Question

A group of friends are creating a new mobile paper shredding company that will go to businesses or organizations to shred their sensitive papers in bulk. You are advising them as to the type of business entity to choose. They have a number of partners, but their primary goals are to avoid personal liability and double taxation. They want to pay each of the partners based on their contribution to the success of the company, which is NOT equal to their percentage ownership. You advise them to accomplish this by forming a(n):

Answer 1

Answer: A Limited Liability Company (LLC)

Explanation:

A Limited Liability Company (LLC) is known to be a company whose members are not limited in number and not responsible for its debt, liabilities and losses individually. This company is characterized by tax advantage because the company cannot be taxed as a company but its members. Thus, double taxation is been avoided because the members pay individual’s income tax after the business profits have been shared between them.