Pro rata is a term used to describe a proportionate allocation. It's a method of assigning an amount to a fraction according ...

High earners who execute the backdoor Roth IRA correctly still generate an unnecessary tax bill through one specific timing ...

In the context of a term sheet, pro rata rights (or pro rata) govern whether investors may continue to invest in subsequent rounds of funding in proportion with their ownership. Investors with pro ...

In startup financing, certain investor rights show up so often that they feel like part of the background. One of the most common (and most misunderstood) is pro rata rights. Whether you are a founder ...

Pro rata is the proportional allocation of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities to entities based on each entity's original share of the total amount. Pro-rata reduction is the proportional ...

Although the majority of small businesses in the United States operate as sole proprietorships, many companies have multiple owners. If these multiple-owner companies are legally structured as regular ...

Whenever pro-rata rights are involved, you can always smell some drama. When a company raises a financing round, new and old investors often battle it out for the largest stake they can get. While ...

Note: This article is part of Morningstar's 2018 Guide to IRAs special report. A version of this article appeared on Oct. 10, 2016. At first blush, the term "pro rata" sounds like the worst type of ...