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Concept Self-Check

14 August, 2015 - 17:32
  1. What are some of the characteristics of a proprietorship that are different from those of a corporation?
  2. What is the journal entry to record the investment of cash by the owner into a proprietorship?
  3. How are the closing entries for a proprietorship different than those recorded for a corporation?
  4. Why is there only one equity account on a sole proprietorship’s balance sheet and multiple accounts in the equity section of a corporate balance sheet?
  5. Define a partnership and briefly explain five characteristics.
  6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of partnerships?
  7. How does accounting for a partnership differ from that for a corporation?
  8. How can partnership profits and losses be divided among partners?
  9. Why are salary and interest bases used as a means to allocate profits and losses in a partnership?
  10. How are partners’ capital balances disclosed in the balance sheet?
  11. What is a partnership bonus? How is it calculated when a new partner is admitted?
  12. Distinguish between the sale of a withdrawing partner’s interest to a new partner and sale of an interest to his/her existing partner(s).
  13. Explain how a deficiency (debit balance) in one partner’s capital account is handled if that partner is unable to contribute additional assets to cover it.