Sole Proprietorship in the U.S. A sole proprietor is an individual who owns an unincorporated business. There are nearly 23 million sole proprietorships‚ not counting single-owner farm businesses‚ in the United States‚ and many of these engage employees in addition to their sole proprietor owners. Sole proprietorships are subject to state laws regarding registration and licensing‚ which are similar but vary from state to state. Formation Every state has its own code of business laws authorizing
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LIT1 TASK 1‚ PART A Sole Proprietorship- Sole proprietorships are the most common form of business in today’s world. These are your mom and pop shops built from the ground up and owned by one person. Sole proprietorships are unincorporated so any contract or legal agreement the company agrees to‚ it is actually the owner that is entering into the contract. Being a sole proprietor has obvious advantages in that it is very easy to create a sole proprietorship and and all profits made by the
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CASE: HR-28B DATE: 05/05/06 Trader Joe’s--2006 “This is like a designer Costco” -Trader Joe’s customer “We like to think of Trader Joe’s as an economic food democracy.” -VP Andrew Dumper “Many successful grocers are delighted to have sales per person hour at $50 to $60. Ours is $212 and increasing. -CEO Dan Bane By 2006‚ Trader Joe’s expansion into the East Coast market had been an unqualified success‚ with more that 60 stores in ten Eastern states and more than $1 billion in revenue
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invested $25‚000 in Southwest Development Company. The firm has recently declared backruptcy and has $60‚000 in unpaid debts. Explain the nature of payments‚ if any‚ by Ms. Harper in each of the following situations a. Southwest Development Company is a sole proprietorship owned by Ms. Harper. b. Southwest Development Company is a 50-50 partnership of Ms. Harper and Christopher Black. c. Southwest Development Company is a corporation. P1-3 (Page 27) a. It is typical for Jane to plan‚ monitor and access
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Retained earnings‚ June 1 $ 0 Add: Net Income $3300 Less: Dividends $2000 Retained earnings‚ June 30 $1300 ____________________________________________________________________________ Eckersley Service Company Balance Sheet June 30‚ 2011 Assets Cash $4600 Accounts Receivable $4000 Supplies $2400 Equipment $29000 Total Assets $40000 Liabilities and
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understand by the concept of conservatism ? Why is it also called the concept of prudence? Why is it not applied as strongly today as it used to be in the Past? Question 1(b) What is a Balance Sheet? How does a Funds Flow Statement differ from a Balance Sheet? Enumerate the items which are usually shown in a Balance Sheet and a Funds Flow Statement. Question 2(a) Discuss the importance of ratio analysis for inter-firm and intra-firm comparisons including circumstances responsible for its limitations
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EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS ch 1 Carry Yoki’s Lounge consists of the following. Carry‚ the owner believed that people would come to hear a band play on Friday‚ Saturday‚ and Sunday evening. During the remainder of the week‚ she believed her customers would watch sporting events on several television sets located throughout the lounge. Carry employed two bartenders‚ three servers‚ two assistant servers‚ two cooks‚ one dishwasher and a clean-up person. She had a bar‚ 15 barstools‚ 4 tables‚ 40 chairs
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Harvard Business School 9-197-010 Rev. May 30‚ 1997 First Investments‚ Inc.: Analysis of Financial Statements In March 1995‚ Fred Aldrich‚ a summer trainee with the First Investments‚ Inc.‚ was called into the office of the head of investment analysis section of the trust department. The following conversation took place: Fred‚ here are the 1994‚ 1993‚ and 1985 Basic Industries Company’s financials (Exhibit 1) and a 10-year summary (Exhibit 2 ). Our trust department has owned this stock since
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I believe one of the “must have” managerial skills for a Store manager of Trader Joe’s is leadership. Leadership is very critical and important; it is the ability to motivate other employees towards common goals‚ like providing great costumer service or building an effective work team. Basically‚ employees will follow the lead of a store manager and if the skills of the manager are effective‚ it will result in successful performance of the department. Also‚ a good leader is always looking for new
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Business Plan Worksheet Preliminary Business Concept Analysis In one sentence‚ describe your business concept: What is your business service or product? How long do you estimate that it will take to develop this service or product to the point of being ready for the public? What are the estimated costs of development of this product or service? Why do you think that this business concept will succeed? Who is your target market? Is this
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