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Jin is an accountant. Nuankae is a sous chef at a successful Spanish restaurant on E. 68th Street, called “Que Lastima.” Jin and Nuankae (who likes to be called “Kae”) both enjoy Louisiana cuisine and met at a cooking class. They decide to open a small restaurant on W. 68th Street, called “Kae-Jin Cookin.’”
Jin and Kae meet with you to seek advice on how to establish their business. They do not expect to earn a profit in the first year or two of operation. Their principal expenses will be rent, salaries and food purchases. They expect to require about $200,000 to cover expenses over income for the first year of operation. Jin has $100,000 available; Kae $50,000. They can make up the $50,000 shortfall either through a bank loan or from Kae’s uncle, “Dutch,” a retired wine importer. Dutch is willing to provide these funds as either a loan or investment. Jin believes that the bank which is willing to make the loan may require personal guarantees from Jin and Kae.
Kae plans to quit her job at Que Lastima and can devote 100% of her time to managing the restaurant. Jin wants to continue working as an accountant but is willing to handle the restaurant’s financial affairs and offer recipes.
Jin and Kae and ask you how they should proceed. Write a short memorandum addressing the following:
Under what form of business do you suggest they operate?
What steps should they take to create such an entity?
How should they obtain the funding necessary for their first year
of operation?
How should they manage the business?
Outline the principal terms of an agreement that reflects the
intentions of Jin, Kae, and any other participants or investors, on
the issues of ownership, management, compensation, sharing of
profits and losses, dissociation and buy-out.
Essay Question (30 points)
You are tasked with conducting an audit of the business of “Kae-Jin Cookin” after its first year of operation. You discover the following:
A file containing letters from Overpriced Properties, LLC, the
restaurant’s landlord, seeking a fifty percent increase in rent for
next year. You ask Kae about this and she tells you she thinks she
can negotiate a new lease for only a twenty-five percent increase
since she is a ten percent owner of Overpriced Properties, LLC. You
ask Jin about this and he tells you he did not know about Kae’s
ownership in Overpriced Properties, LLC.
Jin has made transfers of “Kae-Jin Cookin” funds to a company
called “X Factor LLC.” You ask Jin about this and he tells you
these were short term loans to a sports fitness business in which
he has invested and that all amounts will be repaid shortly. You
learn from Kae that she knows nothing about these loans.
A file entitled “Trademarks” which reflects that Kae has made a
filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the trademark
“Kae-Jin Cookin.’” She has made the filing in her own name. You ask
Jin about this and he tells you he knows nothing about it.
Jin tells you he has recently been in a car accident in which his
car was heavily damaged. He says he drove to northern New Jersey to
meet with a prospective provider of vegetables for the restaurant.
After the meeting, Jin drove to Philadelphia to meet an old college
friend. The accident occurred in southern New Jersey just before
the border with Pennsylvania. Jin advises you that he expects
“Kae-Jin Cookin” to reimburse him for the damage to his car.
In the restaurant’s tax filings, Jin has characterized all
restaurant employees as “independent contractors.” You ask Jin
about this and he tells you he did this to save money, mostly to
avoiding paying employee benefits, and to avoid liability “if they
do something wrong.”
Write a brief memo to your audit partner outlining the issues you see arising from the facts in paragraphs 1-5 above, explaining any potential breaches of obligations or potential liabilities regarding (i) the business and (ii) Jin and Kae individually. Your answers should be based on the form of business you selected in Essay No.1.
I suggest partnership business. Because there are two or more person are willing to do a business, partnership business is the best way. Each of them can contribute there investments into theire business and it will creates a big capital formation. They can share their profit and also share the risk. Partnership business is an agreement between two or more individual who share management and profit.
In this case there are two individuals Jin and Kae, they were decided to start a business and Jin invest the amount of $100000 and Kae made $50000.There is is shortage of $50000 can made from bank or Kae's uncle. The best is that the balance fund will be made from Kae's uncle "Dutch".Otherwise if they take fund from bank they will have to pay interest for $50000. And make Dutch as a partner of this businnes. Because he is also interested to pay this amount as an investment. It is also beneficial for the business, because Dutch a retired wine importer. Jin and Kea are well educated and skilled personal. Jis is an accountant and Kea sous chef at successful Spanish restaurant. And both are enjoying cooking. It will also benefit for the business. Because Jin can manage the account section of the restaurant and they both are know cooking and making good recipes and Dutch can manage making of wine as a part of this restaurant it is also a good benefit for their new venture.
They can shere theire profit and loss as per considered by their investment. The present ratio os 2:1:1. Because Jin invest more than others. And they have already decided that they don't have expect profit from the first year or second year of operation. This is a good thing. Because when starting a new venture,never think about getting a profit, because focus on maximum investments and quality of work. This can leads to profit in the future years.
Starting of a partnership business there are many steps to fulfill .
Firstly find which type of partnership you have need. In this case here we considered as a General partnership.
The next stage is making a business plan. It extremely helpful for the success of the partnership. It is also helpful for the running of the business ang gives a clear picture what we should have done.
Finding the right name for your partnership business is an another step. After choosing the name we should have to protect it. Identfiying the tax obligations, obtaining license and permits, employer identification number, choosing the right location, obtain nsurance are the various business matters before your partnership business begins operations. And the most important thing in partnership is writting the partnership agreement. These are oral or written agreement ,to sharing the profit and losses of the business venture.
There are aome elements include in partnership agreements.
Partnership informations
The name of the parners, location and purpose of the business.
Profit and loss distribution
Rules and regulations
Admitting of new partners
Exit strategy
The means of dispute resolution .