CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Accounting and Business
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TIF 1–2
1. Acceptable professional conduct requires that Colleen Fernandez supply First Federal
Bank with all the relevant financial statements necessary for the bank to make an
2. a. Owners are generally willing to provide bankers with information about the operating
and financial condition of the business, such as the following:
• Operating Information:
• Description of business operations
• Financial Condition:
• List of assets and liabilities (balance sheet)
Owners are normally reluctant to provide the following types of information to
bankers:
• Proprietary Operating Information. Such information, which might hurt the
significantly affect the owner’s personal wealth.
b. Bankers typically want as much information as possible about the ability of the
business and the owner to repay the loan with interest. Examples of such information
are described above.
c. Both bankers and business owners share the common interest of the business doing