Doctors Maben, Orlando, and Clark have been in a group practice for several years. Maben and Orlando

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Doctors Maben, Orlando, and Clark have been in a group practice for several years. Maben and Orlando are family practice physicians, and Clark is a general surgeon. Clark receives many referrals for surgery from his family practice partners. Upon the partnership’s original formation, the three doctors agreed to a two-part formula to share income. Every month each doctor receives a salary allowance of $3,000. Additional income is divided according to a percent of patient charges the doctors generate for the month. In the current month, Maben generated 10% of the billings, Orlando 30%, and Clark 60%. The group’s income for this month is $50,000. Clark has expressed dissatisfaction with the income-sharing formula and asks that income be split entirely on patient charge percents.

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1. Compute the income allocation for the current month using the original agreement.
2. Compute the income allocation for the current month using Clark’s proposed agreement.
3. Identify the ethical components of this partnership decision for the doctors.

Partnership
A legal form of business operation between two or more individuals who share management and profits. A Written agreement between two or more individuals who join as partners to form and carry on a for-profit business. Among other things, it states...
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Fundamental Accounting Principles

ISBN: 978-0078110870

20th Edition

Authors: John J. Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta

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