Question

. lflandis purchased as a building site, the cost of removing existing structures is not charged to the Land account. 12. Depreciation is the process of allocating the cost of a plant asset to expense in the accounting periods benefiting from its use. 13. A stock dividend is the same as a cash dividend. 14. A corporation is a separate legal entity 15. A corporation has a limited life. 16. Capital is more easily accumulated in a corporation than with most other forms of organization. 17. Corporate income that is distributed to shareholders is usually taxed twice. 18. Owners have unlimited liability for corporate debts. 19. Ownership rights in a corporation cannot be easily transferred. 20. Stock splits reduce the par or stated value per share.

Answer 1

Answer:ers 1 it should be included in the land account, 2 it is a process of allocation of cost of the asset. 3 A stock is not the same as cash dividend , 4 Business entity concept, 5 Going concern concept, 6 capital is more accumulated in a corporation than in most other forms of business, 7 corporate income is taxed twice, 8 owners has unlimited liability on corporate debt, 9 The ownership right is easily transferred, 10 to reduce the par or stated value per share.

Explanation:

1 . The cost of removing the existing structure should be included in the land account, in the sense that, It is the cost of preparation of the land for the purpose for which it was purchased.

2. Depreciation can be defined as a decrease or fall in the value of fixed asset, it is the part of the cost of fixed asset consumed during the period of use of the asset by the firm. It allocated that is set to measure the service the asset has provided during the accounting period.

3. A stock is the collection of shares into a bundle or consolidated shares, while a cash dividend is the return given to shareholders based on their investment in shares in the company.

4. The accounting concept of business entity states that, a business is seen as a separate legal entity different from its owners in order to know exactly what the capital employed by the owner's have yielded. When a business is to be sued it is sued in it is own name and not in the name of the owner's of the business.

5. This is the accounting concept of going concern which states that, a business is going to last forever, it is not expected to be liquidated or reduce their scale of operations in the future. This assumption is however broken when there is a voluntary or compulsory liquidation. The death of a shareholder or any members of the board does not bring the business to an end.

6. Capital is more accumulated in a corporation than in most other forms of organization in the sense that, capital can be obtained from different sources such as sales of shares, Debentures, Bank loan and overdraft, Trade credit, Equipment Leasing

7. Corporate income that is distributed to shareholders is taxed twice in the sense that, the company when they made their profit they are made to paid corporate income tax to the government through the tax authority, and when the income is distributed to shareholders in form of dividend the shareholders are also expected to pay tax on the dividend they received from the company.

8. Owners has unlimited liability on corporate debt in the sense that, if the company goes into liquidation, the shareholders can only lose the capital they contributed in form of shares and will not be asked to pay anything further in order to settle the debt of the company.

9.The transfer of shares in a corporation by shareholders does not required the consent of anybody thus it can be easily transferred. A corporation has the advantage of allowing the shareholders to transfer their capital which are in form of shares at will if they feel dissatisfied with the company.

10. Stock split is the method of increasing the number of outst