Solutions Manual For Accounting Principles 7th Canadian Edition, (Volume 1) 7e Weygandt Donald Kieso Kimmel Trenholm Warren Novak

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Solutions Manual For Accounting Principles 7th Canadian Edition, (Volume 1) 7e Weygandt Donald Kieso Kimmel Trenholm Warren Novak-1. Yes. Accounting is the financial information system that provides u... seful financial information to every person who owns and uses economic resources or otherwise engages in economic activity. 2. Internal users are those who plan, organize, and run businesses and include managers, supervisors, directors, and company officers. External users work for other organizations but have reasons to be interested in the company’s financial position and performance, and include current or potential investors (owners), and creditors. Internal users may want answers to several types of questions. For example, the finance department wants to know if there is enough cash to pay the bills. The marketing department wants to know what price the business should use in selling its products to maximize profits. The human resources department wants to know how many people the business can afford to hire. The production department wants to know which product lines make the business the most profit. External users may want answers to several types of questions. For example, investors want to know if the company is earning enough to give them a return on their investment. Creditors want to know if the company is able to pay its debts as they come due. Labour unions want to know whether the owners can afford to pay increased wages and benefits. Customers are interested in whether a company will continue to honour its product warranties and support its product lines. Taxing authorities want to know whether the company respects the tax laws. Regulatory agencies want to know whether the company is respecting established rules. 3. The main objective of financial reporting is to provide useful information to investors and creditors (external users) to make decisions about a business. Users may be potential investors who need to decide if they wish to invest in the business or they may be creditors deciding if they wish to lend money to the business. These users want to know if the business is running successfully and can generate cash and earn a profit. Weygandt, Kieso, Kimmel, Trenholm, Warren, Novak Accounting Principles, Seventh Canadian Edition Solutions Manual . 1-6 Chapter 1 QUESTIONS (Continued) 4. Proprietorships, partnerships and corporations are the three main forms of business organization. The main difference among these three forms is the size of the business. Since a proprietorship is a business owned by one person, it has limited resources. The size of the business is typically small and the life of the business is limited to the life of the owner. The size of businesses can expand in the case of a partnership as more owners are involved in the day to day operations of the business. In order to achieve a large size, with a diverse group of owners, the corporate form is used to have easy transferability of the ownership through the issuance of shares. Another important difference is that the corporation is a separate legal entity and pays income taxes. In addition, the corporation is the only form where owners have limited liability with respect to the business. The following are the main characteristics of each form: a) A proprietorship is a private business with one owner who has unlimited liability for the business. The proprietorship has a limited life tied to the life of the owner. There is transparency between the owner and the business. Ultimately the owner is personally responsible to pay tax on the profit of the business. b) A partnership has essentially the same characteristics as a proprietorship except that in a partnership, there is more than one owner. A partnership need not be a private business, although it usually is. c) For corporations, the owners are one or more shareholders who enjoy limited liability. The corporation pays income taxes and can have an indefinite live since its ownership units, in the form of shares, are easily transferred to other owners. 5. Ethics is a fundamental business concept. If accountants do not have a high ethical standard, the information they produce will not have any credibility. Ethics are important to statement users because it provides them comfort that the financial information they are using is credible and reliable. [Show More]

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