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The need to manage trade and commerce and resolve business disputes helped shape the creation of legislation and courts. The Code of Hammurabi dates again to about 1772 BC for instance and incorporates provisions that relate, among different matters, to delivery costs and dealings between merchants and brokers. The word “company” derives from the Latin corpus, meaning body, and the Maurya Empire in Iron-Age India accorded authorized rights to business entities. Generally, firms are required to pay tax identical to “actual” individuals.
- Interior decorators, beauticians, hair stylists, make-up artists, tanning salons, laundromats, dry cleaners, and pest controllers are service businesses.