{"id":16230,"date":"2024-07-31T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letslaw.es\/?p=16230"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:15:18","slug":"subsidiaries-and-characteristics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letslaw.es\/en\/subsidiaries-and-characteristics\/","title":{"rendered":"Subsidiaries and their main characteristics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A subsidiary is <\/span><b>a business entity that is connected to another, known as the parent company, and is under its direction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Despite this connection, it operates independently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The parent company typically directs and manages, at least in macro decision-making, the business operations of its subsidiaries, thus determining the commercial and economic strategy of the group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This occurs when a company (the parent) contributes sufficient capital to the subsidiary to gain majority control, thereby obtaining control of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main characteristics of a subsidiary are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Control<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: they are owned by their parent company in a sufficient amount to maintain majority control, allowing the parent to direct its commercial strategy through them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Independence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: despite being connected to and controlled by their parent company, subsidiaries enjoy their own legal personality, distinct from that of their parent, with their own statutes, governing bodies, and administrative structures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Responsibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: having their own legal personality, they act in their own name and at their own risk and venture, meaning that the consequences of their actions and any debts they incur are their own responsibility, not extending to the parent company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Benefits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: although subsidiaries are independent entities, being directed and integrated into a business group with their parent company allows them access to economic, technological, or knowledge resources, and synergies can be created between the subsidiary and its parent.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are various reasons why a company might be interested in creating a subsidiary:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>When a company is interested in expanding to another country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or other regions of the same country. This way, a subsidiary can be directly created in that region to operate directly and from the beginning from there, better adapting to local legislation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The subsidiary, being in that region, <\/span><b>can offer better and more tailored services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the needs of local consumers, as it better understands the target market.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>It can entail tax benefits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This entirely depends on the legislation of each country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As previously mentioned, a subsidiary is governed by the prevailing legislation in the country where it is based, as it is a completely independent legal entity. Therefore, a foreign entity interested in creating a subsidiary in Spain could and would have to adopt any corporate form permitted by our legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a subsidiary is established in Spain, having its own legal personality, it must pay corporate tax like any other company.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Differences between subsidiary and branch<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are similar corporate figures to subsidiaries that can cause confusion, such as branches. The main differences between a branch and a subsidiary are broadly as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both share the aspect of having a parent company on which they depend to varying degrees. <\/span><b>Branches have an identical corporate purpose to their parent company<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and do not have their own legal personality, unlike subsidiaries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subsidiaries have their own distinct name, whereas branches have the same name as their parent company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference in legal personality leads to another substantial difference between the two figures. <\/span><b>A subsidiary has its own responsibility, and its debts cannot be extended to its parent company<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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