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Proprietorship

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A business owned by one person

  • The business’s income is taxed as personal income to the owner
  • The owner has unlimited personal liability
  • The owner is personally responsible for the business’s debt or any other obligations
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Types of Businesses or Business Organizations

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  1. Proprietorship
  2. Limited Partnership
  3. General Partnership
  4. Corporation
  5. S Corporation
  6. LLC
  7. Not-For-Profit Corporation
  8. Public/Government Owned Corporation
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Limited Partnership

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There is a general partner and a silent/limited partner

  • The general partner has unlimited personal liability
  • The limited partner’s liability is limited to the amount of money they have invested
  • Business’s income is taxed as personal income to the owner
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General Partnership

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A business owned by two or more people

  • Each owner has unlimited personal liability
  • The business’s income is taxed as personal income to the owner
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Corporation

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A business that has a legal existence separate from it’s owners

  • The Corporation itself pays income tax as it’s own personal income
  • Stockholder’s liability is limited to the amount invested
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Stockholders

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Owners of a Corporation

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Two Options Companies Have With Profit

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  1. Invest in itself

2. Pay out dividends to stockholders

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Dividends

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Profit is divided among the owners

If you receive dividends you have to report it in your personal income tax

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Capital Gains Tax

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A tax on capital gains, the profits that an investor realizes when he or she sells the capital asset for a price that is higher than the purchase price

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S Corporation

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Small business

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How To Qualify as a S Corporation

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  1. Have no more than 35 shareholders
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LLC

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Limited Liability Corporation

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Limited Liability Corporation

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Small Corporation with Limited Liability

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Not-For-Profit Corporation

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A business that does not seek to earn a profit

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Public/Government Owned Corporation

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A business created to provide services that private enterprise is unable or unwilling to offer

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Franchise

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A license to operate an individually owned business as if it were part of a large chain

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Cooporatives/Co-op

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An association of individuals or companies organized to perform business functions for its members

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How Are Corporations Organized?

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  1. Governing document
  2. Stockholders
  3. Bonds
  4. Board of Directors
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Governing document includes what

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  1. Charter

2. Bylaws

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Charter

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License issued by the state

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Two Types of Stockholders

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  1. Preferred Stockholders

2. Common Stockholders

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Bylaws

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Set of rules by which a corporation operates

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Preferred Stockholders

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They have preference over common stockholders with regard to dividends
They are paid first
Get paid a set rate

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Common Stockholders

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They are Residual claimants (receive the income that is left over after the Preferred Stockholders are paid)
Could get paid more or less
Potential to earn more

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Bonds
Represent credit
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Board of Directors
In a Corporation, members of the Board of Directors are chosen by the Shareholders and get paid In a Non-Profit Corporation they are not elected
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What are the Board of Directors responsibilities?
1. They choose the President or CEO of the company 2. Make decisions about expansion, development, and dividends 3. Producing annual report (which is available to all shareholders)
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Proxy
Written authorization allowing the Directors to vote shares as instructed (at the Annual Shareholders Meeting when shareholders don't show up)
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What is a businesses responsibility to the to the consumers?
1. Product Quality 2. Product Packaging 3. Product Labeling 4. Consumer Safety (must warn consumers about potential problems) 5. Environmental Sensitivity
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Why is product packaging important?
1. Protects the product 2. Provides information about the product 3. Enhances the appearance of the product
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Why is product labeling important?
1. It's informational | 2. Gives testing labels
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What is the goal of a business?
Make money
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What are a businesses major expenses?
1. Wages and Salaries 2. Research and Development 3. Marketing 4. Health Insurance 5. Upgrading of Tools and Facilities
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Where does the businesses money come from?
1. Internal Funds 2. External Funds (Most of the money comes from borrowing)
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Internal Funds
Funds that come from the sale of products and services
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External Funds
Funds that come from borrowing, selling stock, and reducing expenses
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Types of Borrowing
1. Short Term Loan | 2. Long Term Loan
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Short Term Loan
Usually paid back in a year | Used to finance the everyday cost of doing business
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Trade Credit
Where you charge purchases and pay for them at a later date | You can also borrow money from a bank
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Commercial Paper
Can sell it to investers Like a IOU or Bond Pay it back with interest
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Long Term Loans
Paid back in a year or more
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Common Sources for Long Term Loans
1. Retaining you earnings | 2. Borrow the money (through mortgage or selling bonds)
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Who regulates the Stock Market
The Federal Government
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Principle agency who regulates the stock market
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Prospectus
A report that contains information about the company
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Motto for investing and meaning
Caveat Emptor | Buyer beware
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How is stock offered to the public for sale?
There is usually a Middleman (underwriter) who advances money to the corporation and then sell the companies stock to the public
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Securities Exchanges
A market where brokers meet to buy and sell stocks and bonds
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Over-the-Counter Market
Consists of brokerage firms from around the country that buy the securities of smaller unlisted firms and then sells them to the public
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Two Types of Shareholders
1. Investors | 2. Speculators
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Investors
They buy stock in order to share the profits for a long time
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How do investors make money?
1. Dividends | 2. Capital Gains
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Speculators
They buy and sell in order to make a fast profit
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Two Types of Speculators
1. Bulls | 2. Bear
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Bulls
They hope to profit by correctly predicting an increase in the value of the stock ("Buy-long")
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Bear
They hope to profit by correctly predicting a decrease in the value of a stock ("Sell-short")
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How do you determine the health of a business?
1. Balance Sheet | 2. Income Statement
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Balance Sheet
Summarizes the corporations 1. Assets 2. Liability 3. Net worth
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Assets
Things that the company owns
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Liability
Things the company owes
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Net worth
The difference between liability and assets
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Account Receivable
Sums owed to the company by customers
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Inventories
Merchandise that the company owns
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Accounts Payable
Money that the company owes to its suppliers
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Notes Payable
Short term loans owed by the corporation
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Mortgage
Long term loan
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Net Worth (Under Balance Sheet)
Portion of a companies assets belonging to its owners after its obligations have been met
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Income Statement can also be called what?
Profit and Law Statement
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Income Statement
Shows how much money the corporation has made over a certain amount of time
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Mutual Fund
A corporation that sells stock and uses the proceeds to invest or speculate in the Securities Market
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How does a Mutual Fund work?
Lots of people put their money together to invest into lots of companies
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Implicit Costs
Costs that don't require an actual monetary payment
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Explicit Costs
Costs that do require an actual monetary payment
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Opportunity Costs
What a resource could have earned had it been employed in an alternative use
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Fixed Costs
Costs that do not change as the level of production increases
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Variable Costs
Costs that do change as the level of production increases
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Total Costs
= Fixed Costs + Variable Costs per unit x Quantity
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Marginal Costs
The addition to total cost resulting from the production and sale of one additional unit of output
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Average Fixed Cost
= Fixed Cost/Quantity Produced
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Average Variable Cost
= Total Variable Cost/# of units produced
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Average Total Cost
= Average Fixed Cost + Average Variable Cost
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