Talk:Seat (legal entity)

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Seat = headquarters? No!

I deem the articles content to be plain wrong. A seat is a formal construct, which is registered in the binding legal document describing the entity (e.g. the bylaws). It is in most jurisdictions a registered office (which may also be a mere service provider), while the This differs from the place where management is done (relevant in tax laws) and "headquarters" (main administrative place). An acurate description would probably need collaboration from people covering details from different jurisdictions. In Germany, the seat or registered office of an organization is the place designated in the bylaws (cf. https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gmbhg/englisch_gmbhg.html#p0029) and is mostly (but not always) where it is registered in the registry of companies. The commercial register will cover addresses for the entities, which will usually but not necessarily be the "headquarters". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buan~dewiki (talk • contribs) 19:18, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Section "Government"

The contents of the section "Government" seems to have nothing to do with "the seat of any organization", as explained in the introduction. That section seems to also be at odds with the title referring to a "legal entity". I tend to think that the section should be deleted. Any comments? --Edcolins (talk) 11:36, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I feel that the contents of the section have merit on Wikipedia, but I agree that the section does not make sense in the current context of the article. Perhaps the lead section of the article could be expanded or the government section could be spun off into its own article. AJLooMNoS (talk) 02:26, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]