCs b/c they're overall easier to operate and the taxes flow through to you, the LLC itself doesn't pay taxes.\n\nTo start an LLC, go to the SECOND link below.  You'll find forms of articles of organization, plus filing fees.  One of the forms is LLC-1, this is the one you want.\n\nIf you're a sole proprietor and want to stay that way, you need to register your business name as a 'fictitious name'.  I believe in California you guys register those at the county level, so do a Yahoo search for your county and find their official site, and look around there for a form.  If nothing else, just call them.\n\nGood luck.
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This refers to an ownership concept rather than a housing style.   Both are owned individually and have\nan association to share the luxuries of maintenance, security, and recreational extras that would cost\nmuch more on an individual basis.  In townhome living, the owner holds title to a parcel of land and\nthe building on the land, exclusive use of their limited common areas, and use of the association\ncommon areas.  As a condominium owner, you receive title to a particular unit defined in the\nassociation documents, and an equal proportionate interest and use of the common areas.
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Ltd. means public limited and PTY. Ltd. means private limited company. In PTY Ltd., the no. of members are generally restricted to 50 whereas there is no such restriction for Ltd. companies. Regulations governing Pty. Ltd. are more easy than that for Ltd. companies.
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what is the difference between town and city\nsounds like a city can be a town as well\nthough a town is not necessarily a city\n?????\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/town\nA civil and political subdivision of a state, which varies in size and significance according to location but is ordinarily a division of a county.\n\nA town, which is a type of municipal corporation, can be formed by a state legislature when a large number of dwellings have concentrated in a particular location. A town is a creation of the state, designed and authorized to perform certain governmental functions on the local level. Its main purpose is to exercise the power of the state to promote greater prosperity, safety, convenience, health, and the common good of the general community.\n\nThe terms township and town are frequently used interchangeably in certain geographic locations, although in some parts of the United States the term township denotes a group of several towns.\n\nSince towns can be formed only from contiguous territory, tracts of land that are entirely separate cannot be included in a town. Subject to constitutional restrictions, ordinarily, the state legislature has full power to create, enlarge, diminish, consolidate, and otherwise alter the boundaries of towns without the consent of those affected.\n\n\ntown\nnoun\n      A large and important town: city, metropolis, municipality. Informal burg.
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Manufacturing that controls all steps in a process.  Say you make donuts...integration that is horizontal means you control the entire market - Dunkin Donuts, Tim Horton's, the whole thing.  It's a monopoly of one step.\n\nVertical means you get to control every step of your business process - you own Dunkin Donuts, but also the farms that make the flour, etc..., the shops, the trucks, whatever.  Tim Horton's is still a competitor, but you can undercut their prices since you control your suppliers.
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They are sort of the same, except for when it comes to taxes. Corporations pay taxes at the corporate level and the shareholders of the corporation are also taxed on their earnings per share. In a LLC, the corporation itself is not taxed but the shareholders in the LLC are taxed on their earnings. Also, most of the time LLC is a smaller group of shareholders than a corporation. I think that is it. Oh and also, just as a bonus...the words to the AC/DC song are Dirty Deeds Done Cheap...not Dirty deeds done with sheep.
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Way to many variables to give a satisfactory answer.  It will depend heavily on your specific circumstances and you should consult a lawyer or accountant, or both for a final answer.  In simple terms:\n\nPartnerships are just regular sole proprietorships that are run by more than one person.  Gains/losses, etc can be split in many different ways, but in the end the taxes are paid by the owners as individual income.\n\nC Corps are completely autonomous entities.  They make money, incur expenses, and pay taxes at a corporate rate after you net the two.  Capital is the money that is provided by the owners (stock for major corps).  Any return of capital is considered non taxable.  Most payments that an owner receives, though, will be in the form of wages.  This is an expense for the corporation but is taxable to the owner.\n\nS corps are similar to C corps except that the earnings are considered to be earned by the individual.  The corporation does not pay tax as all earnings flow through to the owner.  As a general rule this form of business is the most advantageous.
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It is dependent if you incorporate or not. I know many who do not and just use their social security number.