Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)

Aimbozivikanwa seUFOC

I Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ndiyo yehurumende yehurumende iyo inotonga nzira iyo franchise inopiwa kuitengeserana muUnited States uye iyo, muna 1978, yakatsanangura kuti chibhadharo ndechipi uye yakagadziriswa zvinoda kuziviswa uye mitemo yekupa franchise. Izvo izvo zvinotarisirwa neFTC zvinowanzonzi "Franchise Rule".

Shanduro yeFranchise Rule yakashandurwa zvakanyanya muna 2007. Isati yachinja, FTC yakagamuchirawo sekutsanangurira zvakakwana kudyidzana kwechirongwa chekutsvaga kwemitemo yakave yakagadzwa neNorth American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA).

Pasi pemakore ekutanga eNASAA, vashandi vehurumende vanoitawo ruzivo pasi pehurukuro iyo yainzi Uniform Franchise Inopa Circular ("UFOC") yakanga yakafanana zvikuru neicho kujekeswa kweFTC. Apo Franchise Rule yakashandurwa muna 2007, zvakawanda zvezvaive zvakabatanidzwa muUFOC zvakagamuchirwa kune itsva FTC chiziviso chokudanwa chinonzi Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).

Kunyange zvazvo vazhinji vezvematongerwo enyika vakabvuma kugadziriswa kweFranchise Rule, mune dzimwe nheyo mitemo ichiri yakasiyana, kusanganisira asi isingagumi kune tsanangudzo yei franchise uye dzimwe nyika zvakare dzine mitemo yeukama inotungamirira mufambiro pakati pe franchisor uye franchisee uye yakasiyana Federal Rule inobvumira mutengesi kuti asungure franchisor nokuda kwekutyora kweRule (kodzero yega yega yekuita).

Tsanangudzo yeFranchise pasi peFranchise Rule

Pasi peFranchise Rule, FTC inotsanangura "franchise" muChikamu 436.1 (h) sezvinotevera:

A "Franchise zvinoreva chero hukama huripo hwekutengeserana kana urongwa, chero zvingave zvichinzi, mune izvo zvataurwa kana kuti chibvumirano zvinoreva, kana mutengesi wekutengesa mari anopikira kana kuti anomiririra, mumuromo kana mukunyora, kuti:

(1) Mutengesi achawana kodzero yekushanda bhizinesi rinozivikanwa kana kubatanidzwa nechirongwa chechiremba, kana kutengesa, kutengesa, kana kugovera zvinhu, maitirwo, kana zvimwe zvinhu zvinowanikwa kana kuti zvinosanganiswa nechitarisiko chechirongwa chesafarisi;

(2) Mutambo wechibhadharo uchashanda kana ane simba rekushandisa chiremera chikuru chekutonga pamusoro penzira yekushandira, kana kupa rubatsiro rwakakosha mumagetsi ekushanda; and

(3) Sechiitiko chekuwana kana kutanga kushanda kwechikwata, mutengesi anopa chikwereti chekubhadhara kana kuita kuti apiwe chikwereti kune franchisor kana kuti iyo inobatana. "

Pasi peBusiness Format Format, rudzi rwekutengeserana kunonyanya kuzivikanwa kune munhu akawandisa, ukama hwekutsvaga huwandu hunowanzobatanidza bhizinesi rose maitiro uye kwete chete zita rebhizimisi rebhizimisi, zvigadzirwa nemishandiro.Kutumira Bhizimusi Fomu Franchise iyo inoshandiswa nehurumende inowanzopa magwaro ekushandisa , kurovedza, mararamiro emitambo, kutaridzika kwehutano, nzira yekudhinda, nezvimwe

Kutanga-Kutengesa Kuzivisa uye Franchise Disclosure Document

IFranchise Rule inoda kuti vafambisi vechibhadharo vape kune vanotarisira mari inoshandiswa mushure mekuzarura dhiyabhorosi ("FDD") kune vanotarisira franchisees inofanirwa kuti vaite chisarudzo chavanoziva vasati vasvika muukama hwekutsvaga. Maererano neFTC, Franchise Rule "yakagadzirirwa kuita kuti vashandi vanogona kudzivirira vasati vaita mari nekuvapa ruzivo rwakakosha pakuongororwa kwezvinogona kuisa njodzi uye kubatsirwa, nekuenzanisira kunobatsira kune dzimwe dzimba dzekutsvaga, uye kuenderera mberi nekuongororwa kwechirongwa mukana. "

VaFranchisor vanofanirwa kupa DDD kune avo vanotarisira mariji mazuva gumi nemaviri vasati vasayina chibvumirano chekutengesa, uye franchisee ane kodzero yekugamuchira Gwaro reFranchise rakapedza mazuva manomwe asati asayina.

Zvechokwadi, sezvinenge mune chero humwe hutongi, kune mamwe mamiriro ezvinhu kune izvi zvinoda ku federal uye state level, asi isu tiri kuenda kuzotarisa pamusoro pavo pano nokuti ivo vakangoita zvekare.

"Plain English" Inodikanwa

Iyo Franchise Rule inoda kuti kuzarura chikamu cheDDD chikanyorwa mubhuku re "Plain English" uye kwete mumutemo uye kupa avo vanogona kushandisa franchisee nemapoka ehuwandu ehuwandu hwechirembare nechipo chekutengesa kusanganisira mashoko pamusoro pebhizimisi rebhirisire, ukama uye kodzero uye zvibvumirano zve laisensi yakakwana kune vanotarisira mari yekuita sarudzo yakasati yatanga kupinda muukama hwekutsvaga.

Nepo dzimwe dzezvematongerwo enyika dzinoda kuti vashandi vehurumende vabve kana kuti vanyorese FDD yavo nehurumende vasati vapihwa mari, hapana mvumo yakadaro iri pasi pe Federal Rule.

23 Zvinhu zvekuzivisa

Pasi paFranchise Rule mune zvikamu makumi maviri nezviviri zvakasarudzwa zvekuzarura (zvinonzi Zvinhu mu franchise parlance) pamwe chete nemisiti yakanyorwa. Izvozvi 23 zvinhu ndezvi:

1. The Franchisor uye chero Vabereki, Predecessors, uye Vakabatana
2. Business Experience
3. Kutongwa
4. Kushungurudza
5. Initial Fees
6. Mimwe Mari
7. Inofanirwa Initial Investment
8. Zvibvumirano paZviwanikwa zveMitambo uye Nhepfenyuro
9. Zvikwereti zveFranchisee
10. Financing
11. Kubatsira kwaFranchisor, Kutengesera, Computer Systems, uye Kudzidziswa
12. Territory
13. Zvinyorwa
14. Patent, Copyrights, uye Information Information
15. Mhosva yekubatanidzwa mune Zvechokwadi Kushanda kweBusiness Franchise
16. Zvipingamupinyi pane izvo Franchisee Inogona Kutengesa
17. Kuvandudzwa, Kugumisa, Kudhinda, uye Kururamisirwa Kugadziriswa
18. Public Figures
19. Nhepfenyuro yeZvibvumirano
20. Zvinyorwa uye Franchisee Information
21. Financial Statements
22. Zvibvumirano
23. Receipts

Kuti uwane mamwe mashoko pamusoro pezvinowanikwa mune imwe neimwe yezvinhu 23, verenga pano.

Zano Rinofanira Kukosha

Kune vanyori vehurumende , kugadzira Franchise Disclosure Document inofanira kugadziriswa nevanokodzera vashandi vezvematongerwo enyika uye chete mushure mekukosha kwehutano uye humwe urongwa hwebhizimisi.

Kune avo vanotarisira franchise, zvinokosha kuti kana muchiongorora FDD kuti iwe unonzwisisa zvazvinosanganisira uye izvo zvisingabatanidzwi . Iwe unofanirwa kubvunzurudza gweta rakagadziriswa muhurumende mukuongorora chero franchisor uye kuve nechokwadi kuti unonzwisisa chipo chechirenda uye chibvumirano chekutengesa.