Financial Accounting, 8th Edition
Financial Accounting, 8th Edition
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780078025556
Author: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Daniel Short
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Explain the term corporation and the primary advantages of corporate form of business.

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Corporation:

A business concern where there is a separate legal entity and are owned by stockholders are classified as corporation. Transfer of ownership and raising funds are easy in this form of organization. No personal legal liability exists among the shareholders.

The primary advantages of corporate form of business are as follows:

  • Transferability of ownership is easy in the corporate form of business,
  • Stockholders has limited liability, and they are not liable for corporation’s debts, and
  • Investors can purchase or sale their shares in small quantities.

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