A partnership has the following account balances: Cash $50,000; Other Assets $600,000; Liabilities $240,000; Nixon, Capital (50 percent of profits and losses) $200,000; Hoover, Capital (20 percent) $120,000; and Polk, Capital (30 percent) $90,000. Each of the following questions should be viewed as an independent situation:
a. Grant invests $80,000 in the partnership for an 18 percent capital interest. Goodwill is to be recognized. What are the capital accounts thereafter?
b. Grant invests $100,000 in the partnership to get a 20 percent capital balance. Goodwill is not to
be recorded. What are the capital accounts thereafter?