In: Accounting
Answer the following true or false for each:
22. Under the goodwill method, if the partnership acquires a partner’s interest at more than book value, goodwill can be recorded at either the amount traceable to the withdrawing partner’s capital or the amount traceable to the entire entity.
23. In a general partnership, all partners have the ability to enter into binding contracts (on the partnership) related to the partnership business purpose.
24. If a partner’s capital account becomes negative (a DR balance), they are usually required to contribute additional assets to the partnership.
25. If a partner in a general partnership is unable to restore a negative balance in their capital account, it will be viewed as a loss and allocated to the remaining general partners.
26. Partners can receive amounts in liquidation before all partnership assets are liquidated.
27. By assuming that non-cash assets will be result in total losses (until actually liquidated), a partnership can usually avoid paying too much to the partners while making an installment liquidation.