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Partnership Articles

Browse 3 Gruv blog articles tagged Partnership. Coverage includes Contracts & Legal and Tax Residency & Compliance. Practical guides, examples, and checklists for cross-border payments, tax, compliance, invoicing, and global operations.

Tax Optimization20 min read

When a PTE Tax Election Is Worth It

A **pte tax election** is worth making only when the net result stays positive after owner credits, compliance work, and cash timing. PTET is an entity-level state tax election for eligible pass-throughs. [IRS Notice 2020-75](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-20-75.pdf) allows certain state and local income taxes paid by partnerships or S corporations to be deducted at the entity level. The practical test is straightforward: does that federal benefit still hold after state credit mechanics and execution risk are fully modeled?

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Professional Deep Dives26 min read

How to Structure a Joint Venture Agreement Between Two Freelancers

Treat the **freelance joint venture agreement** as a working document you can use day to day, not a ceremonial signature page. Put it in place before work starts so everyone involved is working from the same written terms.

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Professional Deep Dives16 min read

How to Structure a Joint Venture Agreement for a Software Product

Before you draft terms for a **joint venture for software product**, make a clear go or no-go call on the people, rights, and authority involved. If either side cannot prove who can sign, what code they can legally contribute, or how deadlocks get resolved, pause and fix that first.

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