Exam 16: Partnership Accounting

Caitlin, Chris, and Molly are partners and share income and losses in a 3:4:3 ratio. The partnership's capital balances are Caitlin, $120,000; Chris, $80,000; and Molly, $100,000. Paul is admitted to the partnership on July 1 with a 20% equity and invests $160,000. The balance in Caitlin's capital account immediately after Paul's admission is:

A capital deficiency can arise from liquidation losses, excessive withdrawals before liquidation, or recurring losses in prior periods.

Advantages of a partnership include:

Hewlett and Martin are partners. Hewlett's capital balance in the partnership is $64,000, and Martin's capital balance $67,000. Hewlett and Martin have agreed to share equally in income or loss. The existing partners agree to accept Black with a 20% interest. Black will invest $35,000 in the partnership. The bonus that is granted to Hewlett and Martin equals:

When a partner leaves a partnership, the withdrawing partner is entitled to a bonus if the recorded equity is overstated.

Feldt is a partner in Feldt & Dodson Company. Feldt's share of the partnership income is $18,600 and her average partnership equity is $155,000. Her partner return on equity equals 8.33.

Which of the following statements is true?

Partners can invest assets but not liabilities into a partnership.

Total partnership income is reported to the IRS on Form 1065.

Define the partner return on equity ratio and explain how a specific partner would use this ratio.

The owners of a limited liability company (LLC), who are called members, are protected with the same limited liability feature as owners of corporations.

Cox, North, and Lee form a partnership. Cox contributes $180,000, North contributes $150,000, and Lee contributes $270,000. Their partnership agreement calls for a 5% interest allowance on the partner's capital balances with the remaining income or loss to be allocated equally. If the partnership reports income of $150,000 for its first year, what amount of income is credited to North's capital account?

Bannister invested $110,000 and Wilder invested $99,000 in a new partnership. Their partnership agreement called for Wilder to receive a $70,000 annual salary allowance. Under this agreement, what are the income or loss shares of the partners if the annual partnership income is $90,000?

The following information is available on TGR Enterprises, a partnership, for the most recent fiscal year: Total partnership capital at beginning of the year $180,000 Partnership net income for the year $150,000 Withdrawals by partners during the year $120,000 Additional investments by partners during the year $ 60,000 There are three partners in TGR Enterprises: Tracey, Gregory and Rodgers. At the end of the year, the partners' capital accounts were in the ratio of 2:1:2, respectively. Compute the ending capital balances of the three partners.

Partnership accounting does not:

Forman and Berry are forming a partnership. Forman will invest a building that currently is being used by another business owned by Forman. The building has a market value of $80,000. Also, the partnership will assume responsibility for a $20,000 note secured by a mortgage on that building. Berry will invest $50,000 cash. For the partnership, the amounts to be recorded for the building and for Forman's Capital account are:

A partnership has a limited life.

Jakobs, Penn, and Lundt are partners with beginning-of-year capital balances of $400,000, $320,000, and $160,000, respectively. The partners agreed to share income and loss as follows: Salary of $30,000 to Jakobs, $50,000 to Penn, and $36,000 to Lundt. An interest allowance of 8% on beginning-of-year capital balances. Any remaining balance is to be divided equally. If partnership net income for the year is $190,000, determine each partner's share and make the appropriate journal entry to close the Income Summary to the capital accounts.

A partnership in which all partners have mutual agency and unlimited liability is called:

Partners in a partnership are not taxed on their withdrawals , but rather on ________.