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Accounting for
Partnerships
Chapter
12-1
Study Objectives
1.
Chapter
12-2
Partnership Form
of Organization
Characteristics
Organizations
with partnership
characteristics
Advantages /
disadvantages
Partnership
agreement
Chapter
12-3
Basic Partnership
Accounting
Liquidation of a
Partnership
Forming a
partnership
No capital
deficiency
Dividing net
income / loss
Capital deficiency
Financial
statements
Chapter
12-4
Discussion Question
Q12-1: The characteristics of a partnership
include the following: (a) association of individuals,
(b) limited life, and (c) co-ownership of property.
Explain each of these terms.
Characteristics of Partnerships
Association of Individuals
Legal entity.
Accounting entity.
Net income not taxed as a separate entity.
Mutual Agency
Act of any partner is binding on all other
partners, so long as the act appears to be
appropriate for the partnership.
Chapter
12-6
Characteristics of Partnerships
Limited Life
Dissolution occurs whenever a partner withdraws
or a new partner is admitted.
Dissolution does not mean the business ends.
Unlimited Liability
Each partner is personally and individually liable
for all partnership liabilities.
Chapter
12-7
Characteristics of Partnerships
Co-ownership of Property
Each partner has a claim on total assets.
This claim does not attach to specific assets.
All net income or net loss is shared equally by the
partners, unless otherwise stated in the
partnership agreement.
Chapter
12-8
Characteristics of Partnerships
Question
All of the following are characteristics of
partnerships except:
a. co-ownership of property.
b. mutual agency.
c. limited life.
d. limited liability.
Chapter
12-9
Organizations with
Partnership Characteristics
Special forms of business organizations are often used
to provide protection from unlimited liability.
Special partnership forms are:
1.
Limited Partnerships,
Chapter
12-10
Organizations with
Partnership Characteristics
Regular Partnership
Major Advantages
Simple and
inexpensive to create
and operate.
Chapter
12-11
Major Disadvantages
Owners (partners)
personally liable for
business debts.
Organizations with
Partnership Characteristics
Major Advantages
Ltd., or LP
Major Disadvantages
General partners
personally liable for
business debts.
More expensive to create
than regular partnership.
Suitable for companies
that invest in real estate.
Organizations with
Partnership Characteristics
LLP
Major Advantages
Mostly of interest to
partners in old-line
professions such as law,
medicine, and accounting.
Owners (partners) are
not personally liable for
the malpractice of other
partners.
Major Disadvantages
Unlike a limited liability
company, partners remain
personally liable for many
types of obligations owed
to business creditors,
lenders, and landlords.
Often limited to a short
list of professions.
Chapter
12-13
Organizations with
Partnership Characteristics
LLC
Major Advantages
Owners have limited
personal liability for
business debts even if
they participate in
management.
Chapter
12-14
Major Disadvantages
More expensive to create
than regular partnership.
Partnership Characteristics
Discussion Question
Q12-3: Brent Houghton and Dick Kreibach are
considering a business venture. They ask you to
explain the advantages and disadvantages of the
partnership form of organization.
Partnership Characteristics
Question
Under which of the following business organization
forms do limited partners have little, if any, active
role in the management of the business?
a.
b. Limited partnership.
c.
Chapter
12-16
Chapter
12-17
Partnership Agreement
Should specify relationships among the partners:
1. Names and capital contributions of partners.
2. Rights and duties of partners.
3. Basis for sharing net income or net loss.
4. Provision for withdrawals of assets.
5. Procedures for submitting disputes to arbitration.
6. Procedures for the withdrawal or addition of a partner.
7. Rights and duties of surviving partners in the event of a
partners death.
Chapter
12-18
Forming a Partnership
Question
When a partner invests noncash assets in a
partnership, the assets should be recorded at their:
a. book value.
b. carrying value.
c. fair market value.
d. original cost.
Chapter
12-19
Forming a Partnership
Illustration: Assume that A. Rolfe and T. Shea combine
their proprietorships to start a partnership named U.S.
Software. Rolfe and Shea have the following assets prior to
the formation of the partnership.
Illustration 12-3
Chapter
12-20
Forming a Partnership
Illustration: Prepare the entry to record the investment of
A. Rolfe.
Cash
8,000
Office equipment
4,000
A. Rolfe, Capital
12,000
9,000
4,000
1,000
12,000
Chapter
12-22
Closing Entries:
Close all Revenue and Expense accounts to Income
Summary.
Close Income Summary to each partners Capital account
for his or her share of net income or loss.
Close each partners Drawing account to his or her
respective Capital account.
Chapter
12-23
Discussion Question
Q12-7: Blue and Grey are discussing how income
and losses should be divided in a partnership they
plan to form. What factors should be considered in
determining the division of net income or net loss?
Question
Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Salaries to partners and interest on partners'
capital are expenses of the partnership.
b. Salaries to partners are an expense of the
partnership but not interest on partners' capital.
c. Interest on partners' capital are expenses of the
partnership but not salaries to partners.
Chapter
12-28
Income summary
Sara King, Capital
Chapter
12-29
22,000
12,400
9,600
Chapter
12-30
Liquidation of a Partnership
Question
The first step in the liquidation of a partnership is
to:
a. allocate gain/loss on realization to the partners.
Chapter
12-33
Liquidation of a Partnership
Ends both the legal and economic life of the entity.
on realization.
Chapter
12-34
Liquidation of a Partnership
No Capital
Deficiency
Chapter
12-35
Liquidation of a Partnership
No Capital
Deficiency
Chapter
12-36
Liquidation of a Partnership
No Capital
Deficiency
Chapter
12-37
Liquidation of a Partnership
No Capital
Deficiency
(1)
Cash
75,000
Accumulated depreciation
Chapter
12-38
8,000
Accounts receivable
15,000
Inventory
18,000
Equipment
35,000
Gain on realization
15,000
Liquidation of a Partnership
No Capital
Deficiency
Chapter
12-39
Gain on realization
15,000
7,500
5,000
2,500
Liquidation of a Partnership
No Capital
Deficiency
Notes payable
15,000
Accounts payable
16,000
Cash
Chapter
12-40
31,000
Liquidation of a Partnership
Illustration: (4) Record the
distribution of cash.
R. Arnet, Capital
22,500
P. Carey, Capital
22,800
W. Eaton, Capital
Cash
Chapter
12-41
3,700
49,000
No Capital
Deficiency
Liquidation of a Partnership
Question
If a partner with a capital deficiency is unable to
pay the amount owed to the partnership, the
deficiency is allocated to the partners with credit
balances:
a. equally.
b. on the basis of their income ratios.
c. on the basis of their capital balances.
d. on the basis of their original investments.
Chapter
12-42
Liquidation of a Partnership
Capital
Deficiency
(1)
Cash
42,000
Accumulated depreciation
Loss on realization
Chapter
12-43
8,000
18,000
Accounts receivable
15,000
Inventory
18,000
Equipment
35,000
SO 5 Explain the effects of the entries to record
the liquidation of a partnership.
Liquidation of a Partnership
Capital
Deficiency
9,000
6,000
3,000
Gain on realization
Chapter
12-44
18,000
Liquidation of a Partnership
Capital
Deficiency
Notes payable
15,000
Accounts payable
16,000
Cash
Chapter
12-45
31,000
Liquidation of a Partnership
Payment of Deficiency
R. Arnet
P. Carey
W. Eaton
Capital
Capital
Capital
Cash
Balances before liquidation
$ 16,000
Farley payment
$ 17,800
Cash
W. Eaton, Capital
R. Arnet, Capital
P. Carey, Capital
Cash
Chapter
12-46
(6,000) $ (11,800) $
1,800
Balance
(a)
Capital
Deficiency
1,800
(1,800)
(6,000) $ (11,800) $
1,800
1,800
6,000
11,800
17,800
Liquidation of a Partnership
E12-10 (b)
Nonpayment
of Deficiency
R. Arnet
P. Carey
W. Eaton
Capital
Capital
Capital
Cash
Balances before liquidation
$ 16,000
Allocation of deficiency
Balance
(b)
(6,000) $ (11,800) $
1,080
$ 16,000
R. Arnet, Capital
P. Carey, Capital
Capital
Deficiency
720
Chapter
12-47
(1,800)
(4,920) $ (11,080) $
1,080
720
Farley, Capital
R. Arnet, Capital
P. Carey, Capital
Cash
1,800
1,800
4,920
11,080
16,000
SO 5 Explain the effects of the entries to record
the liquidation of a partnership.
Admission of a Partner
Results in the legal dissolution of the existing
partnership and the beginning of a new one.
New partner may be admitted either by
1. purchasing the interest of one or more existing
partners or
2. investing assets in the partnership.
Chapter
12-48
APPENDIX
10,000
10,000
20,000
The cash paid by Carson goes directly to the individual partners and not to
the partnership. Net assets remain unchanged.
Chapter
12-49
Cash
30,000
L. Carson, Capital
30,000
Chapter
12-50
Withdrawal of a Partner
APPENDIX
Chapter
12-51
Withdrawal of a Partner
APPENDIX
3. Death of a Partner
Chapter
12-52
Odom, Capital
10,000
Morz, Capital
5,000
Nead, Capital
5,000
Note, net assets and total capital remain the same at $50,000. The $16,000
paid to Odom by the remaining partners isnt recorded by the partnership.
Chapter
12-53
APPENDIX
Chapter
12-54
APPENDIX
3,000
Sand, Capital
2,000
Cash
Chapter
12-55
20,000
25,000
SO 7 Describe the effects of the entries when
a partner withdraws from the firm.
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Chapter
12-56