ACCT 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Change No Change, Stock Split, Investment

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A corporation is a company organized as a separate legal entity. Can be classified by purpose and by ownership. Has most of the rights and privileges of a person. Ownership can be publicly held, with thousands of stockholders whose stock is traded on a national securities market. Ownership can be privately held, with few stockholders whose stock is not available for sale to the general public. Ownership is held in shares of capital stock. The transfer of stock is entirely at discretion of the stockholder. Liability is limited to their investment in the corporation. Creditors have no legal claim on the personal assets of stockholders unless fraud has occurred. Many businesses start as partnerships or sole proprietorships but eventually convert to the corporate form. Corporations have separate legal existence form its stockholders. May sue or be sued, and pays taxes as a separate entity. Stockholders can manage corporation indirectly through a board of directors they elect.

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