2. Describe and illustrate the equity reporting for proprietorships, corporations, partnerships, and limited liability corporations.
3. Describe and illustrate the accounting for forming a partnership.
Disadvantages • Difficulty in raising
large amounts of capital • Unlimited liability
Alternative Forms of Business Entities
A corporation is organized under state or federal statutes as a separate
Alternative Forms of Business Entities
A proprietorship is owned by one individual.
Advantages
• Ease in organizing • Low cost of
organizing
Joe’s
Review of Chapter 1
Chapter 13
Partnerships and Limited Liability Corporations
Accounting, 21st Edition
Warren Reeve Fess
PowerPoint Presentation by Douglas Cloud
Professor Emeritus of Accounting Pepperdine University