John Landis and Raymond Oliver formed a partnership on 1 July 2015, agreeing to share profits and

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John Landis and Raymond Oliver formed a partnership on 1 July 2015, agreeing to share profits and losses in the ratio of 2:1. John contributed $30 000 in cash and land with a fair value of $180 000. Assets contributed to and liabilities assumed by the partnership from Raymond’s busi­ness at both carrying amount and fair value are shown below:



Carrying amount


Fair value

Cash at bank

Accounts receivable

Inventory

Office equipment

Accounts payable

Bank loan

$

22 500

12 800

24 600

76 000

11 500

18 000



$

22 500

12 800

23 800

62 000

11 500

18 000











During the first year, John contributed an additional $12 000 in cash. The partnership’s profit was $56 000. John withdrew $8000 and Raymond withdrew $16 000 in expectation of profits (ignore GST).


Required

A.    Prepare the journal entries to record each partner’s initial investment.

B.    Prepare the partnership’s balance sheet as at 1 July 2015.

C.    Prepare a statement of changes in partners’ equity for the year ended 30 June 2016, using method 2 for recording partners’ equity accounts.

Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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: 978-1118608227

9th edition

Authors: Lew Edwards, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Andreas Hellmann, Claire Beattie, Jodie Maxfield, John Hoggett

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