Out of small beginnings: Choosing the best structure for your business is vital to its prosperity.Jonathon Kaplan investigates the avenues to small business success

摘要

At the end of June 2004 there were a total of 15,083 businesses operating in cafe and restaurant services in Australia according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. That comprised 13,286 cafe and restaurant businesses and 1,796 catering businesses. That was three years ago! I wonder how many of those businesses took the trouble to seek proper legal and accounting advice on the appropriate structure for their businesses prior to committing themselves to their ventures... and now have some regretsfor the reasons that will become apparent as you read on.