By: Jake Wolverton

 A Sole Proprietorship is an unincorporated business owned and run by one individual with no distinction between the business and you, the owner.  You do not have to take any formal action to form a sole proprietorship and as long as you are the only owner, this statues automatically comes from your business activities.

 A limited ability company is a hybrid type of legal structure that provides the limited liability features of a corporation and the tax efficiencies and operational flexibility of a partnership.  The owers of an LLC are referred to as “members”.

 A cooperative is a business or organization owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its services.  Profits and earnings generated by the cooperative are distributed among the members, also known as user-owners.  Forming a cooperative is different from forming any other business entity.

 A corporation is an independent legal entity owned by a shareholder  Corporations are more complex than other business structures because they tend to have costly administrative fees and complex tax and legal requirements.  A corporation is formed under the laws of the state in which it is registered.

 It is a business that two o more people share the company and run it.  Each partner contributes to all aspects of the business, including money, property, labor or skill.  There are three types of partnership.  General partnership  Limited partnership  Joint ventures

 An s corporation is a different corporation created through an IRS tax election.  An S corp is a corporation with the Subchapter S designation from the IRS.  According to the IRS, S corporations are "considered by law to be a unique entity, separate and apart from those who own it.