by William Thomas and Wendy M.Tietz Chapters 1 -
12, Complete
,
,Chapter 1
The Financial Statements
Ethics Check
(5-10 min.) EC 1-1
a. Objectivity and independence
b. Due care
c. Integrity
d. Integrity
, Short Exercises
(10 min.) S 1-1
a. Corporation, f limited f partners f of f a f Limited-liability
partnership f(LLP) fand f fLimited-liability f fcompany f(LLC). fIf fany fof
f
these fbusinesses ffails fand fcannot fpay fits fliabilities, fcreditors
f
cannot fforce fthe fowners fto fpay fthe fbusiness’s fdebts ffrom fthe
f
owners’ fpersonal fassets. fCreditors fcan fgo fafter fthe fgeneral
f
partner fof fa flimited fliability fpartnership.
f
b. Proprietorship. fThere fis fa fsingle fowner fof fthe fbusiness, fso fthe
owner fis fanswerable fto fno fother fowner.
f
c. Partnership. fIf fthe fpartnership ffails fand fcannot fpay fits
liabilities, fcreditors
f f can fforce fthe fpartners fto fpay fthe
business’s
f f debts f from f their f personal f assets. f A
partnership faffords fmore fprotection ffor fcreditors fthan fa
f
proprietorship fbecause fthere fare ftwo for fmore fowners ftofshare
f
this fliability.
f
(5 fmin.) f S f1-2
1. The f entity f assumption f applies.
2. Application fof fthe fentity fassumption fwill fseparate fOsmond’s
personal fassets ffrom fthe fassets fof fSimple fTreats, f Inc. f This
f
f will f help f Osmond, f investors, f and