Starting A Business: Opportunity Cost
The business-failure rate at 90 percent, which fluctuates when factoring in industry type, deters most entrepreneurs. For this, it is imperative to evaluate the overall opportunity cost when deciding to become a business owner. To produce a strong business plan, one must consider the following— the studying and surveying of the desired business’s market, legal requirements, start-up costs, and the business’s operations.
Study the Market
Deciding what business field to pursue is vital to the business’s longevity. Studying and surveying the market is a strategic analysis that provides essential feedback of profitability for a business. Starting a business in a market with a gradual accumulated
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Corporation
A corporation is an independent legal entity, separated from ownership and management. In the eyes of the law, corporations are recognized as its own “person” that is able to enter into contracts, incur and pay debts, and pay taxes. Advantages are tax-deductible expenses, unlimited life (not affected by the death of an owner), unlimited capacity for shareholders, easy transfers of stock, and protection of personal assets. Owners are not responsible for the corporation's liability.
Limited Liability Company
A Limited Liability Company (LLC) exists as a structure in which the members of such an organization are not liable for any incurred debt by owner. Personal assets are protected and cannot be garnished if the LLC files for bankruptcy. A Limited Liability Company does not pay taxes to the state in which it operates from. A major benefit in a Limited Liability Company is the combination of the best features in a corporate firm and a sole proprietorship.
Financing
Raising capital in the start-up cost phase can be simultaneously alluring and alarming. One must produce a viable and exceptional business plan for financing through a bank, venture capitalists, and or any other external funding entities. A business plan is a written description of your business's future, a document that tells what you plan to do and how you plan to do it (“Business Plans: A Step-by-Step Guide”). Banks are reluctant to finance a start-up business and if approved the
• LIABILITY – Stockholders personal assets are not subject to claims of creditors. The corporation itself is responsible for its actions and liabilities. • INCOME TAXES – Shareholders in a corporation are subject to “double taxation” as in first the corporation is subject to corporate taxation, then money is paid out in dividends. Which then is taxed again as personal income tax. • LONGEVITY - The life of a corporation is limitless as
A limited liability company consists of a single owner, or sometimes more than one owner, and are not taxed as separate business entities. All profits and losses pass through the business to those who own the company. Owners must report profits and losses on their personal tax return filing as a corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship. If the LLC is ran by a single owner, they file a 1040 Schedule C form as a sole proprietor. Partners file a 1065 form consisting of a partnership, and a form 1120 is filed if the LLC is filing as a corporation. The LLC must be registered such as the State Corporation Commission, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, or the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. The great thing about an LLC is that the owner has freedom in management. The owner is able to run the organization as they see fit not answering to anyone,
The last of the four types includes the limited liability company, also known as a LLC. An LLC is an unincorporated form of business that carries characteristics of all of the other three forms of business. An LLC can choose to be taxed as a partnership, the owners can manage the business, and the owners have limited liability for debts and obligations of the partnership. LLC’s are
Limited liability company is a separate entity that separates the owner of the business. LLCs are no longer new and untested legal entity, they recognized in all fifty states and have established case law and statutes.
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.
The corporation structure has multiple owners and operators and is complex and expensive. A corporation is an independent legal entity owned by shareholders. The corporation itself is legally liable for the actions and debts of the business. The advantages of a corporation structure are limited liability, ability to generate capital, corporate tax treatment, and attractiveness to potential employees. The disadvantages are time and money, double taxing, time, and paperwork. Corporations pay income tax on their profits. In some cases, corporations are taxed twice – first, when the company makes a profit, and again when the dividends are paid to shareholders on their personal tax returns (U.S. Small Business Administration, 2013).
Liability: The name of this form of business accurately describes one of its greatest advantages: limited liability. LLC’s share the same limits of liability afforded to corporations. Our owners are limited in personal liability since the company and the owners are separate legal entities: just as in a corporation. However, each of our founding members is willing and able to assume personal liability for financial funding. Waiving the veil of financial liability protection is allowed under state LLC rules (Small Business - Chron.com, 2015)
A corporation is a legal entity designed to shield its owners from liability claims brought against it, as long as they maintain a separation from the entity (Legal-Dictionary.com, 2015). The co-mingling of Drizins’ personal funds into
A corporation was originally designed to allow for the forming of a group to get a single project done, after which it would be disbanded. At the end of the Civil War, the 14th amendment was passed in order to protect the rights of former slaves. At this point, corporate lawyers worked to define a corporation as a “person,” granting them the right to life, liberty and property. Ever since this distinction was made, corporations have become bigger and bigger, controlling many aspects of the economy and the lives of Americans. Corporations are not good for America because they outsource jobs, they lie and deceive, and they knowingly make and sell products that can harm people and animals, all in order to raise profits.
Due to limited liability, company creditors’ interests are not protected . Creditors need to bear the risks inherent when dealing with limited company. Shareholders are discouraged from monitoring and controlling the business due to the benefits of limited liability.
Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative in a decision. Imagine that you have $150 to see a concert. You can either see "Hot Stuff" or you can see "Good Times Band." Assume that you value Hot Stuff's concert at $225 and Good Times' concert at $150. Both concerts cost $150 per ticket, but it would take you a couple of hours to drive to Hot Stuff's concert and you have to be in school (the next) morning for an exam. Good Times' concert is right here in town. Explain how you would assess the opportunity cost of seeing Good Times in concert. What is the opportunity cost of going to Good Times' concert?
A Corporation can be defined as a legal creation, however the corporation itself, would only exist on a piece of paper. A corporation will never die a natural death like humans die naturally, and corporations will always outlive the individual who created it. With that said, the corporation itself is never really committed to any employee or committed to any neighbor. However, a corporation can always demand employees, a corporation can always demand taxes that are extremely high, and a corporation can also restrict environmental laws. Corporations hold a great deal of power in today's society.
Limited liability Company (LLC): Business’ owners are only subject to limited liability for company’s debts and actions. Owners will be only liable for their own mistakes or negligence that they may show in occasions.
Corporations are a different type of business. They are more complex to start because more paperwork is involved and the corporation generally has to be registered at the state level. An ordinary corporation is formed through the articles of incorporation. These corporations are legal entities, and therefore bear legal responsibility. The shareholders of the corporation do not bear legal liability. In addition, corporate income is taxed differently it does not flow through to the owner's personal income tax statements. The
Corporations have existed for hundreds of years. Many have survived up to this day because of their dedication and focus on quality, while others have withered away due to bankruptcy or other factors. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, a corporation is a, "specific legal form of organization of persons and material resources, chartered by the state, for the purpose of conducting business."