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PROPRIETARY THEORYPROPRIETARY THEORY is where no fundamental distinction is drawn between a legal entity and its owners, i.e. the entity does not exist separately from the owners for accounting purposes. The primary focus is to report information useful to the owners, and therefore the financial statements are prepared from their perspective.ENTITY THEORYENTITY THEORY is where a legal entity is regarded as having a separate existence from the owners. The financial statements are prepared from the perspective of the entity, not its owners.
There are 12 key accounting concepts. These concepts are, money - management, going concern, entity, dual aspect, cost, realization, time period, objectivity, conservatism, materiality, matching, and consistency.
There are eight accounting concepts: Business entity concept, cost concept, going concern concept, matching concept, objectivity concept, unit of measure concept, adequate disclosure concept, and accounting period concept
capital is an amount invested by the proprietor, according to separate entity concept owner is different from the company so, capital is treated as liability.
Balance sheet tallies all of the assets, liabilities and capital accounts of a financial entity - could be a business enterprise or your own personal financial status. The balance sheet is formally known as the statement of financial position. It is a snapshot of the financial position of an economic entity on any given day. On a balance sheet the total of all assets are equal to the sum of all liabilities and capital. The accounting equation is Assets = Liabilities + Capital. It is a restatement of the algebraic equation Assets minus Liabilities equals Capital.
entity theory
In tort cases, immunity implies that a person cannot be held liable because he or she was acting on behalf of an entity. Proprietary functions are functions that could have been performed by a proprietary entity but were performed by the government. If a person acts because of a proprietary function, that person cannot be granted immunity.
Capital (or equity) is considered a liability because capital (equity) represents an obligation owed to shareholders by the company. While the shareholders are not able to "call" their liability (like debtholders are), the obligation exists regardless.
Non-Ownership in a business entity (eg. manager, employee, etc.).
PROPRIETARY THEORYPROPRIETARY THEORY is where no fundamental distinction is drawn between a legal entity and its owners, i.e. the entity does not exist separately from the owners for accounting purposes. The primary focus is to report information useful to the owners, and therefore the financial statements are prepared from their perspective.ENTITY THEORYENTITY THEORY is where a legal entity is regarded as having a separate existence from the owners. The financial statements are prepared from the perspective of the entity, not its owners.
The basic concepts of accounting include: Cost, Money Measurement, Entity, Assets Liabilities, etc.
concepts of cost of capital
The Orinoco is a river in Venezuela, not a political entity, and therefore has no capital.
The Arctic is not a political entity; there is no capital.
The corporation
Its the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as its sub-entity, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
investors