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15 Key Difference Between Sole Proprietorship and Partnership

Last Updated on February 26, 2020 By Lisa C. Townes Leave a Comment

Thinking to start a business having options of starting own business or getting partners for that? Might be thinking that is partnership better than a sole proprietorship or sole traders is better than a partnership.

Here are 15 key variations between Sole Proprietorship and Partnership to help you to take the right decision considering your present conditions.

Both Personal business & Partnership have few similarities as they can be started with and without partnership deed, can be started and closed anytime with consent but differences are another side of the coin.

Possibly, the advantages of a partnership are better than sole proprietorship advantages or disadvantages of a sole proprietorship are worst comparing to partnership disadvantages

Table of Contents

  • Difference Between Sole Proprietorship and Partnership
    • Business Formation
    • Number of Partners
    • Contract
    • Capital
    • Personal Presence
    • Profit & Loss sharing
    • Rights Transfer
    • Power of Decision Making
    • Business Accountability
    • Expansion of Business
    • Business Stability
    • Business Secrecy
    • Abilities to Work
    • Expenses Distribution
    • Dissolution

Difference Between Sole Proprietorship and Partnership

Sole Proprietorship
• Easy Formation
• One Owner
• No Contract Required
• Limited Capital
• Presence Required
• All Profit & Loss by One
• Easily Transferable
• The decision in one Hand
• Stable Business
• Everything is Secret
• Limited Ability
• All Expenses by One
• Easy Dissolution
Partnership Business
• Little Complicated Formation
• More than One Owner
• Legal Contract is Preferred
• More Capital Investment
• Can be away from Business
• Profit Loss Distributed in Partners
• Complex Transfers
• Multiple Heads to Decide
• Risk of Stability
• Secrets are Revealed
• Enhanced Ability
• Expenses are Shared
• Complex Dissolution

Business Formation

  • It is easy to form and simple to run. There are no legal formalities for the commencement of sole proprietorship business. It can be started within minutes
  • Partnership deed and such other legal documents are necessary for the formation of the partnership. Every business activity, responsibilities, capital or profit sharing must be mentioned here. There are more than 27 important contents of partnership deed to note down

Number of Partners

  • In sole proprietorship, there is no concept of more than one person.  Business is owned by one person only
  • There are at least two people in each type of partnership but no more than twenty in ordinary business and ten in banking. You can have more partners in Joint stock companies

Contract

  • There is one concept of any contract type due to one man. He/She has all decision powers
  • It is created by contract. An agreement is the most important element for partnership. No contract means no partnership, it may be oral or written but recommended is written

Capital

  • As one man invests his amount into his business, capital volume remains limited
  • Capital is contributed by two or more than partners. Therefore capital volume may be increased by admitting new partners

Personal Presence

  • Its management was to be conducted by one man only.  Therefore personal presence is compulsory. It won’t be managed without personally involving in proprietorship
  • This kind of business may be conducted by one or two partners only. Therefore the personal presence of each partner is not necessary

Profit & Loss sharing

  • One man enjoys a hundred percent profit of the business and if there is a loss he has to sustain all the losses
  • The partnership’s prominent feature is profit and loss are distributed among all the partner of the firm. In case of loss, each partner may and may not feel a heavy burden

Rights Transfer

  • Sole proprietor may easily transfer his business without the consent of another person
  • One partner, cannot dispose off or transfer his business without the consent of all other partners

Power of Decision Making

  • One man is the supreme authority of his business. Therefore he may take any action against any matter promptly
  • All the matters are decided by mutual consultation. Therefore matters may not be disposed of promptly

Business Accountability

  • As all business is owned by one man he has not be obeyed any order. So there is no fear of being accountable to anyone
  • As partners are accountable to one another, they have to keep an up-to-date record and correct information in connection with their business

Expansion of Business

  • There are limited chances for the growth of business due to lack of capital and managerial abilities
  • There are more chances to expand the business volume due to a large number of partners

Business Stability

  • There is no possibility of distribution due to one man. So this type of business may be run smoothly
  • There is always a risk of dissolution due to misunderstanding and friction among the partners

Business Secrecy

  • Secrecy may be maintained in this form of organization on account of man supervision
  • As every partner knows about the internal affairs of the business so there are great chances of leakage of the secrecy

Abilities to Work

  • One man cannot possess all types   of technical and administrative abilities
  • As there are a number of partners so firm may enjoy the combined abilities of several heads

Expenses Distribution

  • There are minimum expenses to organize and operate this form of organization
  • Partners have to pay legal fees, registration fees and other expenses. Therefore it is a costly organization comparatively.

Dissolution

  • This kind of business may be dissolved easily without any legal formalities
  • A partnership may not be dissolved without fulfilment of legal obligations
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