[AFA 100] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 29 pages long Study Guide!
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Form of business owned by one individual. Considered owners life with profits/losses becoming to taxable. Profits, taxes and legal liability responsible to two or more owners of the business. Need an agreement: discusses how profits/losses are shared and new or existing partners leave and come. Advantage over sole is that more resources are available. Separate entity from both legal and accounting perspective. Legally responsible for own taxes and debts not owners. Which means owners cannot lose more than what they invested. Disadvantage are legal fees for creating a corporation and its owners on high tax income. Shareholders can buy or sell stocks publically or privately. Start out as private and work to public for more financing purposes. System of analyzing, recording, and summarizing results of activities and reporting to decision makers. Private accountant, chartered accountant, certified fraud examiner, Banks use financial statements to evaluate risks that they will be repaid the.