Government * Econ By Greg MacLeod | April 4‚ 2009 | 10:28 PM The concept of the corporation reaches back to Roman times. However‚ the modern business corporation evolved radically from its ancient roots into a form with little relation to the purpose as understood by historians of law. Today‚ the typical business corporation seems to be a disjointed entity whereby shareholders seek maximum income‚ labor unions seek maximum income‚ and managers vie for maximum salaries and bonuses. The needs of society
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Financial Management What’s Ahead What Is Finance? Goal of the Firm Profit Maximization Maximization of Shareholder Wealth Legal Forms of Business Organization Sole Proprietorship Partnership Corporation Comparison of Organizational Forms The Role of the Financial Manager in a Corporation The Corporation and the Financial Markets: The Interaction Ten Principles That Form the Basics of Financial Management A Final Note on
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influence over the other party in making financial and/or operating decisions” and Related Party transaction means “a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties‚ regardless of whether or not a price is charged.” Under AS-18‚ following entities are treated as Related Party: • Holding Companies‚ subsidiaries and fellow subsidiaries • Associates and joint ventures • Individuals (incl. their relatives) – having
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interest in many entities. The majority of these entities are wholly owned (100%) by SEEK Limited and therefore are classified as subsidiaries in the consolidated financial statements. The focus of this case study is on a number of partly-owned entities of SEEK Limited and you are required to identify and evaluate the accounting treatments of these entities by SEEK Limited. The six selected party-owned entities of SEEK Limited include: Brasil Online Holdings (Brasil Online): The entity owns two leading
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investment partnerships which the board approved with very little questioning. Some of these partnerships created a conflict of interest due to the fact that Fastow was not only managing the partnerships‚ but he was also an investor in an outside entity that took part in buying and sellingassets with Enron. Fastow was able to create and manage several of these partnerships while still maintaining his role as CFO of Enron. This was due to the rule set in place by the Financial Accounting Standards
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Defining a Partnership [s.1 PA 1892 NSW] The PA defines a partnership as “the relation which exists between persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit” Partnerships are unincorporated bodies without any separate legal identity of their own. As Justice Barton put it in Cribb v Korn (1911)‚ “to be partners‚ they must have agreed to carry on some business….in common with a view to making profits and afterwards of dividing them‚ or of applying them to some agreed object”. SO…..whether
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form of business as it is owned by one person‚ so there is no distinction between the business and the owner. Liability – Because there is no distinction between the business and the owner‚ all liability falls on the owner/sole proprietor. If the business fails‚ both personal and business worth and assets are at risk as they are the same. Income Taxes – Filing for income taxes are an advantage as the owner and the business are taxed as a single unit. All income acquired through the business is treated
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with another with intent to avoid performance by use of a corporate entity as a shield against personal liability. APPLICATION In this case‚ Mallory knew that he was insolvent at the time he commingled corporate funds to cover his mortgage payments of $20‚000 a month. Due to the fact‚ that Mallory was commingling corporate funds he then precariously borrowed a $1 million loan in the
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The Exit Planning Questionnaire The First Step to Exiting Your Business On Your Terms by Richard E. Jackim‚ JD‚ MBA Exit Planning Questionnaire TABLE OF CONTENTS Client Company. PAGE Personal Information ........................................................................................................... 4 Your Instructions (Contingency Plan) ............................................................................. 10 Company Information ..................................
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Overview (pgs. 4–5) 1.2 Three Types of Business Organizations (pgs. 5–9) 1.3 The Goal of the Financial Manager (pgs. 9–11) 1.4 The Four Basic Principles of Finance (pgs. 11–13) Objective 1. Understand the importance of finance in your personal and professional lives and identify the three primary business decisions that financial managers make. Objective 2. Identify the key differences between the three major legal forms of business. Objective 3. Understand the role
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