The partnership agreement of Jones, King, and Lane provides for the annual allocation of the business's profit

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The partnership agreement of Jones, King, and Lane provides for the annual allocation of the business's profit or loss in the following sequence:
• Jones, the managing partner, receives a bonus equal to 20 percent of the business's profit.
• Each partner receives 15 percent interest on average capital investment.
• Any residual profit or loss is divided equally.
The average capital investments for 2013 were as follows:
Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000
Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000
How much of the $90,000 partnership profit for 2013 should be assigned to each partner?
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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Fundamentals of Advanced Accounting

ISBN: 978-0077667061

5th edition

Authors: Joe Ben Hoyle, Thomas Schaefer, Timothy Doupnik

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