Legal StructuresThe main structures, and what each does to liability and tax.Business & ManagementGeneral characteristics; specifics vary by country.StructureLiabilityNoteSole traderUnlimited, personalSimplest to startPartnershipUnlimited, jointNeeds an agreementLLPLimitedCommon for professionsLimited companyLimited to share capitalSeparate legal personNon-profit / CICLimitedAsset lock, restricted purposeGeneral education, not legal or tax advice. Unlimited liability meanspersonal assets are at risk — that is the decisive difference.Legal Structureslearnposters.com
Legal Structures — printable business wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Legal Structures poster

A 5-row table: Structure · Liability · Note.

General characteristics; specifics vary by country.

General education, not legal or tax advice. Unlimited liability means personal assets are at risk — that is the decisive difference.

Questions about the Legal Structures poster

What’s on the Legal Structures poster?
A 5-row table: Structure · Liability · Note. General characteristics; specifics vary by country. Sole trader — Unlimited, personal — Simplest to start; Partnership — Unlimited, joint — Needs an agreement; LLP — Limited — Common for professions; Limited company — Limited to share capital — Separate legal person; Non-profit / CIC — Limited — Asset lock, restricted purpose. General education, not legal or tax advice. Unlimited liability means personal assets are at risk — that is the decisive difference.
Who is the Legal Structures poster for?
Legal Structures belongs to the Business & Management section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning entrepreneurship can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Legal Structures poster?
Liability is the first question. Tax is the second, and it depends on the first. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Legal Structures belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Legal Structures?
The Business Plan, Cap Tables & Dilution and Customer Discovery sit alongside Legal Structures in the Business & Management section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The Business PlanCap Tables & DilutionCustomer Discovery
Is the Legal Structures poster free to download and print?
Yes. Legal Structures downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Business & Management section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Legal Structures poster print at?
Legal Structures is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Legal Structures loses nothing.Printing guide

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