There are five business licenses: self-employed, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited company and joint-stock company.

(1) Self-employed individuals:

The main characteristics of self-employed individuals are that there is no need to register capital and establish accounts.

in the long-term development, the credibility is not good, so it is impossible to set up branches and reinvest, and it can be transferred without notarization and bear unlimited joint and several liability.

there is no need to establish accounts for the fixed tax; Estimate income according to rent, cost, etc. Whether there is any income after the approved collection should be paid according to the approved tax, and the part beyond the fixed tax should be collected separately.

(2) sole proprietorship enterprise:

The main features of sole proprietorship are that it does not need registered capital, and it is possible to establish accounts or not.

you can engage in transfer, and you need to be notarized. You can set up branches, but you can't invest any more. Taxes can be taxed without establishing accounts; Can also be audited and collected; Take unlimited joint and several liability.

(3) Partnership:

The main features of a partnership are that it does not need registered capital, and it may or may not establish accounts.

you can engage in transfer, and you need to be notarized. You can set up branches, but you can't invest any more. Tax audit collection; Take unlimited joint and several liability or limited liability.

(4) Limited company:

The main features of a limited company are that it needs to invest registered capital, at least in 1 yuan, but not at most. Good reputation, the enterprise can set up branches, subsidiaries, groups, etc. when it develops to a certain scale. Audit collection, according to the business nature and business of enterprises to determine the taxes and tax rates that enterprises should pay. The number of shareholders is 1 to 5. Undertake limited liability limited to the registered capital.

(5) Joint-stock company:

The main features of a joint-stock company are that it needs to invest registered capital, with a minimum of 5 million yuan and a maximum.

It has a good reputation. When an enterprise develops to a certain scale, it can set up branches, subsidiaries and groups. Audit collection, according to the business nature and business of enterprises to determine the taxes and tax rates that enterprises should pay. The number of shareholders of a joint-stock company (unlisted) is 2 to 2, and the number of shareholders of a joint-stock company (listed) is not limited. Undertake limited liability limited to the registered capital.

Extended information:

Sole proprietorships, partnerships and individual industrial and commercial households are not qualified as legal persons. A sole proprietorship enterprise generally refers to an organization that employs more than 7 people. Individual industrial and commercial households are unique names in China. Generally, they are operated by one or three people. They are not considered as organizations in law. On the basis of individuals, personal property bears unlimited joint and several liability. These three organizations cannot be called "companies".

Limited companies and joint-stock companies have the status of legal persons, and bear limited liability with the capital contributed or subscribed by investors. It's what we usually call a company.

in order of scale (from small to large): self-employed, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited company and joint-stock company.

According to the registered number, the number of self-employed, sole proprietorship, partnership and joint-stock companies is the smallest, with a total ratio of about 1%, and the number of limited companies is about 9% (that is to say, 9% of people apply for licenses for limited companies)

According to the Measures for the Administration of Registration of Individual Industrial and Commercial Households (draft for public comment) drafted by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce recently, the business license of individual industrial and commercial households is valid for up to 4 years; The registration authority may verify the validity period of the business license according to the use period of the business premises of individual industrial and commercial households, and the validity period shall be at least 6 months. Individual industrial and commercial households shall apply to the registration authority for a new business license within one month before the expiration of the business license, and the registration authority shall timely renew it according to law.

if the change of registration of individual industrial and commercial households involves matters specified in the business license, the business license shall be renewed. If the business license is lost or damaged, individual industrial and commercial households shall declare it invalid in the publicly issued newspapers and apply to the registration authority for replacement or replacement.

It is also known that the State Administration for Industry and Commerce has issued a notice requesting local industrial and commercial departments to conduct a comprehensive investigation of transportation, coal mines and non-coal mines, construction and dangerous chemicals enterprises under their jurisdiction according to law, severely crack down on illegal production, operation and construction, and further improve production safety.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Business License