Sixty-year-old Wanda Davis retired from her computer consulting business in Boston and moved to Florida. There she
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At the end of the first year of operations, the two partners disagreed on the division of net income. Wanda reasoned that the division should be equal. Although she devoted only one-half time to the business, she contributed all of the startup funds. Ava reasoned that the income-sharing ratio should be 2:1 in her favor because she devoted full time to the business and her monthly drawings were twice those of Wanda.
a. Can you identify any flaws in the partners' reasoning regarding the income-sharing ratio?
b. How could an income-sharing agreement resolve this dispute?
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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ISBN: 978-1285743615
26th edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
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