Financial Accounting, 13th Edition
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by C William Thomas and Wendy M. Tietz Chapters 1 -
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12, Complete
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The Financial Statements
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Ethics Check
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(5-10 min.) EC 1-1
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a. Objectivityand independence
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b. Due care v
c. Integrity
d. Integrity
, Short Exercises
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a. Corporation, v limited v partners v of v a v Limited-liability
partnership (LLP) and Limited-liability company (LLC). If any of
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v these businesses fails and cannot pay its liabilities, creditors
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v cannot force the owners to pay the business’s debts from the
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v owners’ personal assets. Creditors can go after the general partner
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v of a limited liability partnership.
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b. Proprietorship. There is a single owner of the business, so the v v v v v v v v v v
owner 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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v creditors can force the partners to pay the business’s debts from
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v their personal assets. A partnership affords more protection
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v for creditors than a proprietorship because there are two or more
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v 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
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v personal assets from the assets of Simple Treats, Inc. This will
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v help Osmond, investors, and
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