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i. A partnership
ii. A private limited company.
i) Partnership Firm
Advantages :-
Easy to Start. Partnership firms are one of the easiest to start.
Better Decision Making. Decision making is the crux of any organization.
Raising of Funds.
Sense of Ownership.
Unlimited Liability.
Number of Members.
Lack of a Central Figure.
Trust of the General Public.
Disadvantages :-
The liability of the partners for the debts of the business is unlimited.
Each partner is 'jointly and severally' liable for the partnership's debts; that is, each partner is
liable for their share of the partnership debts as well as being liable for all the debts.
Sometimes, leads to less trust ,being private.
Since consent of all partners needed, quick decision gets hampered.
Shared profits.
Difference in opinion.
Advantages :-
Limited Liability.
Tax efficiency.
Retained profits.
Separate Entity.
Company pension.
Reduced risk.
Disadvantages :-
Paying corporate tax.
Administration responsibilities.
Public accounts.
Expensive.
Complex & time consuming.
Complicated withdrawals.
Human resource management & requirement.
b)
i. Produce a cash budget for the first year of the business. Assume John
ultimately decides to work as a sole trader and borrows £20,000 from
Barclays bank at 7.9% on an interest-only basis, and with the loan capital to
be repaid in full at the end of the four-year period.
01/01/2023 Amount
Solution :-
01/01/2023 Amount
01/01/2023 Amount
01/01/2023 Amount
i. ’
= 6,35,743 /14,641
= 43.42.
ii.
= £ 1,58935 / £ 42,000
= 3.78.
iii.
i. Payback
AS per the sales probabilities given in the question, its very clear that the Payback
period is going to be very short for the company.
Investing an amount of £42,000 and earning back it in a short span of time after
deducting all the expenses is creditable.
The NPV of the company stands out to be 43.42,which clearly states that the business of
Mr. John Harrison who is 61,is feasible to do and he should go ahead with it
considering the probable sales amount given & the costing part thereby deriving a
good amount of returns from them after all deductions, excluding the taxation part.