Jackson Cooke and Julia Bamber are forming a partnership to develop an amusement park near Ottawa. Cooke

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Jackson Cooke and Julia Bamber are forming a partnership to develop an amusement park near Ottawa. Cooke contributes cash of $3 million and land valued at $30 million. When Cooke purchased the land, its cost was $16 million. The partnership will assume Cooke's $6 million note payable on the land. Bamber invests cash of $15 million and construction equipment that she purchased for $14 million (accumulated amortization to date, $6 million). The equipment's market value is equal to its book value.
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1. Journalize the partnership's receipt of assets and liabilities from Cooke and from Bamber. Record each asset at its current market value with no entry to accumulated amortization.
2. Compute the partnership's total assets, total liabilities, and total owners' equity immediately after organizing.
Partnership
A legal form of business operation between two or more individuals who share management and profits. A Written agreement between two or more individuals who join as partners to form and carry on a for-profit business. Among other things, it states...
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Accounting

ISBN: 978-0132690089

9th Canadian Edition volume 2

Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Walter T. Harrison Jr., Jo Ann L. Johnston, Carol A. Meissner, Peter R. Norwood

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