Question: (Please Give a Clear Answer That is Different from the Exiting One) Two partnerships of A & B and C&D began business on Jan 1

(Please Give a Clear Answer That is Different from the Exiting One)

Two partnerships of A & B and C&D began business on Jan 1st 2017; each partnership owns one retail appliance store. The two partnerships agree to combine as of April 1st 2017 to form a new partnership, ABCD Discount Stores. The two businesses agreed upon the following points:

  1. Profit and loss ratios.

A

B

C

D

Old Business Ratio

40

60

30

70

New Business Ratio

20

30

15

35

  1. Capital investments. The opening capital investments for the new partnership are to be in the same ratio as the profit and loss sharing ratios for the new partnership. If necessary, certain partners may have to contribute additional cash, and others may have to withdraw cash to bring the capital investments into the proper ratio.
  2. Accounts receivable. The partners agreed to set the new partnerships allowance for bad debts at 3% of the accounts receivable contributed by A&B and 12% of the accounts receivable contributed by C&D.
  3. Inventory. The new partnerships opening inventory is to be valued by the FIFO method. B&M used the FIFO method to value inventory (which approximates its current value), and A&J used the LIFO method. The LIFO inventory represents 85% of its FIFO value.
  4. Property and equipment. The partners agree that the buildings current value is approximately 70% of the buildings historical cost, as recorded on each partnerships books.
  5. Unpaid liability. After each partnerships books were closed on 31st March 2017, an unrecorded merchandise purchase of $1,500 by A&B was discovered. The merchandise had been sold by 31st March 2017.
  6. The 31st March 2017 post closing trial balances of the partnerships was as follow.

Account

A&B Balance 31st March 2017

C&D Balance 31st March 2017

Cash

25,000

22,000

Accounts Receivable

200,000

250,000

Allowance for doubtful accounts

4,000

15,000

Inventory

175,000

119,000

Building & Equipment

107,000

169,000

Accumulated Depreciation

24,000

61,000

Accounts Payable

140,000

160,000

Notes Payable

100,000

120,000

As Capital

95,000

Bs, Capital

144,000

Cs Capital

65,000

Ds Capital

139,000

Totals

507,000

507,000

560,000

560,000

Required:

  1. Prepare the journal entries to record the initial capital contribution after considering the effect of this information. Use separate entries for each of the combining partnerships.
  2. Prepare a schedule computing the cash contributed or withdrawn by each partner to bring the initial capital balances into the profit and los sharing ratio.

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