Question 1 Advantages of sole trading You’re the boss You keep all the profits by yourself Start-up costs are low You have maximum privacy. Establishing and operating your business is simple and easy. It’s easy to change your legal structure later if circumstances change You can easily wind up your business. Disadvantages of sole trading You have unlimited liability for debts as there’s no legal distinction between private and business assets. Your capacity to raise capital is limited
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CHAPTER FOUR SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP I. INTRODUCTION The sole proprietorship is the simplest form of “business association” we will examine. It is perhaps a bit odd to describe it as a form of “association” given that the “sole” proprietor will be the only “equity” investor and thus doesn’t “associate” with anyone else as a co-equity investor. However‚ there will almost invariably be “associations” that the sole proprietor will have in order to carry on the business. These can include associations
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Trading & Profit & Loss A/c - deals with Revenue & Expense Trading Account - deals with Gross Profit (π) or Gross Loss Profit & Loss - deals with Net Profit (π) or Net Loss Balance Sheet - deals with Assets‚ Liabilities & Capital Direct Revenue & Direct Expense - deals with the Trading A/c Indirect Revenue & Indirect Expense - deals with the Profit & Loss A/c The Accounting Period - is generally a quarter or a year and reflects all of the financial activity that occurred during that time
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A sole trader business: • is owned by one person • has unlimited liability • is regarded as a separate entity for accounting purposes • is not a legal entity in its own right. A sole trader is a person who is the only owner of a business. A sole trader enjoys many advantages‚ including inexpensive start-up costs and a relatively simple process of establishment. The owner makes his/her own decisions and is entitled to all the profits of the business. However‚ a sole trader must bear all losses
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Sole proprietor Advantage (1) Easy to establish: Sole trading concern can be established very quickly and easily. Anybody who wants to start a business can do so‚ whenever‚ he likes. In Nepal‚ only nominal legal formality of registration is necessary. (2) Easy to dissolve: Dissolution of sole trading concern equally simple. There are no legal formalities in this regard. Proprietor can dissolve business whenever he likes to do so. (3) Effective control: In this form of business organization‚ proprietor
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MY TRADING JOURNEY 14TH October 2014 X` Introduc?on INTRODUCTION MY TRADING JOURNEY LESSONS WHAT I REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU 2009 ～ 2012 River Valley High School X` Introduc?on INTRODUCTION MY TRADING JOURNEY LESSONS WHAT I REALLY
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retail investors survive under the High Frequency Trading environment? Nowadays‚ the term “High frequency Trading” seems becomes more and more familiar to the investors. According to Telis Demos‚ 84% of all stock trades are by High Frequency computers and only 16% are done by human traders in United States (Telis‚ 2012). Trading by “real” investor is taking up the smallest share of US stock market volumes. According to the SEC‚” High Frequency Trading employs technology and algorithms to capitalize
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Sole Proprietorship in the U.S. A sole proprietor is an individual who owns an unincorporated business. There are nearly 23 million sole proprietorships‚ not counting single-owner farm businesses‚ in the United States‚ and many of these engage employees in addition to their sole proprietor owners. Sole proprietorships are subject to state laws regarding registration and licensing‚ which are similar but vary from state to state. Formation Every state has its own code of business laws authorizing
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LIT1 TASK 1‚ PART A Sole Proprietorship- Sole proprietorships are the most common form of business in today’s world. These are your mom and pop shops built from the ground up and owned by one person. Sole proprietorships are unincorporated so any contract or legal agreement the company agrees to‚ it is actually the owner that is entering into the contract. Being a sole proprietor has obvious advantages in that it is very easy to create a sole proprietorship and and all profits made by the
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Holey Soles experienced rapid revenue growth. During this period‚ Holey significantly increased the production capacity‚ warehouse space and inventory in an effort to meet demand. Now Holey has excess manufacturing capacity beyond the actual manufacturing plan‚ this works extremely well when actual demand exceeds forecasted demand (pre-booked orders)‚ but is it robust enough to handle the opposite scenario? In other words‚ the model is “optimized” for large upswings in product demand‚ thus allowing
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