Question

On January 1, the partners Mary, Helen, and Jane (who share profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2, respectively) decide to liquidate their partnership. The trial balance at this date is as follows:

	Debit		Credit
Cash	$	25,000
Accounts receivable		80,000
Inventory		66,000
Machinery and equipment, net		203,000
Mary, loan		44,000
Accounts payable			$	81,000
Helen, loan				34,000
Mary, capital				125,000
Helen, capital				97,000
Jane, capital				81,000
Totals	$	418,000	$	418,000

The partners plan a program of piecemeal conversion of the partnership’s assets to minimize liquidation losses. All available cash, less an amount retained to provide for future expenses, is to be distributed to the partners at the end of each month. A summary of the liquidation transactions follows:

January	Collected $58,000 of the accounts receivable; the balance is deemed uncollectible.
	Received $45,000 for the entire inventory.
	Paid $9,000 in liquidation expenses.
	Paid $72,000 to the outside creditors after offsetting a $9,000 credit memorandum received by the partnership on January 11.
	Retained $17,000 cash in the business at the end of January to cover any unrecorded liabilities and anticipated expenses. The remainder is distributed to the partners.
February	Paid $10,000 in liquidation expenses.
	Retained $5,000 cash in the business at the end of the month to cover unrecorded liabilities and anticipated expenses.
March	Received $153,000 on the sale of all machinery and equipment.
	Paid $12,000 in final liquidation expenses.
	Retained no cash in the business.

Required:

Prepare a schedule to compute the safe installment payments made to the partners at the end of each of these three months. (30 points)

Answer 1

			Mary	Helen	Jane
Month	Particulars	Amount	`5/10	`3/10	`2/10
January	Cash in the beginning of the month	25,000.00	12,500.00	7,500.00	5,000.00
Account Receivable Collected	58,000.00	29,000.00	17,400.00	11,600.00
Inventory Amount Collected	45,000.00	22,500.00	13,500.00	9,000.00
Paid Liquidation Expenses	(9,000.00)	(4,500.00)	(2,700.00)	(1,800.00)
Paid to Accounts Payable	(72,000.00)	(36,000.00)	(21,600.00)	(14,400.00)
Retained Cash	(17,000.00)	(8,500.00)	(5,100.00)	(3,400.00)
Amount paid to each partner at the end of January	30,000.00	15,000.00	9,000.00	6,000.00
February	Retained Cash in the beginning of the month	17,000.00	8,500.00	5,100.00	3,400.00
Paid Liquidation Expenses	(10,000.00)	(5,000.00)	(3,000.00)	(2,000.00)
Retained Cash	(5,000.00)	(2,500.00)	(1,500.00)	(1,000.00)
Amount paid to each partner at the end of February	2,000.00	1,000.00	600.00	400.00
March	Retained Cash in the beginning of the month	5,000.00	2,500.00	1,500.00	1,000.00
Cash received from the sale of all machinery and equipment	153,000.00	76,500.00	45,900.00	30,600.00
Paid Liquidation Expenses	(12,000.00)	(6,000.00)	(3,600.00)	(2,400.00)
Amount paid to each partner at the end of March	146,000.00	73,000.00	43,800.00	29,200.00