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