Whether running a business and thinking of joining in a partnership or when joining together with another party individually, using an affiliation letter or contract is the way to legally bind two companies or people while ensuring each of their properties and current companies. By using an affiliation letter, business owners are able to legally agree to various terms in the contract from the
. length of the affiliation to the share of the profits for those who are also involved with the agreement or letter.Searching for an affiliation letter is possible by speaking with a lawyer for business directly or a legal team. Additionally, affiliation letters are also available online as blank template documents to use when forming a new company or partnership with either a sole proprietor or an existing business.One website, How to Write a Letter (http://www.howtowritealetter.net/Letter-of-Affiliation.html) offers a letter of affiliation in its entirety all in text form to copy and paste or to print directly from the page. How to Write a Letter includes a sample affiliation letter that is for combining two businesses or companies together to help grow the business additionally. Affiliation letters also often include the benefits of the partnership and the joining of two companies such as lowering overhead costs and increasing the amount of sales produced on a yearly or monthly basis.Another official online resource for downloading affiliation agreements, contracts and letters is the University of Maryland Medical Center's site (http://www.umm.edu/gme/affil_agreem.htm). Although most of these affiliation agreements have to do with the medical industry, they are also useful for writing one's own affiliation agreement when using proper wording and terms on legally binding two or more parties together for a business endeavor. The downloadable templates and affiliation letters available from UMM's site are in ".doc" format, requiring the installation of Microsoft Word or Office programs to properly view and edit the documents. More reference links: http://www.howtowritealetter.net/Letter-of-Affiliation.html http://www.umm.edu/gme/affil_agreem.htm
