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a. Objectivityandindependence
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c. Integrity
d. Integrity
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a. Corporation, limited partners of a Limited-liabilityj
nn partnership (LLP) and nn nn n n Limited-liability n n company (LLC). If any of nn nn nn nn
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n n creditors cannot force the owners to pay the business’s n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
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b. Proprietorship. There is a single owner of the n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
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c. Partnership. If the partnership fails and cannot pay its nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn n n liabilities,
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n n debts n n n n from n n n n their n n n n personal n n n n assets. n n n n A n n partnership
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1. The entity assumption applies.
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