Unitary Business Law and Legal Definition
Unitary business refers to business activities or operations, which are of mutual benefit, dependent upon, or contributory to one another, individually or as a group. It is characterized by unity of ownership, functional integration, centralization of management and economies of scale. The term can be applied within a single legal entity or between multiple entities and without regard to whether each entity is a corporation, a partnership or a trust.
In Amoco Corp. v. Comm'r of Revenue, 658 N.W.2d 859, 865 (Minn. 2003), the court held that a business is unitary when the operation of the business within the state is dependent upon or contributory to the operation of the business outside the state.
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- Affected Item of Business
- Affiliated Business Arrangement
- Agribusiness
- Alternative Fuels Business
- Awarding Agency [Business Credit and Assistance]
- Base Closure Area [Small Business Administration]
- Better Business Bureaus
- Bill of Sale (Business)
- Branch or Additional Business Facility [Agricultural Marketing Service]
- Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs [EEB] [Department of State]
