Q. What do you mean by partnership?

A partnership is a non-incorporated business owned by two or more persons associated as partners. Habitually the same persons who own the business as well manage the business. Several small retail establishments and professional practices such like physicians, dentists, attorneys and many CPA firms are partnerships. A partnership commences with a verbal or written agreement. A written agreement is preferable for the reason that it provides a permanent record of the terms of the partnership. These terms comprise the initial investment of each partner the duties of each partner and the means of dividing profits or losses between the partners each year and the settlement after the death or withdrawal of a partner. Each partner perhaps held liable for all the debts of the partnership and for the actions of each partner within the scope of the business. But as with the single proprietorship for accounting purposes the partnership is a separate business entity.