What is a Partnership Firm?
A Partnership business is a business model in which at least 2 or more individuals manage and operate a business based on the terms and conditions set in Partnership Deed. Obtaining partnership registration is easy and is usually used by small and medium scale businesses.
For Partnership Registration, you must agree on a firm/business name and then you would be required to establish a partnership deed to avoid contradictions in the future within the partner itself. This is a document stating the respective rights and obligations of the partners. This partnership deed should be written and not oral. The terms and conditions mentioned in the Partnership Deed can vary to suit the interests of partners and can even be made contrary to the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 but on any terms, if the Partnership Deed is silent, then provisions of the Act would apply.
What are the different types of Partnership?
There is no formal type of Partnership, but Partnership firms can be classified as a registered Partnership or an unregistered Partnership.
As per the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, (Act), the only criteria to start a business as a partnership is to create a Partnership Deed among the Partners. It is not mandatory for the partnership deeds to get registered, that is, they do not require the Partnership Firm to be a registered Firm. Therefore various partnership businesses exist as an unregistered firm.
There are no penalties imposed on non-registered partnership firms, and a partnership firm can even be registered after formation based on the partners will.
However, unregistered partnership firms cannot claim for certain rights which is denied in Section 69 of the Partnership Act. It deals with the effect of non-registration of a partnership firm.