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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 care
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c. Integrity
d. Integrity
, Short Exercises
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(10 min.) S 1-1
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a. Corporation, limited partners of a Limited-
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liabilitypartnership (LLP) and Limited-
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liability company (LLC). If any of these businesses fails and can
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not pay its liabilities, creditors cannot force the owners to pay
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the business’s debts from the owners’ personal assets. Credito
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rs can go after the general partner of a limited liability partner
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ship.
b. Proprietorship. There is a single owner of the business,so the
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owner is answerable to no other owner.
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c. Partnership. If the partnership fails and cannot pay its liabilitie
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s, creditors can force the partners to pay the business’s debts
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m from their personal assets. Apartnership affords more prot
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ection for creditors than a proprietorship because there are tw
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o or more owners 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 p
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ersonal assets from the assets of Simple Treats, Inc. This will
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help Osmond, investors, and
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