Anthony Chu and Adrian Tan formed a partnership on 1 January 2015, agreeing to share profits and

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Anthony Chu and Adrian Tan formed a partnership on 1 January 2015, agreeing to share profits and losses equally. Anthony contributed $80 000 in cash and plant and equipment with a fair value of $120 000. Assets contributed to and liabilities assumed by the partnership from Adrian’s busi­ness at both carrying amount and fair value are shown below.



Carrying amount


Fair value

Cash at bank

Accounts receivable

Inventory

Building

Accounts payable

Bank loan

$

12 600

22 500

32 500

220 000

18 500

180 000



$

12 600

22 500

30 400

480 000

18 500

180 000











 During the first year, Anthony contributed an additional $24 000 in cash. The partnership’s profit was $96 000. Anthony withdrew $16 000 and Adrian withdrew $18 000 in expectation of profits (ignore GST).


Required

A. Prepare the journal entries to record each partner’s initial investment.

B. Prepare the partnership’s balance sheet as at 1 January 2015.

C. Prepare a statement of changes in partners’ equity for the year ended 31 December 2015, using method 1 for recording partners’ equity accounts.

Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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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Authors: Lew Edwards, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Andreas Hellmann, Claire Beattie, Jodie Maxfield, John Hoggett

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