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Accounting Volume 2 Canadian 9th Edition Horngren Solutions Manual
Accounting Volume 2 Canadian 9th Edition Horngren Solutions Manual
Chapter 13
Questions
1. Corporation characteristics:
• a separate legal entity, formed under federal or provincial law
• continuous life and transferability of ownership
• no mutual agency
• limited liability of shareholders
• separation of ownership and management
• corporate earnings subject to a degree of double taxation
• government regulation
• corporations may incur costs unique to corporations.
2. The corporation itself pays income tax, and the shareholder pays personal tax on
after-tax dividends received from the corporation. However, a portion of the
corporate tax is allowed as a dividend tax credit to the shareholder to eliminate
some of the double taxation.
3. The incorporators pay the fees and file the required documents with the
incorporating jurisdiction, and approval of articles of incorporation is granted
by the federal or a provincial government. The articles of incorporation
include authorization for the corporation to issue a certain number of shares.
The incorporators agree to a set of bylaws for governing the corporation. The
corporation then issues its shares and receives assets. The shareholders elect
the board of directors, which appoints the officers. At this point, the
corporation begins operations.
4. Characteristic Corporation Partnership
Legal Entity – a business entity – does not require
formed under federal federal or provincial
or provincial law approval to do business
– corporation a distinct – partnership not
entity; assets and distinct from partners
liabilities belong to who hold all assets
corporation and liabilities
Continuous Life – sale or transfer of – partnerships
and Transferability shares does not affect terminate when
of Ownership the continuity of the ownership changes
corporation