FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FUNDAMENTALS
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ISBN: 9781260827767
Author: Wild
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Chapter 1, Problem 5QS
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Proprietorship: When single person start a business it is sole proprietorship kind of business. This is one of the common form of business organization. In this type of business organization all the decision related to sale, purchase, expenses, distribution of goods and many more business activity are conducted by the owner of sole proprietorship firm.
Corporation: A corporation is a company or group of company to perform business activity The corporation may be profit making or nonprofit making but most of the attributes are same. A corporation has to be registered under the law of the country.
To identify: The given attributes are related to which form of business.
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