Har, Ion, and Jer formed a partnership on January 1, 2016, with each partner contributing $20,000 cash.
Question:
Har, Ion, and Jer formed a partnership on January 1, 2016, with each partner contributing $20,000 cash.
Although the partnership agreement provided that Jer receive a salary of $1,000 per month for managing the partnership business, Jer has never withdrawn any money from the partnership. Har withdrew $4,000 in each of the years 2016 and 2017, and Ion invested an additional $8,000 in 2016 and withdrew $8,000 during 2017. Due to an oversight, the partnership has not maintained formal accounting records, but the following information as of December 31, 2017, is available:
Cash on hand ................................. $ 28,500
Due from customers ......................... 20,000
Merchandise on hand (at cost) .............. 40,000
Delivery equipment-net of depreciation ... 37,000
Prepaid expenses .............................. 4,000
Total Assets ..................................$129,500
Due to suppliers ...............................$ 14,600
Wages payable ................................ 4,400
Note payable ................................. 10,000
Interest payable ............................. 500
Total Liabilities ..............................$ 29,500
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. The partners agree that income for 2017 was about half of the total income for the first two years of operations.
2. Although profits were not divided until 2017, the partnership agreement provides that profits, after allowance for Jer's salary, are to be divided each year on the basis of beginning-of-the-year capital balances.
REQUIRED:
Prepare statements of partnership capital for the years ended December 31, 2016, and December 31, 2017.
PartnershipA 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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Advanced Accounting
ISBN: 978-0134472140
13th edition
Authors: Floyd A. Beams, Joseph H. Anthony, Bruce Bettinghaus, Kenneth Smith