2027 COMPLETE ACCURATE TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) A NEW UPDATED VERSION |ALREADY GRADED
A+ social science
What is the tax status of partnerships?
Partnerships are tax transparent
partners pay income tax and capital gains tax on their share of profits.
,What is prima facie evidence of a partnership (but not necessarily
conclusive)?
Evidence of profit sharing
An agreement to share losses as well as profits participation in decision-making
by all
individuals
(loan of money does not make a partnership) (one person not being held out
as a partner makes partnership less likely).
,What is the fiduciary relationship between partners?
Partners owe each other a duty of good faith, similar to that owed by a trustee
to a
beneficiary.
This is because partners are agents for each other (per the Partnership
Act).
What is required under the fiduciary duty between partners?
Honest and full disclosure among partners Limits on unauthorised
personal profit Must act in best interest of other partners.
, What is the nature of partners' liability in contract?
Partners are personally liable.
Every partner is jointly liable for all debts and obligations incurred while
they are a partner - joint but not several
What is the nature of partners' liability in tort?
Partners are personally liable.
Partners have joint and several liability in tort (unlike contract, which is joint but
not several)