ACTG 4400 Lecture 5: ACTG 4400 - Week 5 Notes (October 21, 2010)

Business law Agency and partnership 1.The creation of an agencyalways required a written document authorizing the agent to act forthe principal and signed by both the principal and the agent.T/F

2.No consideration is required to create an agency relationship.T/F

3.Failure to notify partner with whom an agent has dealt of hertermination can create liability to those parties under the theoryof apparent authority. T/F

4.Liability for the tortious acts of an agent will depend uponhow much control the principle had over the agent. T/F

5.General partner stand only to lose their investment in thepartnership if the partnership goes broke. T/F

6.Under the doctrine of respondent superior the principal isliable for any harm caused by his agent, when the agent is actingwithin the scope of his authority. T/F

7.If the partners fail to write down the proportional ownershipinterest then they will be presumed to be equal partners. T/F

8.In the absence of a written agreement, any partner can refuseto allow anyone to become a partner in his partnership, since it isa voluntary relationship. T/F

9.What is known by the agent is presumed to be known by theprincipal. T/F

10.A limited partnership only has limited partners. T/F

11.Limited partners have a limited right to manage thepartnership affairs. T/F

12.Partners cannot use the general partnership agreement to denythe claims of creditors of the partnership; if the assets of thepartnership are not enough to the debt of the partnership thenpartners are personally liable for the debts of the partnership.T/F

13.A partnership is not a tax paying entity, but must file a taxreturn. T/F

14.The principal of Marshaling of assets means that creditors ofan individual partner must first exhaust his assets before takingany partnership property. T/F

15.The statute of frauds does not generally require anypartnership agreement to be in writing. T/F

1, Commonly, current liabilities are payable within one year and long-term liabilities are payable more than one year from now. True or False

2, Given a choice, most companes would prefer to report a liability as current rather than long-term because it may cause the firm to appear less risky T or F

3, If company borrows from another company rather than from a bank, the note is referred to as commercial paper. T or F

4, Sales taxes collected from customers by seller are not an expense, instead they represent current liabilities payable to the govermant T or F

5, The balance in the estimated warranty liability account is always equal to warranty expense. T or F

6, We record gain contingencies when the gain is probable and can be reasonable estimated. T or F.

7, An employee has gross earning of $1,600 and withholding of $25 for income taxes, $5 for social security taxes and $3 for medicare taxes. The employer also pays a total of $5 for social securty and $3 for medicare taxes, $12 for SUTA. What is the total cost of this employer to the employer? Assume no other infomation.