PartnershipUnited States · Delaware
What it takes to form, own and run a general partnership in United States · Delaware, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.
This company type
At a glance
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all partners are liable jointly and severally for all obligations of the partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law.
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estate, association (including any group, organization, co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee), corporation, government (including a country, state, county or any other governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality)
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
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A partnership must file an annual information return to report the income, deductions, gains, losses, etc., from its operations, but it does not pay income tax.
Form it
Who registers it
Not in our records Registry, Formed without visiting, Formed online: none of these is in our records for the Partnership.
What it takes to form
Not in our records A notary, A resident director, Paying up the capital: none of these is in our records for the Partnership.
Own it
Who may own and run it
- Directors
- Does not apply
- Shareholders
- A company may be one
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estate, association (including any group, organization, co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee), corporation, government (including a country, state, county or any other governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality)
- Members
- At least 2
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the association of 2 or more persons (i) to carry on as co-owners a business for profit forms a partnership, whether or not the persons intend to form a partnership
- A local company secretary
- Does not apply
- A local registered agent
- Not required
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Each partnership that files a statement of partnership existence, a statement of qualification or a statement of foreign qualification shall have and maintain in the State of Delaware:
Each year, at the registry
- Annual registry fee
- USD 300 (about €262)
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Although Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies and General Partnerships formed in the State of Delaware do not file an annual report, they are required to pay an annual tax of $300.00.
- Accounts on the public record
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Audit for a small company
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Audit
- Not in our records
Important dates
When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.
- Pay the annual tax of $300 on the general partnership
- 1 June
With Delaware Division of Corporations (Franchise Tax)
No annual report is filed; the tax is due no later than June 1st each year.
- Registration of the partnership with the Division
- Not required for this type
With Delaware Division of Corporations
A general partnership forms by association of co-owners (6 Del. C. 15-202), with no filing with the Division.
What is public
Not in our records What the register shows the public is not in our records for the Partnership.
Tax
Tax on profit
How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.
Through owners+1 regime
A partnership does not pay federal income tax; it passes profits or losses through to its partners. The Delaware level was not read for this type.
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A partnership must file an annual information return to report the income, deductions, gains, losses, etc., from its operations, but it does not pay income tax.
Special regimes that may apply
- Qualified opportunity zones free zone
Taxpayers with eligible gains who invest them in a Qualified Opportunity Fund holding property in a designated zone 26 U.S.C. § 1400Z-1 (designation) and § 1400Z-2 (deferral and exclusion), enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Public Law 115-97
Whether a company qualifies depends on its activity and conditions set in each statute.
- CFC rules in United States
- Not in our records
Close it
Closing it
The other end, which most guides leave out.
- Route
- Dissolution on an event listed in 6 Del. C. 15-801, then winding up.
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A partnership is dissolved, and its business must be wound up, only upon the occurrence of any of the following events
- Statutory fee
- Not in our records
Every business in United States · Delaware
Sales and consumption tax
- The tax
- Sales tax (state and local)
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you can elect to deduct state and local general sales taxes
- Standard rate
- Set by the states or provinces
There is no national VAT or sales tax; rates are set by each state and locality.
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you can elect to deduct state and local general sales taxes
- Registration threshold
- Not in our records
- A foreign company
- See the note
Sales tax is administered by state and local authorities, not the federal government, so there is no national registration rule to record.
- Tax authority
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at federal level; sales tax is administered by state and local authorities
Portals and registers
- Business registerNone — state-level business registries; no single national registry
- Tax authorityInternal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Tax treatiesUS Department of the Treasury - Tax Treaties
Payment and banking services
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Reference
Its name and code
- Kind
- General partnershipDerived our grouping, the same words in every country
- Name in law
- Partnership
- ISO 20275 code
- QF4WSecondary GLEIF, Entity Legal Forms code list