Financial Accounting Processes - Advantages, Disadvantages, Funding Options, and Reporting Requirements

This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of proprietary firms compared to partnership firms, ways to set up a small proprietary company, rights and obligations of company directors, funding options for the company, features of corporations listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, funding options for the firm, and reporting requirements as per Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

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Solution to Question 1:
Advantages and disadvantages compared to partnership format
Advantages: The advantages of proprietary firm are that it is easy to form. Proprietary firm is
simple and economic to generate and operate since it can be initiated by any individual
without any lawful formalities. This proprietary format provides better control as the owner is
lone person and he can maintain better control over the business. As there is only one owner
of the company, the sole trader can frame all the decisions all by himself (Weygandt et al.,
2015). Also, the sole proprietor can deal with customers personally and understand their
requirements. Therefore, this makes it easy to pay attention to requirements of customers.
Disadvantages: In case of proprietary firm, there is unlimited liability. In these types of
corporations, overall liability of the business concern is said to be unlimited since the owner
takes more risk to gain more profits and enhance volume of business by supplying personal
assets. As there is lone owner of the business, availability of finances from varied sources is
restricted (Christensen et al., 2016). Also, there is no legal status and subsistence of business
is owing to subsistence of sole proprietor.
Thus, proprietary firm is said to be comparatively better than partnership firm. The
individuals entering into partnership with one another undertake businesses. Proprietary firm
is relatively simpler to form and at the same time economic to operate in terms of partnership
firm.
Ways to set up a small proprietary company
The stages of setting up small proprietary firm include the following:
- Becoming a business: In order to be a sole proprietary firm, there is no need to form any
formal or else legal stages.

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-Selecting a name: It is important to select a name at the time of starting a sole proprietor and
thereafter protect the same. It is significant to pick up a domain name in case of setting up a
website, register name, trademark name (Wagenhofer, 2015)
-Developing financial framework of the firm: At the time of starting a sole proprietorship
firm, there is need to separate personal finances from particularly businesses (Collier, 2015).
It is important to have bank account of the business and utilize this account to deposit
business earning and disburse business expenditure.
-Preparation for disbursing taxes: As a sole proprietor, there is need to file a yearly return
with particularly IRS in order to report earning as well as expenditure of businesses.
Rights and obligations of company directors
Important rights and obligations for directors of the company comprises of the duty to
- Act in proper faith
-Act as per best interests of the business concern
-Practice care as well as diligence
-Shield company trading whilst insolvent (Maas et al., 2016)
-Report to different liquidator on different affairs of the corporation in case if the company is
liquidated
-Aid the liquidator by means of delivering company books along with records that the
director might have in their possessions

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Funding options for the company
Sources of finance for a sole proprietorship firm Xiaojing include loan programs for different
types of businesses. Also, angel investors also deliver private equity for these firms as well as
other small firms to finance start up operations. Additionally, private organizations also
finance business operations that shall not qualify for conventional financing by means of
banks. In addition to this, business grants presented also aid sole proprietors to finance
business ventures in case if they satisfy certain criteria (Beatty & Liao, 2014).
Solution to Question 2:
Discussion of features of corporations listed on the Australian Stock Exchange
The requirements set out by ASX Listing Rules include
Advantages and disadvantages compared to small private companies
1) A private firm also referred to as proprietary firm is restricted in size. There is need to
have at least shareholders and maximum 50 non-employees who are shareholders
(Beatty & Liao, 2014). On the other hand, a firm listed in the ASX also known as
public firm need to have at least three different directors as well as one company
secretary.

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2) Proprietary firm are by characterization are known as unlisted. In essence, they
necessarily cannot raise capital by means of selling shares of the firm to the public.
Contrarily, public corporations can necessarily be listed or else unlisted and can be
entitled to acquire finances by delivering securities to public on the whole.
3) Public corporations are under four liability categories that include limited by shares,
unlimited capital of share, limited by guarantee as well as no liability (Wagenhofer,
2015). Again, companies that are limited by guarantee limit the liability of different
shareholders to specific amounts they have consented to contribute to disbursing
debts.
Funding options for the firm
Public companies raise funds by means of bank borrowing, government assistance, venture
capital and franchising (Wagenhofer, 2015)
Reporting requirements as per Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
Companies registered under the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) need to present
continuous as well as periodic disclosures (Collier, 2015). The ASX delivers information on
these necessities under Listing Rules.

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