Financial Accounting, 13th Edition
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by C William Thomas and Wendy M. Tietz Chapters 1
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,Chapter 1 c
The Financial Statements
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Ethics Check
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(5-10 min.) EC 1-1
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a. Objectivity and independence
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b. Due care c
c. Integrity
d. Integrity
, Short Exercises
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a. Corporation, c limited c partners c of c a c Limited-
liability partnership (LLP) and Limited-liability company (LLC). If
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cany of these businesses fails and cannot pay its liabilities,
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ccreditors cannot force the owners to pay the business’s debts
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cfrom the owners’ personal assets. Creditors can go after the
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cgeneral partner of a limited liability partnership.
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b. Proprietorship. There is a single owner of the business, so the c c c c c c c c c c
cowner is answerable to no other owner.
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c. Partnership. If the partnership fails and cannot pay its liabilities,
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ccreditors can force the partners to pay the business’s
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c from c their c personal c assets. c A partnership affords more
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cprotection for creditors than a proprietorship because there are
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ctwo or more owners toshare this liability.
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(5 min.) S 1-2
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1. The entity assumption applies.
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2. Application of the entity assumption will separate Osmond’s c c c c c c c
cpersonal assets from the assets of Simple Treats, Inc. This will
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c help Osmond, investors, and
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