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Choosing to run your company as an LLC or LLP depends upon your profession and your state. If you're a professional who needs a license to do business, you're better off running your company as an LLP if your state allows it. If you are not a professional, an LLC is usually the best fit for your business.

What Is the Difference Between an LP and LLP? An LP and LLP have a similar structure. However, LPs have general partners and limited partners, while LLPs have no general partners. All partners in an LLP have limited liability.

An LLP is a limited liability partnership where each partner has limited personal liability for debts or claims of the partnership. Partners of an LLP aren't held responsible for the acts of other partners.

A limited liability partnership (LLP) operates like a limited partnership, but in an Limited liability partnership (LLP), each member is protected from personal liability, except to the extent of their capital contribution in the LLP.

What Is the Difference Between an LP and LLP? An LP and LLP have a similar structure. However, LPs have general partners and limited partners, while LLPs have no general partners. All partners in an LLP have limited liability.

The choice between these two entities is largely a matter of flexibility. An LLP allows its members to join and depart with no tax consequence. An LLP also allows the amount of income allocated to each member to be flexible each year.

A limited company will have directors and shareholders, while an LLP only has members. The constitutional document for a limited company is its Articles of Association (and any corresponding Shareholders' Agreement).

What is the main advantage of a limited liability partnership? The main advantage of a limited liability partnership (LLP) is that each partner is only liable for their own actions and not those of the other partners. This means that if one partner is sued, the other partners will not be held liable.