ACCT207 Final: Final Exam Study Guide

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Sole proprietorship: a business owned by one person: simple to set up and gives you control over the business, e. g. barber shops, law offices, auto repair shops, more favorable tax treatment; more liable for debts. Proprietorships and partnerships have five times as many businesses as corporations, but corporations have eight times as much revenue. Accounting: the information system that identifies, records, and communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users. Internal users: definition: managers who plan, organize, and run a business. Ethics in financial reporting: sarbanes-oxley act (sox): reduces unethical corporate behavior and decrease the likelihood of future corporate scandals. Three types of activities for all businesses: financing, investing, operating. Investing activities: assets: resources purchased by company (property, plant, equipment, cash- one of the most important assets. Iii: investments: another form of an investment activity. Assets, liabilities, expenses, and revenues are accounting information of interest to users, and are arranged in the format of four different financial statements:

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