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 10.23AE
(Learning Objective 1: Identify key terms associated with corporations) Complete each of the following statements with one of the terms listed here.
Beard of directors | Charter | Common stock |
Corporation | Legal capital | Limited liability |
Liquidation | Par value | Preemption |
Retained earnings | Stockholders’ equity |
- a. The right to maintain one’s proportionate ownership in the corporation is the right of _____.
- b. 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 _____.
- c. The stockholders’ ownership interest in the assets of the corporation is called _____.
- d. _____.is the legal concept that means stockholders can lose no more than the cost of their investment in the company.
- e. The authorization from the state to issue a certain number of shares of stock is granted through the corporation’s _____.
- f. The arbitrary amount assigned to each share of stock when it is originally authorized is its _____.
- g. _____.is a hybrid form of capital stock resembling both equity and debt that pays a fixed dividend.
- h. _____.is the basic form of capital stock.
- i. The _____.is elected by stockholders.
j. The business entity formed under state law that has a separate legal identity from its owners is a ___ .
k. The total of the par value of all of the shares issued is the corporation's ___ .
I. ___ represents the amount of stockholders' equity that the corporation has earned through profitable operations less any
dividends declared.
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