SOLUTIONMANUALFinancialAccounting,13th
b Edition
byCWilliamThomasandWendyM.TietzChapters 1b
b - 12, Complete
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,Chapter1 b
The Financial Statements
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Ethics Check
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(5-10min.) EC1-1
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a. Objectivityandindependence
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b. Due careb
c. Integrity
d. Integrity
, Short Exercises b
(10min.) S1-1 b b b
a. Corporation, b limited b partners b of b a b Limited-
liability partnership (LLP) and Limited-liability company
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b (LLC). If any of these businesses fails and cannot pay its
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b liabilities, creditors cannot force the owners to pay the
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b business’s debts from the owners’ personal assets. Creditors
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b can go after the general partner of a limited liability
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partnership.
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b. Proprietorship. There is a single owner of the business, so b b b b b b b b b
the owner is answerable to no other owner.
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c. Partnership. If the partnership fails and cannot pay its b b b b b b b b
b liabilities, creditors can force the partners to pay the b b b b b b b b
b business’s b debts b from b their b personal b assets.
b A partnership affords more protection for creditors than a
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b proprietorship because there are two or more owners b b b b b b b
b toshare this liability.
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(5min.) S1-2b b b
1. The entity assumption applies.
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