On November 1, 2014, the firm of Sails, Welch, and Greenberg decided to liquidate their partnership. The partners have capital balances of $58,000, $72,000, and $10,000, respectively. The cash balance is $32,000, the book values of noncash assets total $128,000, and liabilities total $20,000. The partners share income and losses in the ratio of 2:2:1.

Required:

1. Prepare a statement of partnership liquidation, covering the period November 130 2014, for each of the following independent assumptions:

a. All of the noncash assets are sold for $156,000 in cash, the creditors are paid, and the remaining cash is distributed to the partners. Enter any subtractions (balance deficiencies, payments, cash distributions, divisions of loss) as negative numbers using a minus sign. If there is no amount or an amount is zero, enter "0".

Sails, Welch, and Greenberg Statement of Partnership Liquidation For Period November 130, 2014
	Cash	+	Noncash Assets	=	Liabilities	+	Capital Sails (2/5)		+	Capital Welch (2/5)		+	Capital Greenberg (1/5)
Balances before realization	$		$		$		$			$			$
Sale of assets and division of gain
Balance after realization	$		$		$		$			$			$
Payment of liabilities
Balance after payment of liabilities	$		$		$		$			$			$
Cash distributed to partners
Final balances	$		$		$		$			$			$

b. All of the noncash assets are sold for $55,000 in cash, the creditors are paid, the partner with the debit capital balance pays the amount owed to the firm, and the remaining cash is distributed to the partners. Enter any subtractions (balance deficiencies, payments, cash distributions, divisions of loss) as negative numbers using a minus sign. If there is no amount or an amount is zero, enter "0".

Sails, Welch, and Greenberg Statement of Partnership Liquidation For Period November 130, 2014
	Cash	+	Noncash Assets	=	Liabilities	+	Capital Sails (2/5)		+	Capital Welch (2/5)		+	Capital Greenberg (1/5)
Balances before realization	$		$		$		$			$			$
Sale of assets and division of loss
Balance after realization	$		$		$		$			$			$
Payment of liabilities
Balance after payment of liabilities	$		$		$		$			$			$
Receipt of deficiency
Balances	$		$		$		$			$			$
Cash distributed to partners
Final balances	$		$		$		$			$			$

2. Assume the partner with the capital deficiency in part (b) above declares bankruptcy and is unable to pay the deficiency.

a. Journalize the entry to allocate the partner's deficiency. For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

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b. Journalize the entry to distribute the remaining cash. For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

ACCOUNT DEBIT CREDIT 1

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