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IPPTChap 0014
IPPTChap 0014
Partnerships:
Formation and
Operation
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Partnerships
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Learning Objective 14-1
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Partnership Advantages
Advantages:
Flexibility in defining relationships
Profits and losses, and management operating decisions,
shared independent of ownership percentages.
Ease of formation and dissolution.
Taxes “flow-through” to the partners.
Disadvantages:
Unlimited liability incurred by each partner (they are
“jointly and severally” liable).
Mutual agency (each partner has right to incur liabilities
in the name of the partnership).
Inability to participate in various corporate tax benefits
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Alternative Legal Forms -
Subchapter S Corporation
Legal characteristics of a corporation.
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Alternative Legal Forms
Limited Partnership (LP)
Limited partners not allowed to participate in management.
Losses are restricted for limited partners to the amount
invested.
Must have one or more general partners who assume
responsibility for all obligations.
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
Owners:
Risk their own investments.
Are responsible for contractual debts of the business.
Are liable only for their own acts and omissions, and
those of individuals they directly supervise.
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Alternative Legal Forms – Limited
Liability Company (LLC)
LLC’s are a new type of organization for U.S.
They have long been used in Europe and other
areas.
They are classified as partnerships for tax
purposes.
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Partnerships -
Capital Accounts
The equity section of a partnership consists of
capital balances for each partner.
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Learning Objective 14-2
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Articles of Partnership
The Uniform Partnership Act establishes standards and
rules for partnerships but a written agreement will
supersede the UPA standards.
Articles of partnership should always clearly describe the:
• Name and address of each partner.
• Business location.
• Nature of the business.
• Rights and responsibilities of each partner.
• Initial contribution to be made by each partner and the
method to be used for valuation.
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Articles of Partnership
Articles of partnership should always clearly describe the:
• Specific method by which profits and losses are to be
allocated.
• Periodic withdrawal of assets by each partner.
• Procedure for admitting new partners.
• Method for arbitrating partnership disputes.
• Life insurance provisions enabling remaining partners to
acquire the interest of any deceased partner.
• Method for settling a partner’s share in the business
upon withdrawal, retirement, or death.
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Learning Objective 14-3
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Accounting for Capital Contributions
Assume that Carter and Green form a business to be
operated as a partnership. Carter contributes
$50,000 in cash and Green invests $20,000. The initial
journal entry to record the creation of the partnership:
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Accounting for Capital Contributions
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Accounting for Capital Contributions
Green’s building is encumbered by a $23,600 mortgage that
the partnership has agreed to assume. Green’s net
investment is equal to $43,400 ($67,000 less $23,600). The
following journal entry records the formation of the
partnership created by these contributions
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Learning Objective 14-4
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Accounting for Capital Contributions
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Intangible Contributions -
Example
James and Joyce open an advertising agency and
organize as a partnership.
James contributes cash of $70,000, and Joyce invests
only $10,000. Joyce, however, is an accomplished
graphic artist, a skill that is considered especially
valuable to this business.
James and Joyce have contributed a total of $80,000
in identifiable assets to their partnership and have
decided on equal capital balances.
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Intangible Contributions -
Bonus Method Example
The bonus method simply splits the $80,000 capital
evenly between the two partners. Joyce received a capital
bonus of $30,000 (the $40,000 recorded capital balance
in excess of the $10,000 cash contribution) from James in
recognition of her artistic abilities she contributed.
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Intangible Contributions -
Goodwill Method Example
The goodwill method is based on the assumption that
an implied value can be calculated mathematically
and recorded for any intangible contribution made by
a partner.
In the present illustration, Joyce invested $10,000
cash, $60,000 less than James, but receives an equal
amount of capital according to the partnership
agreement.
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Intangible Contributions -
Goodwill Method Example
Joyce’s artistic talent has an apparent value of
$60,000, a figure that should be included as part of
this partner’s capital investment. If not recorded,
Joyce’s primary contribution to the business is
ignored completely within the accounting records.
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Learning Objective 14-5
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Allocation of Income
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Allocation of Income
Example
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Learning Objective 14-6
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Allocation of Income
Items to be allocated:
The allocation of
Interest on income is not
beginning capital necessarily based on
balances the relative capital
balances.
Allocated
It is a separately
compensation
negotiated item.
Bonuses Remaining
income
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Alternative Technique-1
Assume the original facts for the Tinkers, Evers, and
Chance partnership except an articles of partnership
agreement credits each partner annually for interest
equal to 10 % of that partner’s beginning capital
balance for the year.
Evers and Chance will also be allotted $15,000 each as a
compensation allowance in recognition of their
participation in daily operations.
Any remaining profit or loss will be split 4:3:3, with the
largest share going to Evers because of the work
experience that this partner brings to the business.
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Alternative Technique- 1
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Alternative Techniques-
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Learning Objective 14-7
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Legal Dissolution
Any alteration in the specific individuals composing a
partnership results in “legal dissolution”
– Departures
– Retirement
– Death
– Admission (including promotion) of a New Partner
– Immediate formation of a new partnership as
business continues
– New partner acquires partnership interest by:
Purchasing it from the other partners, or
making a contribution to the partnership.
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Learning Objective 14-8
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Admission of a New Partner -
The Rights of a Partner
An individual partner’s These two rights
ownership rights include: can be sold (unless
The right to co-ownership restricted by the
in the business property. articles of
The right to share in partnership).
profits and losses as
specified in the
partnership agreement This right cannot
The right to participate in be sold without the
the management of the other partners’
business. approval.
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Admission of a New Partner -
Purchase of a Current Interest
A new partner can purchase partnership
interest directly from the existing partners.
The cash goes to the partners, not the
partnership.
Two methods are available to account for the
transfer of ownership:
Book Value Approach
Goodwill (Revaluation) Approach
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Admission of a New Partner - Purchase
of a Current Interest
Assume Scott, Thompson, and York formed a
partnership, and subsequently, York decides to leave the
partnership. He offers to sell his interest to Morgan.
Although York may transfer the right of property
ownership as well as the specified share of future profits
and losses, the partnership does not automatically admit
Morgan.
York legally remains a partner until such time as both
Scott and Thompson agree to allow Morgan to
participate in the management of the business.
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Admission of a New Partner
Purchase of a Current Interest
Book Value Approach
Instead of York selling his interest to Morgan, each of these
three partners elects to transfer a 20 percent interest to
Morgan for a total payment of $30,000 in a simple capital
reclassification. The money is paid directly to the owners.
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Admission of a New Partner - Purchase
of a Current Interest
Goodwill Approach
Scott, Thompson, and York is transferring all assets and liabilities
to the partnership of Scott, Thompson, York, and Morgan. The
goodwill method recognizes the transaction as occurring between
two separate reporting entities that necessitates the complete
revaluation of all assets and liabilities.
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Learning Objective 14-9
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Admission of a New Partner -
Contribution to the Partnership
The new partner can also gain
partnership interest by contributing
cash to the partnership.
Remember that the new cash will
increase the partnership’s net assets.
Two methods are:
Bonus Approach
Goodwill Approach
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Admission of a New Partner -
Contribution to the Partnership
An outsider may be admitted to a partnership by
contributing directly to the business. Assume King and
Wilson maintain a partnership and presently report
capital balances of $80,000 and $20,000, respectively.
According to the articles of partnership, King is entitled
to 60 % of all profits and losses with the remaining 40%
credited each year to Wilson. Goldman can enter the
partnership for $20,000 cash with the money going into
the business. Goldman receives an initial 10 percent
interest in partnership property.
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Admission of a New Partner -
Contribution to the Partnership
Bonus Credited to Original Partners
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Admission of a New Partner -
Contribution to the Partnership
Hybrid Method
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Admission of a New Partner -
Contribution to the Partnership
Bonus or Goodwill Credited to New Partner
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Learning Objective 14-10
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Withdrawal of a Partner
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Withdrawal of a Partner
Bonus Method Applied
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Withdrawal of a Partner
Hybrid Method Applied
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