A Limited Partnership Is

A limited partnership is:

A) the most basic type of business organization in which there is only one owner.
B) a legal entity that must be chartered by the state in which it is headquartered, giving it the authority to enter into legal agreements with individuals and other corporations.
C) a business that may have several general partners and several more limited partners who do not have unlimited liability.
D) a special format designed to eliminate the problem of double taxation that one might find with a C-corporation format.
E) an organizational form that can be limited to a single individual or several other owners or shareholders.