Assuming debts when entering an existing business.
November 30, 2009 | 25,00 EUR | answered by Steffan Schwerin
The following constellation:
A and B founded a partnership in June 2007 to run a retail business. However, B leaves again on January 31, 2009. The retail business is continued by A as a sole proprietor. A liquidation balance sheet is prepared, and B receives the calculated amount in four installments, with the first installment paid out in April 2008. In May 2008, A again founds a partnership with C, and the business is now jointly operated again. The installments for B from the liquidation balance sheet continue to be paid from the company account that has existed since the beginning of the business. Now A wants to leave the partnership on December 31, 2009.
Since a new liquidation balance sheet must now be prepared, the following question arises:
Did C assume a proportional share of the debts of the retail business when the partnership was founded? Or does A have to bear the payments determined in the liquidation balance sheet with B in full on his own? There are no contractual agreements in the partnership agreement regarding this matter.
Dear questioner,
I will answer the questions you have asked, taking into consideration the situation described and your input, as follows:
Question 1: Did C take on the debts of the retail business proportionally when joining the GbR?
With C's entry into the GbR, C also took on the debts of the GbR.
Question 2: Or does A have to bear the payments determined in the settlement balance with B in full on their own?
The payments from the settlement balance with B do not have to be borne solely by A, but by the GbR.
However, if the GbR is not solvent, the partners are personally liable.
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