8. What is the status of the several claimants to shares in the assets of a liquidating concern?

9. What are the fundamental principles of accounting involved in accounting for a liquidation?

Chapter XXIX

1. What various kinds of consolidations are there?

2. What is a holding company and how does it operate?

3. Distinguish between a consolidation and a merger.

4. What are some of the problems involved in the valuation of the various companies to a merger or consolidation? Discuss their treatment.

5. In such a valuation, why is it necessary to equalize conditions and what are the conditions which must usually be equalized?

6. In a partnership what particular items must be considered?

7. What is meant by earning capacity?