ACC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Income Statement, Limited Liability, Financial Statement

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Chapter 1 purpose and use of financial statements. Internal users- use accounting information for planning, organizing, and running companies. This includes finance directors, marketing managers, human resources, and company officers. External users- investors use accounting information to make decisions to buy, hold, or sell their ownership interest. Lenders use this information to evaluate the risk of lending money. Investors, lenders, and creditors are considered to be the primary users of accounting information. Personally liable for all business debt (unlimited liability) for accounting purposes business records are kept separate. Corporations this is a legal entity so its life is infinite shareholders not responsible for corporate debts. Business organized as a separate legal entity owned by shareholders. Pay income tax as separate legal entities on corporate profits. Public corporations are required to distribute their financial statements to investors, lenders, creditors, etc. Private corporations issue shares but don"t make them available to the general public. Private corporations choose between ifrs or aspe.

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