by William Thomas and Wendy M.Tietz Chapters 1 -
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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. Objectivity and independence
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b. Due carej
c. Integrity
d. Integrity
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a. Corporation, limited partners of a Limited- j j j j j
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liability company (LLC). If any of these businesses fails and cannot p
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ay its liabilities, creditors cannot force the owners to pay the busine
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ss’s debts from the owners’ personal assets. Creditors can go after t
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he general partner of a limited liability partnership.
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b. Proprietorship. There is a single owner of the business,so the owne j j j j j j j j j j j
r is answerable to no other owner.
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c. Partnership. If the partnership fails and cannot pay its liabilities, cr
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editors can force the partners to pay the business’s debts from th
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eir personal assets. Apartnership affords more protection for cre
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ditors than a proprietorship because there are two or more owners
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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 perso
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nal assets from the assets of Simple Treats, Inc. This will help Osm
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