In: Accounting
Answer the following question:
Promoters are individuals who form the corporation, and often
receive stock in exchange for their efforts.
Ture/False
An advantage of a partnership over a corporation is that an
interest in a partnership can be freely traded in the open
market.
Ture/False
The state of Delaware offers corporate-friendly laws in order to
incentivize companies to incorporate in Delaware
Ture/False
A corporation, like a natural person, is entitled to due process
under the law.
Ture/False
If corporate officers do not follow corporate formalities like
holding annual meetings or filing reports with the state, those
corporate officers could lose the limited liability protection of
the corporate form.
Ture/False
A corporation must be headquartered in the same state where it
is incorporated.
Ture/False
If a shareholder in a corporation is not able to physically
attend an annual meeting in which a vote takes place, the
shareholder may designate another person to be their proxy to vote
for them at the meeting.
Ture/False
Shareholders in a corporation elect the CEO and key executives
of the corporation but not the board of directors.
Ture/False
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was enacted to curb fraudulent
accounting practices.
Ture/False
A director of a corporation owes a duty of loyalty and a duty of
care to the corporation and its stockholders.
Ture/False
The main role of a promoter is to establish a company during its incorporation stage. For this work, they are remunerated in cash or partly in cash and partly in stock.
Answer: True
In case of company, the shares of the member are transferable. But in case of partnership, the partner share is not transferable in all cases. Only publically traded partnership allows the interest of a partner to be traded in the market.
Answer: False
Delaware is considered as the most corporate-friendly state which encourage corporate to do business. It has a special court, to settle disputes of corporation in a much quicker and easier way.
Answer: True
Since the corporation is granted
some of the same rights as entitled to a natural person. It is also
entitled to due process under the law like a natural
person.
Answer: True
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