WHAT CONSEQUENCES DO NEW YORK RLLPs FACE FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE RELEVANT FILING REQUIREMENTS?

Aug 16, 2021

Kiritsis Law Group Phone: 212-921-0005

John Kiritsis, Esq., CPA, MBA, MS, JD, LL.M

 

If an RLLP fails to submit a “status statement” to the Department of State, the Secretary of State may issue a proclamation declaring the RLLP's registration as corporation cancelled. While legal entities incur costs when failing to observe all the periodic filing report regulations, such costs may be particularly pronounced for RLLPs.

 

A Partnership's legal establishment rests on the notion that it bore out of a voluntary association.  The existence of 2 or more parties is required for a showing of an association.  An association tantamount to a Partnership would generally be molded by a legally binding partnership agreement.  A one partner partnership would in all likelihood be a legally invalid partnership.

 

The below questionnaire checklist, may help you better prepare your Partnership’s business plan for success:

What does the Partnership's name stand for?

Will there be limited partners in the Partnership?

Will it be a General Partnership?

Will it be a Limited Partnership?

Will the Partnership be a Registered Limited Liability Partnership (RLLP)?

Will the Partnership provide professional services requiring a license?

How many partners will the Partnership have?

Will there be any general partners in the Partnership?

Will there be any limited partners in the Partnership?

What will the Partnership's principle business activity be?

What is the Partnership's legal name?

Is a Certificate of Partnership being drafted or filed?

Which partner(s) would be overseeing tax matters?

Are the partnership’s capital equity account have any assignees?

Will limited partners be substituted?

Will partners be assigned?

What are the names of the founding general partners?

What are the names of the initial limited partners?

What requirements must the Partnership fulfill to obtain additional general partners?

What are the rules for adding more limited partners?

What rules apply when admitting replacement limited partners?

How would any additional (non initial) partners be legally bound by and/or for the partnership via the partnership agreement?

Are there any capitalization requirements with regards to legally establishing a partnership?

How may a partnership go about to increase the amount of its capital contributions?

Would a call notice provision be included in the partnership agreement?

How will the partnership resolve issues with regards to withdrawing capital and/or returning capital?

How will the partnership determine individual partner-allocated priorities and dividends (or their functioning equivalent).

What will be the partnership’s management structure?

How will issues regarding partner voting rights be resolved?

Will a partner be able to act unilaterally during an official Partnership meeting?

Will the partnership adopt a legal entity organizational deal?

Will a simple partner majority vote be sufficient to amend the partnership agreement?

Will a super majority partner vote be legally required to have the partnership agreement amended?

Will the managing partners be entitled to have their legal fees reimbursed by the partnership in the event of a lawsuit?

Is the partnership going to formally file its partnership agreement with the NY secretary of state?

When will the Partnership's internal governing documents be signed?

Who will act as the partnership’s organizer with regards to properly establishing it with the applicable state legal entity chartering authorities?

How will the Partnership safeguard its intellectual property rights?

Where will the partnership’s center of business operations be located?

What will the Partnership's corporate type address would be?

When will the Partnership's business operations start?

How many people will work for the Partnership?

What is the Partnership's projected annual revenue?

What will the Partnership's main activities be?

Must partners first sell their Partnership ownership interests to the Partnership (or to other individual partners)?

When will the Partnership's fiscal year end?

What are the partners' names, addresses, and phone numbers?

Is it legal for the Partnership to transact business with its partners?

Regarding real estate contract paperwork, who may sign and legally bind the Partnership?

Which partners will have legal authority to bind the Partnership in employment agreements?

Who will be the registered agent for the Partnership?

Who will be the Partnership’s accountant?

Who will be the Partnership's general counsel/attorney?

Who will be the Partnership's insurance professional?

Who will be the Partnership's financial banker?

Will the Partnership have any subsidiaries or divisions?

In which State will the Partnership be established?

When will the Partnership agreement become legally binding?

What are the tax implications of operating as a General Partnership, Limited Partnership, or Registered Limited Liability Partnership (RLLP)?

 

Citations and possibly useful references include:

-U.S. Constitution

-New York State Bar Association

-New York City Bar Association

-American Bar Association

-New York State Secretary of State: Divisions of Corporations

-Internal Revenue Code

-Internal Revenue Service

-New York Department of Finance

-New York Business Corporation Law

-New York UCC (Uniform Commercial Code)

-New York LLC (Limited Liability Company) Law

-New York General Obligations Law (GOL)

-New York CPLR

-Delaware Corporate Law

-Delaware LLC Law

-Bankruptcy Code

-Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Law (RULLCA)

-New York Partnership Law

-New York Trust Law

-New York Constitution

-Gordon v. Doty, 69 P.2d 136 (Idaho 1937)

-A. Gay Jenson Farms Co. v. Cargill, Inc., 309 N.W.2d (Minn. 1981)

-Hoddeson v. Koos Bros., 47 N.J. Super. 224 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1957)

-Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. United States, 398 F.2d 167 (2d Cir. 1968)

-Majestic Realty Assoc., Inc. v. Toti Contracting Co., 30 N.J. 425 (1959)

-Town & Country House & Home Serv., Inc. v. Newbery, 3 N.Y.2d 554

-Fenwick v. Unemployment Compensation Comm’n, 133 N.J.L. 295 (1945)

-Martin v. Peyton, 246 N.Y. 213 (1927)

-Meinhard v. Salmon, 249 N.Y. 458 (1928)

-Eisenberg v. Flying Tiger Line, Inc., 451 F.2d 267 (2d Cir. 1971)

-Marx v. Akers, 644 N.Y.S.2d 121

-Auerbach v. Bennett, 47 N.Y.2d 619 (1979)

-A.P. Smith Mfg. Co. v. Barlow, 13 N.J. 145 (1953)

-Kamin v. American Express Co., 86 Misc.2d 809 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1976)

-Francis v. United Jersey Bank, 87 N.J. 15 (1981)

-Bayer v. Beran, 49 N.Y.S.2d 2 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1944)

-Escott v. BarChris Construction Corp., 283 F.Supp. 643 (S.D.N.Y. 1968)

-Levin v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 264 F.Supp. 797 (S.D.N.Y. 1967)

-Rosenfeld v. Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp., 309 N.Y. 168 (1955)

-AFSCME v. AIG, Inc., 462 F3d 121 (2d Cir. 2006)

-Crane Co. v. Anaconda Co., 39 N.Y.2d 14 (1976)

-Ingle v. Glamore Motor Sales, Inc., 73 N.Y.2d 183 (1989)

-Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. RJR Nabisco, Inc., 716 F.Supp 1504 (S.D.N.Y. 1989)

-Morgan Stanley & Co. v. Archer Daniels Midland Co., 570 F.Supp 1529 (S.D.N.Y. 1983)

-Young v. Jones, 816 F.Supp 1070 (D.S.C. 1992)

-Sandvick v. LaCrosse, 747 N.W.2d 519 (N.D. 2008)

-National Biscuit Co. v. Stroud, 249 N.C. 467 (1959)

-Day v. Sidley & Austin, 394 F.Supp 989 (D.D.C. 1975)

-Collins v. Lewis, 283 S.W.2d 258 (Tex. Civ. App. 1955)

 

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Our firm has a robust practice area presence regarding business formation and corporate governance. Below are just some of the areas that our firm can help you with:

 

-Partnership Agreement 

-General Partnership Agreement

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-RLLP Partnership Agreement

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-Converting a Sole Proprietorship into a Limited Partnership

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-Partnership Audit Committee 

-Selling Partnership Interest

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