On January 1, the partners of Van, Bakel, and Cox (who share profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2, respectively) decide to liquidate their partnership. The trial balance at this date follows:

	Debit		Credit
Cash	$	27,000
Accounts receivable		84,000
Inventory		70,000
Machinery and equipment, net		207,000
Van, loan		48,000
Accounts payable			$	89,000
Bakel, loan				38,000
Van, capital				127,000
Bakel, capital				99,000
Cox, capital				83,000
Totals	$	436,000	$	436,000

The partners plan a program of piecemeal conversion of the partnerships assets to minimize liquidation losses. All available cash, less an amount retained to provide for future expenses, is to be distributed to the partners at the end of each month. A summary of the liquidation transactions follows:

January	Collected $60,000 of the accounts receivable; the balance is deemed uncollectible.
	Received $47,000 for the entire inventory.
	Paid $3,000 in liquidation expenses.
	Paid $85,000 to the outside creditors after offsetting a $4,000 credit memorandum received by the partnership on January 11.
	Retained $19,000 cash in the business at the end of January to cover any unrecorded liabilities and anticipated expenses. The remainder is distributed to the partners.
February	Paid $4,000 in liquidation expenses.
	Retained $7,000 cash in the business at the end of the month to cover unrecorded liabilities and anticipated expenses.
March	Received $155,000 on the sale of all machinery and equipment.
	Paid $6,000 in final liquidation expenses.
	Retained no cash in the business.

Prepare a schedule to compute the safe installment payments made to the partners at the end of each of these three months. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

• January
• February
• March

Prepare a schedule to compute the safe installment payments made to the partners at the end of January.

VAN, BAKEL, AND COX PARTNERSHIP
Safe Installment Payments to Partners
January 31
	Van		Bakel		Cox		Total
Profit and loss ratio		%		%		%		%
Capital balances - January 1
Add (deduct) loans
Adjusted capital balances - January 1
Allocation of January net loss
Capital balances - January 31
Potential loss
Subtotal
Allocation of deficit balances
Safe payments to partners - January 31