The company is an economic agent, which acts as a self-managing entity. This concept applies only to entrepreneurial (commercial) organizations. He also has synonyms: corporation, enterprise, company. Organizational and economic forms of entrepreneurship are significantly different from each other.
In general, all existing types of entrepreneurship are classified according to different criteria. The first group includes those that are classified by the form of formation of their capital. This is, first of all, a business that is based on personal ownership of the means of its production, as well as leasing. The second group in this classification is a partnership or joint venture, which is based on the capital of shareholders. And the third group is corporate entrepreneurship, it is also based on the capital of shareholders.
In addition, the main forms of entrepreneurship are also distinguished by the means of capital application. There is industrial enterprise - this means that the company specifically produces products, services, work, spiritual values, and all this is then sold to consumers. The next group is commercial entrepreneurship. This includes sales transactions, which means the resale of services and goods. But there is also a commercial enterprise with operations related to the purchase and sale of a specific product, for example, securities, currency, money. The third group - consulting business - refers to customer service in various areas of all management decisions, information, advising on investment issues, economic problems and so on. The two remaining groups are engineering and investment entrepreneurship.
Organizational and legal forms of entrepreneurship are ways of securing and using their property by any business entity, which implies the goals of his entrepreneurial activity and his legal status.
Organizational and legal forms of entrepreneurship must be chosen correctly, because they can give the founders of the company the opportunity to use additional tools to implement their plans for the protection and development of the business.
The legal forms of entrepreneurship are: IP, LLC, OJSC, CJSC. Each of them is distinguished by its advantages and disadvantages.
So, if you decide you want to register an individual company and at the same time refuse to register a legal entity, then be prepared for the fact that you will see many pros and cons. Of course, the registration procedure in this case is simplified, a much smaller list of documents is needed, and there will not have to be as many instances to run through. In addition, the reporting and accounting form is also simplified and taxes need to be paid less. You do not need to keep accounting records, but only a book of income and expenses. But at the same time, you are responsible for all personal debts, and difficulties may arise with the attraction of additional investments. Selling, donating and inheriting a business will also face a ton of problems.
The legal forms of entrepreneurship are diverse, but most often people choose LLC. In this case, the liability will be limited to the amount of your contribution, in addition, you can always leave the company. Participants in it can be no more than 50 people. And problems arise when one of them wants to quit. After all, he will need to pay his share in the property of the whole society.
In any case, if you decide to establish a business together with partners you trust, it will be less risky to set up a limited liability company.