can a business be a person

[leonmeredith]

[Nkakamasembe]

YES when its not a limited or a partnership .

[fredpuli47]

Yes, one person can trade and be classed as a business. They keep separate accounts and a bank account for the business and it will be recorded as e.g ' John Smith trading as ' Tasteless Haircutters'. ' Of course, they are still . in law, an individual person and solely liable for everything done in their business and for all its debts, without any limit, or any sharing, of liability.

[sumo19]

limited liability companies, (private limited companies and public limited companies) are separate legal entites.

Partnerships and sole traders are separate economic entities. They have unlimited liability.

Separate legal entities are businesses that are viewed as separate from its owners. Hence, partnerships and sole traders are follow your definition.

To the best of my knowledge

[socket2008]

I had a male friend once who was a business. He was a male escort and operated under his own name (website etc).