SCORE: Forms of Business Organization—Legal and Financial Considerations

This workshop reviews the various forms of business organizations and their characteristics with an eye toward analyzing what types of businesses and how the goals of the founders may dictate which form of organization to undertake. It further analyzes the financial and tax considerations of each. One presenter has a legal background, and the other has an accounting and tax background. The goal is to present a multi-perspective view of choosing the form of business organization. The workshop is designed for those who are considering beginning a business or who have formed a business and are considering changing the form.

The Facilitators for this Workshop are SCORE Members Harry Eng and Fram Zollers

Fran Zollers is a Professor Emerita of Law & Public Policy in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. She has also taught as a visiting professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University, and was a visiting scholar at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Fran has been a member of SCORE since 2013 and is a Certified Master Mentor.

Harry Eng is a financial executive, subject matter expert and speaker on federal and state taxation with over 40 years of senior executive work experience in the federal government and Fortune 50 corporate management. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Enrolled Agent who currently consults with clients about tax strategy and defends tax clients before the Internal Revenue Service and Illinois Department of Revenue. Harry has been with SCORE for over ten years and is a Certified Master Mentor.