Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Accountancy Part A

Chapter

Accounting for Partnership

Question:

Is Partnership firm having a separate legal entity from its partners?

Options:

Yes, it is a separate legal entity like a company

No, it does not have a separate legal entity

It depends on the profit-sharing ratio

Only if the firm is registered

Correct Answer:

No, it does not have a separate legal entity

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 2- No, it does not have a separate legal entity.

A partnership firm has no separate legal entity.

Persons who have entered into partnership with one another are individually called ‘partners’ and collectively called ‘firm’. The name under which the business is carried is called the ‘firm’s name’. A partnership firm has no separate legal entity, apart from the partners constituting it.