ACCT 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: International Financial Reporting Standards, Sole Proprietorship, Financial Accounting Standards Board

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Single identifiable unit, must be accounted for in all situations. Not a separate entity for legal or tax purposes. Business party is taxed on individual returns. Owner personally responsible for the companies debts. Partnership - 2 or more owners/ profits and losses are divided among owners. Separate entity for accounting purposes (economic entity concept) Not separate for entity for legal purposes or tax purposes. Owners personally responsible for partnership debts - unlimited liability. Corporation - business incorporated under the laws of a particular state. Corporations must file a character and bylaws with the state of incorporated. Limited liability - for owners, generally the most owners can lose is their investment in the company. Opportunity to raise large amount of money by selling shares in stock market going public . Financing activities - 2 sources of funds. Equity: selling ownership interest - permanent financing . Investing activities - using money raises during financing to acquire resources to be used in operations.

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