Take possession of the finished product in China and ship the garments to Canada, France, and the USA for sale through major department stores. Check import tariff from china and get export licensing from Canada, France, and USA. (Sirajuddin, S. 2015) Incorporation and Founders’ Agreement: It is more significant to have a written agreement between founders than incorporation right at the beginning. The thumb rule is that doesn’t include till you start getting real income, but have a full co-founders agreement in place. This will save you money, period and much hair-pulling later on. Tax liability of the business: LLP can be much cheap in terms of tax bills, and good for facility, family, lifestyle businesses etc., particularly when you don’t plan on raising any asset in the near future. You can always convert an LLP into a secluded limited and vice versa. However, to know what to do when is vital, and you will see industry veterans comprehend these things very well. Business Licenses: Some licenses are humble tax registrations. Some trades just need a trade license or Shops and Founding Registration. For some exact activities like manufacturing and export-import, you may need a group of licenses. For employing more than 10 staffs, you may need various labor and employment related recordings. Not having these things in order when you are rising fast can be fatal and slow down savings, as investors will ask you to first sort of license subjects before they put in money.
In the manufacturing sector, to start an industry, initially it required 76 permissions. It has been cut down to 37. This will further come down to 25 making it very easy for doing business.
Convenience/Burden- Like a general partnership a limited partnership is easily formed and can enjoy pass through-taxation. It can also be easier to get financing with a limited partnership. A downfall of the limited partnership is that the death of a general partner can dissolve the partnership unless a prior agreement has been established.
Limited Liability Company (LLC) combines the tax advantages of a partnership with the limited liability aspects of a corporation. LLC’s are governed by the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (ULLCA). All members of the LLC enjoy limited liability unless there is serious misconduct is committed by said member(s), or a member fails to follow through on an obligation. All this should be outlined in your preformation contract. You will have more flexibility with taxation and options on how to manage the company. It would be advisable to also have an Operating Agreement. This will dictate how management will be hired and fired, division of profits, how to transfer interest in the event a member chooses to opt out or dies. What steps to take in the event of dissociation of a partner, and if it causes the dissolution of the LLC. Most importantly how the members vote in the LLC. The weight of the members vote is in accordance with the member’s capital
There are many laws out there that cover near enough everything, so therefore with my business I will need to make sure I abide the laws which cover; health and safety, fire precautions, the environment, employee rights, the building, intellectual property (for example business names, inventions and copyrights), fair trading (consumer credit, consumer protection and competition law), keeping information about people, licences and insurance.
a general partnership. It should be noted, however, that the specific steps and requirements to start an
When choosing a business structure, it is important to understand the kind of liability that you might face. For example, in the case of Jeb and Josh their business venture is very risky, they should choose a business form that minimizes any potential personal liability. I think that a limited liability company (LLC) allows them the maximum protection for their personal assets without the formalities of corporate bylaws, directors and shareholders.
A partnership is the best form of business given Shania’s situation. She has support from all angles that want to help her Christian coffee shop be a success. A limited liability partnership is best suited for Shania because of her possible partnerships with her husband, sister, and neighbor. According to the Limited Partnership (2015) article, this form of business is a “voluntary association where one or more partners contribute capital only, and those partners play no role in management.” Her husband wanted to make a contribution to Shania’s business but not in the lane of management, so by using this partnership he can still contribute his capital and maintain his partnership. The liability is limited to the amount of capital that the partner contributes. As a “silent partner” Marvin can make investments with the company, but not have any voting power or control over day-to-day operations.
A Limited Liability Company (LLC), as the name states, has the ability in keeping your liability limited as a professional owner. This is fundamental in protecting your personal assets by separating them from your business assets. In choosing to run a LLC company, we have agreed that a manager-managed business would be conducive to our field of industry. Although one person will have the authority in overseeing the daily tasks of running the business, all non-managing members will still have an input in all decisions in regards to the enterprise. Contract negotiations and employment are just a few of the joint duties of all members. Running an LLC has many advantages like flexibility, limited liability in business related debts, pass-through taxes, and reliability standing. However, with perks there are always some downfalls, such disadvantages consists of being subjected to self-employment tax or if a member departs the LLC ceases to exist, although an Operating Agreement can reverse this challenge. As you can see, running an LLC has more pros, out weighing the cons of such companies.
An incorporated business is a separate entity from its owner or shareholders. This means you'll need separate bank accounts and credit cards for your business. You may need to provide business identification -- rather than just personal identification -- when withdrawing money from the bank. You'll also sign business contracts as a representative of your business rather than as yourself. Some new business owners are accustomed to signing business contracts and documents as themselves, but if you continue to do this after you incorporate, these documents might not be legally binding or could leave all parties unclear about who is responsible for the document -- you or your business.
Although the Chinese apparel manufacturers would lose profitability due to rising cotton prices and competition from emerging countries, they stand to gain the most from the removal of U.S. quotas and tariffs. According to the author, in 2007, 95% of the 20 billion garments Americans made were purchased overseas. Due to U.S. trade barriers, China’s share of the U.S. apparel import was only 30%. Once these barriers were removed, Chinese apparel would flood the American market due to their low cost and dominance in garment manufacturing. Experts predict that China could eventually supply 85% of U.S. apparel. As they increase their market share in the
The choice of legal status for setting up a new company can be complex and is dependant on various tax, commercial and legal considerations (Accountingweb, 2014).
Firstly, I would chose to go through the process of becoming an LP in order to remain autonomous in the distibution and sale of my product. The actual production plan requires a bit of third party out-sorucing of materials and machines, so I hope to regain some capitol by cutting out the middle man when it comes to sales. Becoming licensed would further be advantageous for my company as we are currently in the final stages of license aquistion for the purpose of extraction - a full license would again give us more control over the creation process. We already have some of the work done in relation to ethical practices and security
If a business plans to use software, then it will need the appropriate license. If it plans to export controlled goods it may need an export
After winning season twelve of Project Runway there has been countless emails of getting replicas of what was made on the show. There have also been request for original dresses to be made for numerous celebrities’. With that being said I have decided to start my own clothing company “Queen Chic”. We will not only sell and manufacture in the states, but this will be a global venture with manufacturers in china.
Firstly, even though there are different types of partnership such as general, limited and limited liability partnership. This three different type has its advantages and disadvantages however we will be mainly focused on general partnership. One advantage of the general partnership is raising capital due to the nature of the business the partners will raise capital to start-up the business. Therefore more partners mean more capital can be put to the business, this allows the business to have more potential for growth and profitability. Another advantage is that a partnership is less complicated to form and run than a company they don’t have legal filing requirements, this means they don’t have to file accounts and documents with Companies House.