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It is a legal entity, separate from its owner, that is created by state statue so
that owner may engage in any legal enterprise without fear of personal
liability.
Treated as individual, can own property, hire workers, pay taxes, sue and
sued, make and sell products.
Heavy taxation
C Corporation
It is the most common form of incorporation among business and contains almost
all of attributes of a corporation. Owner received the profits and are taxed at
the individual level, while the corporation itself is taxed as a business entity.
S Corporation
It is created in the same way as a C corporation but it is different in owner
limitation and tax purpose. S corporation is consist of up to 100 share holder and
is not taxed as a separate instead, the profits/losses are shouldered by the share
holders on their personal income tax return.
Non profit corporation
commonly used by charitable, educational and religious organisation to operate
without generating the profits. A non profit is exempted from taxation. Any
contribution, donation or revenue received are retained in entity to spend on
operations, expansion or future plans
Right of stockholder
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Stock and bond
stock
Represent the owner ship of firm
issued as share
Bonds
used to raise the money
issued as certificate in exchange for money borrowed from an investor
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