There's a very simple reason why real estate tends to be held in limited partnerships rather than corporations and that reason is the corporate profits tax.

人们之所以,通过有限合伙的形式来持有商业房产,而不是以公司的形式来持有商业房产,其原因非常简单,那就是公司利润税

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Maybe a partner at your firms gives you an assignment and says,

也许你公司的合伙人交给你一个任务，并且指出

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The partners were dependent for their retirement on the prosperity of the firms they left behind and the customs and culture they left behind, and the places were much more responsible and honorable.

合伙人的退休金取决于,他们留下的公司的繁荣程度,以及他们给公司带来的制度和文化，这些公司是非常,负责任而且受人尊敬的。

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A limited partnership is one kind of DPP and it has--it's not a corporation, so it's a partnership.

有限合伙制是DPP的一种,它不是公司制,而是合伙制

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