Edition
dd
byCWilliamThomasandWendyM.TietzChapters 1dd
- 12, Complete
dd dd dd
,
,Chapter 1 dd
The Financial Statements
dd dd
Ethics Check
dd
(5-10 min.)
dd d d EC 1-1
dd
a. Objectivity and independence
dd dd
b. Due care dd
c. Integrity
d. Integrity
, Short Exercises
dd
(10 min.) S 1-1
dd d d dd
a. Corporation, d d limited d d partners d d of d d a d d Limited-
liabilitypartnership (LLP) and Limited-liability company
d dd dd dd dd dd dd
dd (LLC). If any of these businesses fails and cannot pay its
dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd
dd liabilities, creditors cannot force the owners to pay the
dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd
dd business’s debts from the owners’ personal assets.
dd dd dd dd dd dd
dd Creditors can go after the general partner of a limited
dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd
dd liability partnership. dd
b. Proprietorship. dd There dd is dd a dd single dd owner dd of dd the
dd business,so the owner is answerable to no other owner.
d dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd
c. Partnership. If the partnership fails and cannot pay its
dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd
dd liabilities, creditors can force the partners to pay the
dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd
dd business’s d d debts d d from d d their d d personal d d assets.
d d A partnership affords more protection for creditors
d dd dd dd dd dd
dd than a proprietorship because there are two or more
dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd
dd owners toshare this liability.
dd d dd dd
(5 min.)
dd d d S 1-2
dd
1. The entity assumption applies.
dd dd dd