ACCT 2220 Study Guide - Final Guide: Standard Accounting Practice, International Financial Reporting Standards, Financial Statement

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Provide information on business operations, investing, and financing activities to management. Unincorporated businesses are not separated from legal entities and properties are responsible for the debts of the business profits. Proprietorships report equity as a single amount on the statement of financial statement. Pay personal income tax on their respective shares of the profits. Corporations are separate legal entities that pay their own income taxes and are subject to laws that restrict distributions of corporate earnings and limit shareholder"s personal losses to the amount invested. Indefinite life continues on regardless of who owns its shares. Not affected by withdrawal, death or incapacity of an owner. Shareholders have only a residual interest in the business and their only claim to the assets of the business is at the end of the life of the business when all debts have been settled. Not responsible for corporate debts unless they have personally guaranteed them.

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