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byCWilliamThomasandWendyM.TietzChapters1
12,Complete
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,Chapter1
TheFinancialStatements
EthicsCheck
(5-10min.) EC1-1
b
a. Objectivityandindependence
b. Duecare
c. Integrity
d. Integrity
, ShortExercises
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(10min.) S1-1 b
a. Corporation, b b limited b b partners b b of b b a b b Limited-
b liability partnership (LLP) and Limited-liability company
b b b b b
b (LLC). If any of these businesses fails and cannot pay its
b b b b b b b b b b
b liabilities, creditors cannot force the owners to pay the
b b b b b b b b
b business’sdebtsfromtheowners’personalassets.Creditors
b can go after the general partner of a limited liability
b b b b b b b b b
b partnership.
b. Proprietorship. There is a single owner of the business, so b b b b b b b b b
b theownerisanswerabletonootherowner.
c. Partnership. If the partnership fails and cannot pay its
b b b b b b b b
b liabilities, creditors can force the partners to pay the
b b b b b b b b
b business’s b debts b from b their b personal b assets.
b Apartnership affords more protection for creditors than a
b b b b b b b
b proprietorship because there are two or more owners b b b b b b b
b tosharethisliability.
(5min.) S1-2 b
1. The entityassumptionapplies.
b b b