Fundamental Accounting Principles -Hardcover
Fundamental Accounting Principles -Hardcover
22nd Edition
ISBN: 9780077862275
Author: John J Wild, Ken Shaw Accounting Professor, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 1E
To determine

Concept Introduction:

Partnership: Partnership is one of the types of business origination. Under the partnership, two or more individuals agree to form a business together and share losses and profits in the predetermined ratio.

Characteristics of partnership: A General partnership has the following characteristics:

• Duration of Life: A General partnership has a limited life.

• Owner's Liability: The partner’s liability is unlimited in case of a partnership.

• Legal Status: A partnership is not considered as a separate legal entity.

• Tax Status of Income: In case of partnership firm, the income earned by the partnership is taxed in the hand of partner’s.

• Owner's authority and authorization: A partnership works on the concept of Mutual Agency. As per Mutual agency concept, each partner is principal as well as the agent of another partner; they work for the benefit of partnership firm together.

• Ease of formation: A partnership firm is very easy to form business organization; it requires only a partnership contract to form a partnership.

• Transfer of ownership: Transfer of owner is difficult in case of change of partners in a partnership.

Ability to raise the large capital amount: A partnership firm cannot raise a large capital amount as it has a limited number of partner’s and it does not have access to the public funds.

To determine: The correct matches for each characteristic of the general partnership

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