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The owners of a corporation are called the CEO.

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Who is the owner of corporation?

The owners of a corporation are its stockholders. For a privately held corporation, this might be a small group of people who tightly hold the firm, or maybe a larger number of investors. For a publicly traded corporation, stock is bought and sold on the open market by thousands upon thousands of investors.


Can S Corporation pay the owners as subcontractor and use 1099 instead of W-2 forms?

Absolutely, positively not.


Why are most large enterprises organized as corporations?

Most large companies are corporations because laws protect owners from the liabilities of a corporation. When a company that is a corporation is sued, the suing party can't also sue the individual.


Why is the corporation the favorite form of business organization in the US?

From a tax standpoint, there are some benefits for a small business to form a corporation, of course there are different forms of corporations and the benefits differ. The primary reason and benefit in forming a corporation is the limited liability involved. A corporation is like an individual taxpayer or person in that if the corporation is sued from some reason and don't have enough insurance to cover the loss, the suit cannot generally take the assets of the business owners except for the value of their ownership in the business. A business owners home and family are protected from attachment due to this issue. They may loose their business but not everything in their life.


Characteristics of a corporation?

Limited LiabilityStockholders, who are owners of the corporation, are not liable for its debts or acts. The premise of separate legal entity means that the no one represents or acts on behalf of the company as it represents itself. In instances where a corporation is being wound up, the shareholders are only liable up to the unpaid amounts of their shares.