Which of the Following Statements Is Correct

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct?

• A) Due to limited liability,unlimited lives,and ease of ownership transfer,the vast majority of U.S.businesses (in terms of number of businesses)are organized as corporations.
• B) Most businesses (by number and total dollar sales)are organized as proprietorships or partnerships because it is easier to set up and operate in one of these forms rather than as a corporation.However,if the business gets very large,it becomes advantageous to convert to a corporation,primarily because corporations have important tax advantages over proprietorships and partnerships.
• C) For a large company (taxable income over $1 million),the tax situation would,generally,favor organization as a partnership or proprietorship,or possibly as an S corporation,rather than as a regular corporation.However,legal considerations related to ownership transfers and liability offset the tax situation,with the result that most business (measured by dollar sales)is conducted by corporations.
• D) In the typical situation,a taxpayer's average tax rate is below his or her marginal rate.However,there is an income range within which the average rate exceeds the marginal rate.
• E) Statements c and d are both correct.

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Definitions:

Direct Write-off Method

A method of accounting for bad debts where uncollectible accounts are directly written off against income at the time they are deemed non-collectable.

Uncollectible Account

A receivable that a company has not been able to collect from a debtor, leading to its recognition as a bad debt expense on the income statement.

Adjusting Entry

At the conclusion of an accounting cycle, journal entries are documented to distribute earnings and expenditures to the period in which they were genuinely incurred.

Bad Debts Expense

An expense reported on a company's income statement, representing the amount of non-collectable accounts receivable during a period.