Callie was admitted to the Adams & Beal Partnership four years ago. The partnership has a deficiency at year end for the current year. How could this deficiency be accounted for?

1. Use the profit and loss ratios to absorb the deficiency
2. Do not account for the loss in the year incurred, it can be offset against income in future years
3. Do not account for the loss in the year incurred, it could be offset against income in future years or carried back to offset income in prior years
4. Losses are not passed on to individual partners in a partnership