Advantages and Disadvantages of Proprietorship Company in Australia
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This assignment discusses the advantages, disadvantages, and differences of setting up a proprietorship company in Australia compared to a partnership firm. It also covers the requirements for listing the company on the Australian Stock Exchange and sources of funding.
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1 Contents Background of the report...........................................................................................2 Discussion of the topics..............................................................................................3 References.................................................................................................................4 1|P a g e
2 Background of the report Thegivenassignmenthighlightstheadvantages,disadvantagesanddifferencesofsettingupa proprietorshipcompanyinAustraliaascomparedtothepartnershipfirm.Italsomentionsthe requirements to list the company on the Australian Stock exchange and what are different sources of funding once the company is listed. Discussion of the topics 1.Proprietary company compared to a partnership A proprietorship company is very different as compared to the partnership form of business in terms of structure, formation, profit sharing, liability, members, etc. A partnership is generally formed when a group of person agree to do the business together and share the profits/losses equally or in some agreed ratio(Jefferson, 2017). One major disadvantage of this form of business is that it places unlimited liability on the partners and their personal asset are also under threat. On the other hand, in the proprietary company the owner as well as the company has separatelegal existence or identity due to which the liability is limited only to the extent of shares held by the shareholder and hence the personal assets are not at stake. Besides the advantage there are few disadvantages as well like rules and regulations of registration of the company to be followed, the high cost of registration. One of the other disadvantage is the difference in ownership and control over the company as the shareholders may not have power to take decision of the company. For setting up a proprietorship company, ASIC form 201 needs to be filled up and submitted in the portal either on own or through an agent, post which the name of the company should be decided and ACN number should be applied for. Since it is a company form of business, the constitution or the rules and regulations needs to be laid down and the shareholder and minimum 1 director needs to be appointed. The next step is the structuring of the shares and the setting up of the registered office and principal place of business of the company(Belton, 2017). The rights of the directors include right to participate in business and decision making of the company, get professional advice from the experts in case of doubts. The obligations include being informed on the financial performance and position of the company and make the debt repayments on time, being honest and complying with the rules and regulations of law and working in the interest of the company and shareholders. The funding can be raised from the existing employees, shareholders or directors of the company. Public issue is usually difficult due to disclosure requirements(Raghupathi & Wu, 2018). 2|P a g e
3 2.A company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange For any company to get listed on the Australian Stock exchange, it has to first meet the listing requirements like a minimum of 300 investors with a minimum holding of at least $2000 each, there should be a free flat of 20%. Furthermore, either the profit should be $ 1 Mn from continuing business for the last 3 years with $500000 in the last 12 months or it should have tangible assets worth $ 4 Mn or it should have a market capitalization of $ 15 Mn(Boccia & Leonardi, 2016). The main advantage with the public listed company is they have limited liability, the company can raise unlimited capital in a small time from the market and the transfer of the shares is enabled. The disadvantages include high set up costs and regulatory requirements of ASX and disclosure requirements in the annual report. In terms of the funding the company can raise capital through multiple sources like debt and equity and through issue of debentures/bonds and equity/preference shares respectively. This though entails a higher fund raising cost as compared to Proprietorship Company(Knechel & Salterio, 2016). Some of the common reporting requirements as per ASX include holding a board meeting and annual general meeting, maintaining share register and committees like nomination and audit committee, shareholders grievance redressal committee, issuing of prospectus to public in case of share issue and having a constitution (rules and regulations) for the company(Fay & Negangard, 2017). References 3|P a g e
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