by William Thomas and Wendy M.Tietz Chapters 1 -
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,Chapter 1
The Financial Statements
Ethics Check
(5-10 min.) EC 1-1
a. Objectivity and independence
b. Due care
c. Integrity
d. Integrity
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a. Corporation, limited partners of a X V X V X V X V X V Limited-
liabilitypartnership (LLP) and Limited- X
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liability company (LLC). If any of these businesses fails and cann
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ot pay its liabilities, creditors cannot force the owners to pay th
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e business’s debts from the owners’ personal assets. Creditors c
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an go after the general partner of a limited liability partnership.
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b. Proprietorship. There is a single owner of the business,so the o XV XV XV XV XV XV XV XV X
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wner is answerable to no other owner.
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c. Partnership. If the partnership fails and cannot pay its liabilities XV XV XV XV XV XV XV XV XV
, creditors can force the partners to pay the business’s debts
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from their personal assets. Apartnership affords more pro
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tection for creditors than a proprietorship because there are tw
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o or more owners toshare this liability.
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1. The entity assumption applies.
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2. Application of the entity assumption will separate Osmond’s pe XV XV XV XV XV XV XV XV
rsonal assets from the assets of Simple Treats, Inc. This will
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help Osmond, investors, and
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