12.7

Admitting New Partner

Musa Moshref and Shaniqua Hollins have operated a successful firm for many years, sharing net income and net losses equally. Taylor Anderson is to be admitted to the partnership on July 1 of the current year, in accordance with the following agreement:

Assets and liabilities of the old partnership are to be valued at their book values as of June 30, except for the following:

Accounts receivable amounting to $2,500 are to be written off, and the allowance for doubtful accounts is to be increased to 5% of the remaining accounts.

Merchandise inventory is to be valued at $76,600.

Equipment is to be valued at $155,700.

Anderson is to purchase $70,000 of the ownership interest of Hollins for $75,000 cash and to contribute another $45,000 cash to the partnership for a total ownership equity of $115,000.

The post-closing trial balance of Moshref and Hollins as of June 30 is as follows:

Required:

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Hint(s)

1. Journalize the entries as of June 30 to record the revaluations, using a temporary account entitled Asset Revaluations. The balance in the accumulated depreciation account is to be eliminated. Prepare 3 entries to record the revaluations: one for accounts receivable, one for merchandise inventory, and one for equipment. After journalizing the revaluations, prepare an entry to close the balance of the asset revaluations account to the existing capital accounts.

For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

June 30-Accounts Receivable
June 30-Merchandise Inventory
June 30-Equipment
June 30-Close

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2. Journalize the additional entries to record Anderson's entrance to the partnership on July 1, 2014.

July 1-Purchase capital
July 1-Contribute cash

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3. Present a balance sheet for the new partnership as of July 1, 2014.

Moshref, Hollins, and Anderson
Balance Sheet
July 1, 2014
Assets
Current assets:
		$
	$
Total current assets			$
Plant assets:
Total assets			$
Liabilities
Current liabilities:
		$
Total liabilities			$
Partners' Equity
		$
Total partners' equity
Total liabilities and partners' equity			$