Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134725987
Author: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.40BE
(Learning Objective 1: Identify key terms associated with corporations) Complete each of the following statements with one of the terms listed here.
| Charter | Corporation | Double |
| Limited liability | Liquidation | Paid-in capital |
| Par value | Preemption | |
| Retained earnings | Share of capital stock | Stockholders |
- a. _____ represents the amount of stockholders’ equity that the corporation has earned through profitable operations less any
- b. dividends declared.
- c. The owners of the corporation are called _____.
- d. One disadvantage of the corporate form of organization is ___ .
- e. _____ is a hybrid form of capital stock resembling both equity and debt that pays a fixed dividend.
- f. The basic unit of ownership for a corporation is one ______.
- g. The authorization from the state to issue a certain number of shares of stock is granted through the corporation’s _______.
- h. The right to receive a proportionate share of any assets remaining after the corporation goes out of business, sells its assets, and pays off its liabilities is the right of ______.
- i. The business entity formed under state law that has a separate legal identity from its owners is a ______.
- j. The amount of stockholders’ equity that the stockholders have contributed to the corporation is called ________.
- k. The arbitrary amount assigned to each share of stock when it is originally authorized is its ____.
- l. _____ is the legal concept that means stockholders can lose no more than the cost of their investment in the company.
- m. The right to maintain one's proportionate ownership in the corporation is the right of _____.
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