Eli5: why the shareholders in a company are not liable to pay debts owed by the company?

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Eli5: why the shareholders in a company are not liable to pay debts owed by the company?

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Companies are incorporated. The owners of shares are thus not liable due to how the laws work.

This is often one of the reasons why people will incorporate their business. It shields them from things like liability.

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