. Differentiate the four forms of business organizations: Sole proprietorship General Partnership Limited liability Company Corporations

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1. Differentiate the four forms of business organizations:

  • Sole proprietorship
  • General Partnership
  • Limited liability Company
  • Corporations

2. Explain and describe the type of information needed by each of these users:

  • Revenue
  • expenses
  • profitability
  • debt

3. Explain each accounting principles

  • Accrual principle
  • Conservatism principle
  • Consistency principle
  • Cost principle
  • Economic entity principle
  • Full disclosure principle
  • Going concern principle
  • Matching principle
  • Materiality principle
  • Monetary unit principle
  • Reliability principle
  • Revenue recognition principle
  • Time period principle

4. Define and explain each qualitative characteristics of useful financial information:

  • Verifiability
  • Timeliness
  • Understandability
  • Comparability

5. Differentiate the types of business according to its activity:

  • Service business
  • Merchandising business
  • Manufacturing business

6. Name a 10 company according to the three major types of businesses

7. Define the three major elements of accounting equation:

  • assets
  • liabilities
  • shareholders' equity
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