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byWilliamThomasandWendyM.TietzChapters1-12,
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,Chapter1 c
TheFinancialStatements
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EthicsCheck
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(5-10min.) EC1-1
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a. Objectivityandindependence
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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 any of these
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c businesses fails and cannot pay its liabilities, creditors cannot force
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the owners to pay the business’s debts from the owners’ personal
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c assets. Creditors can go after the general partner of a limited liability
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partnership.
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b. Proprietorship. There is a single owner of the business, so the owner c c c c c c c c c c c
is answerableto noother owner.
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c. Partnership. If the partnership fails and cannot pay its liabilities, c c c c c c c c c
c creditors can force the partners to pay the business’s debts from
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c their personal assets. A partnership affords more protection
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for creditors than a proprietorship because there are two or more
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owners tosharethisliability.
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(5min.) S1-2 c c c
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
c personal assets from the assets of Simple Treats, Inc. This will
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c help Osmond, investors, and
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