Entrepreneurship is the foundation of today's economy. The number of established companies is increasing year by year and thus the number of entrepreneurs increases. Entrepreneurial activity is not linked exclusively to the entrepreneur and does not end with his death. Many entrepreneurs are working on their reputation for many years and gain it over several generations, so it is very important how the legal system regulates inheritance by the entrepreneur. The key task of the inheritance law is to achieve an appropriate balance between the rights of entrepreneur's creditors and business partners and the rights of his heirs. We are more and more aware of the importance of entrepreneurship for the national economy and it is getting more and more important that the death of the entrepreneur leaves as small burden on the company as possible, so the company can operate on. The key legal sources for the study of inheritance of a business share are the Inheritance Act as a general law and the Companies Act as a special regulation. Companies Act divides companies into personal companies, capital companies and the specific form of an entrepreneur individual as a natural person. Entrepreneur is not a legal person, therefore the death of entrepreneurs usually causes the end of entrepreneurial activity. The consequences of the death of a partner in personal companies are quite different from the consequences of the death of a partner in capital companies, which is also reflected in heredity legal issues. For all companies in Slovenian legal system there is a limited number of legal organizational forms in which companies can engage in the market. In personal companies according to the Companies Act the death of a partner causes, as a rule, a termination of the company. The capital companies do not cease with the death of a shareholder. The inheritance by the deceased entrepreneur may be legal inheritance or inheritance by the testator 's will. For the company's fate, it is very welcome that the inheritance of a business share is determined by the will. The testator knows the best who will continue with the entrepreneurial activity and run the business.
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