1. You cannot be held liable for the entire losses, it involves all the partners, therefore it should be borne accordingly by all others.
While starting a partnership is much easier than incorporating there are rules and best practices that should be adhered to.
A partnership is an association of two or more persons who carry on as co-owners and share profits and losses.
Partners are personally liable for the business obligations of the partnership. This means that if the partnership can't afford to pay creditors or the business fails, the partners are individually responsible to pay for the debts and creditors can go after personal assets such as bank accounts, cars, and even homes.
2. Until there is any legal action by government side or any other competent authority, you cannot seek for postponement
You may wait for any notice after which you can plan suitable action requesting to defer the issue and seek time to make the payments.
3. Taxes are paid through the personal income tax filings of individual partners. As a partner, you have income through your share of the profits (or a loss if the partnership is losing money), and you report this income on your personal taxes. The partnership itself reports profits and losses to the IRS on a special form (so that the IRS knows how much you receive), and you pay the taxes on your portion.
If he derives any profits for himself from any transaction of the firm, or from the use of the property or business connection of the firm or the firm-name, he shall account for that profit and pay it to the firm
4. In unlimited partnership, every partner is liable, jointly with all the other partners and also severally, for all acts of the firm done while he is a partner. You can be held personally responsible for another partner’s negligence or carelessness. This means that if your partnership firm is insufficient to meet its financial obligations, you may have to use your personal assets to pay off debtors, even though you personally may not be at fault. The last-mentioned clause can be a big dampener for entering into a partnership, especially if you have insufficient capital.