Form a Partnership: The Complete Legal Guide with Downloadable Forms - Softcover

Clifford, Denis; Warner, Ralph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413324460 ISBN 13: 9781413324464

Publisher: Nolo, 2017

Synopsis

<b>The nuts-and-bolts guide to forming a partnership</b><br><br>A solid partnership agreement is the foundation for a lasting and successful business partnership. Don’t skip this essential step, or you may run into major problems later.<br><br><i>Form a Partnership</i> helps you create the agreement you need for your shared business venture. It takes you through the important issues, then helps you write your own partnership agreement tailored to your needs, clause-by-clause. The book covers:<br><ul><li> cash, property, and service contributions</li><li>financial and tax liabilities</li><li>how partners will make decisions</li><li>allocating profits and losses</li><li>admitting new partners</li><li>what happens if a partner wants out</li><li>buying out a partner’s interest</li><li>the death of a partner</li><li>and much more.<br></li></ul>The 10th edition—completely updated to reflect current law and business issues—provides the forms, worksheets, and legal information you need to create a partnership agreement.d.

About this title

Review

"Tells you almost more than you ought to know about getting into--and also out of--partnerships." The Washington Post

"Advice (and plenty of sample forms, worksheets and agreements) on everything from getting a business started to kicking out an unwanted partner later." Los Angeles Times

"Details what the agreement should include ... a step-by-step guide that pilots readers through the partnership agreement." San Francisco Examiner

" Clifford and Warner, authors and attorneys who have experience with partnerships, offer a guide to forming a business partnership and each step of creating a legal agreement. They discuss deciding whether to form a partnership and what legal form it should take; the agreement; clauses covering partnership name, contributions, profits, and management; planning for changes and growth of the partnership; issues related to departure of a partner, buyouts, and business continuation; dealing with disputes; drafting an agreement; taxes; getting the business started, including permits and licenses, bookkeeping and accounting, and budgeting; and limited partnerships.This edition has been updated to reflect current law and business issues." Eithne O'Leyne, Editor, Ringgold, Inc. ProtoView

About the Author

Denis Clifford, a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was an editor of The Law Review, is a lawyer who specializes in estate planning. He is the author of many Nolo titles, including Quick and Legal Will Book, Make Your Own Living Trust and Plan Your Estate and coauthor of A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. He has been interviewed by such major media as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Money Magazine.

Ralph Warner a pioneer of the do-it-yourself law movement, co-founded Nolo in 1971. He began publishing do-it-yourself law books after numerous publishers rejected them. Warner holds a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and an undergraduate degree from Princeton.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nolo
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1413324460
• ISBN 13: 9781413324464
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260