Key Characteristics of a Proprietorship Firm and its Compliance Aspects
Proprietorship is the simplest form of setting up a business, with minimum registration or formality requirement. Proprietorship is often termed as One Person Company since it is a one-man/woman show and has no partners or investors. Some of the key features of this type of business setup can be listed as follows:- • No capital threshold to start In order to be a private limited or an LLP, you might have a minimum or maximum capital limit. However, for a Proprietorship Firm , there is no such ceiling for a minimum or maximum amount of capital. • Legal entity concerns The proprietor and the proprietor firm are considered to be a single entity in the eyes of law. Any liability on the proprietor firm is a direct liability for the proprietor. The same is true with respect to the assets as well. For income tax purposes or Proprietorship Firm Compliance purposes, ...