In: Accounting
Turner, Roth, and Lowe are partners who share income and loss in a 2:3:5 ratio. After lengthy disagreements among the partners and several unprofitable periods, the partners decide to liquidate the partnership. Immediately before liquidation, the partnership balance sheet shows total assets, $164,400; total liabilities, $110,000; Turner, Capital, $5,700; Roth, Capital, $15,600; and Lowe, Capital, $33,100. The cash proceeds from selling the assets were sufficient to repay all but $44,000 to the creditors. Required: a. Calculate the loss from selling the assets. b. Allocate the loss from part a to the partners. c. Determine how much, if any, each partner should contribute to the partnership to cover any remaining capital deficiency.
given data
total assets (book value) = 164400
total liabilities before liquidation = 110000
liability towards the creditors = 44000
partners sharing ratio = 2 : 3: 5
a) calculate the loss from selling the asset :
| particulars | amount |
| liabilities tbefore liquidation | 110000 |
| less : cash received from selling the asset (110000 - 44000) | (66000) |
| remaining liability towards the creditors | 44000 |
| cash received from sale of asset | 66000 |
| less : book value of asset | (164400) |
| loss from sale of asset | ($ 98400) |
b) allocation of loss from sale of assets between partners :
| particulars | turner | roth | lowe |
| profit sharing ratio | 2 / 10 | 3 / 10 | 5 / 10 |
| loss allocation (98400 * ratio) | 19680 | 29520 | 49200 |
c) contribution of capital deficiency by each partner :
| particulars | turner | roth | lowe | total |
| opening capital balance | 5700 | 15600 | 33100 | 54400 |
| less : loss allocation | (19680) | (29520) | (49200) | (98400) |
| remaining capital balance | (13980) | (13920) | (16100) | (44000) |