Compared to Corporations, What Is the Primary Disadvantage of Partnerships

Multiple Choice

Compared to corporations, what is the primary disadvantage of partnerships as a form of business organization?

A) The tax rates applied to partnerships are higher than the tax rates applied to corporations.
B) Any dividends paid to the owners of a partnership business are taxed twice, once at the partnership level and once at the personal, or individual level.
C) Partnerships generally are more complex to form (start up) than corporations.
D) Partnerships have unlimited lives whereas corporations do not.
E) The owners of a partnership, that is, the partners, have unlimited liability when it comes to business obligations whereas the owners of a corporation have limited liability.