Exam 16: Partnership Accounting

A partnership that has two classes of partners, general and limited, where the limited partners have no personal liability beyond the amounts they invest in the partnership, and no active role in the partnership, except as specified in the partnership agreement is a:

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. They also agreed to an annual interest allowance of 5% on the partners' beginning-year capital balance, with the balance of income or loss to be divided equally. Under this agreement, what are the income or loss shares of the partners if the annual partnership income is $82,000?

The end of a partnership is referred to as its dissolution.

When a partner is unable to pay a capital deficiency:

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 $60,000. The balance in Caitlin's capital account immediately after Paul's admission is:

At least one partner having a debit balance in his/her capital account at the point of the final distribution of cash is known as a ________.

The life of a partnership is ________ in duration.

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 $60,000. The balance in Paul's capital account immediately after his admission is:

Discuss the options for the allocation of income and loss among partners, including with and without a partnership agreement.

Wright, Bell, and Edison are partners and share income in a 2:5:3 ratio. The partnership's capital balances are as follows: Wright, $33,000, Bell $27,000 and Edison $40,000. Edison decides to withdraw from the partnership, and the partners agree not to revalue the assets upon Edison's retirement. The journal entry to record Edison's June 1 withdrawal from the partnership if Edison sells his interest to Whitney for $45,000 after the other two partners approve Whitney as partner is:

Fellows and Marshall are partners in an accounting firm and share net income and loss equally. Fellows' beginning partnership capital balance for the current year is $185,000, and Marshall's beginning partnership capital balance for the current year is $260,000. The partnership had net income of $350,000 for the year. Fellows withdrew $80,000 during the year and Marshall withdrew $70,000. What is Marshall's return on equity?

Masters, Hardy, and Rowen are dissolving their partnership. Their partnership agreement allocates income and losses equally among the partners. The current period's ending capital account balances are Masters, $15,000; Hardy, $15,000; Rowen, $(2,000). After all the assets are sold and liabilities are paid, but before any contributions to cover any deficiencies, there is $28,000 in cash to be distributed. Rowen pays $2,000 to cover the deficiency in his account. The general journal entry to record the final distribution would be:

The withdrawals account of each partner is:

Admitting a partner by accepting assets is a personal transaction between one or more current partners and the new partner.

Sharon and Nancy formed a partnership by making capital contributions of $130,000 and $195,000 respectively. The annual partnership income of $230,000 is to be allocated assuming a salary allowance of $40,000 to Sharon and $35,000 to Nancy; interest allowances of 12% on their initial capital investments; and the balance shared equally. Prepare the entries to record the initial capital investments, the allocation of net income, and close the partner's withdrawal accounts assuming that Sharon withdrew $50,000 and Nancy withdrew $45,000.

Brown invested $200,000 and Freeman invested $150,000 in a partnership. They agreed to an interest allowance on the partners' beginning-year capital investments at 10%, with the balance to be shared equally. Under this agreement, the shares of the partners when the partnership earns $205,000 in income are:

Conklin plans to leave the CAP Partnership. The recorded balance in her capital account is $48,000. The remaining partners, Arthurs and Preston, agree to pay Conklin $58,000 cash and Conklin accepts. The partners share income and loss equally. Prepare the journal entry to record the transaction.

Partners' withdrawals of assets are:

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 the income or loss division to be based on the ratio of capital invested. If the partnership reports income of $150,000 for its first year, what amount of income is credited to Cox's capital account?

The equity section of the balance sheet of a partnership can report the separate capital account balances of each partner.