Able and Carter are partners in a business providing security products. The following information relates to their partnership. Trial Balance (extract) as at June 30, 2021 prior to appropriation of profits Debit Credit Capital - Able 40,000 Capital - Carter Current - Able 60,000 7,000 Current- Carter 5,000 Salary - Able Salary-Carter Advance to Able 15,000 15,000 12,000 Loan from Carter
Partnership Accounting
A partnership is a kind of arrangement between two or more people whereby they agree to manage the business operations and share its profits and losses in an agreed ratio between them. The agreement that is drafted and signed by the partners of the firm is termed as partnership deed and contains various important clauses agreed between the partners such as profit/loss sharing, interest on capital, remuneration allocation of each partner, drawings, admission of a new partner, etc.
Partner Admission and Withdrawal
A partnership is a kind of arrangement between two or more people whereby they agree to manage the business operations and share its profits and losses in an agreed ratio between them. The agreement that is drafted and signed by the partners of the firm is termed as a partnership deed and contains various important clauses agreed between the partners such as profit/loss sharing, interest on capital, remuneration allocation of each partner, drawings of a partner, etc.
![Able and Carter are partners in a business providing security products. The following information
relates to their partnership.
Trial Balance (extract) as at June 30, 2021
prior to appropriation of profits
Debit
Credit
Capital - Able
40,000
Capital - Carter
60,000
Current - Able
7,000
Current - Carter
5,000
Salary - Able
Salary-Carter
Advance to Able
15,000
15,000
12,000
Loan from Carter
10,000
Profit and Loss
114,000
Required:
a) Prepare the journal entries to record additional income and expense items at 30 June, close
additional income and expense items to the profit and loss account and to complete the
appropriation of profit to the partners
b) Prepare the following general ledger accounts for the year (after posting all the above journal
entries):
Profit and Loss Account
Profit & Loss appropriation
Current- Able
Current -Carter
Additional Information:
Carter contributed additional capital of $10,000 into the partnership on March 31" 2021 - which
has been credited to his capital account.
Carter withdrew $4,000 cash on 1 July 2020 which has been debited to his Current account.
Capital accounts are only used to record the permanent or fixed capital of each partner. Current
accounts are used to record all other transactions affecting the equity of partners.
Extract of partners' agreement.
Interest on advance to partners is charged (in lieu of cash receipt) at 10% / annum. There has
been no change to balance of the 'Advance to Able' account during the year.
Interest on loans from partners will be credited (in lieu of payment) at 7% / annum. There has
been no change to balance of the 'Loan from Carter' account during the year.
Both Able and Carter are entitled to a annual salary of $20,000 each. Partner's salaries are to be
treated as a business expense.
Partners shall be entitled to interest on Capital at the rate of 5% based on balances at the
beginning of the year.
Partners will be charged interest on drawings at 10% / annum.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7686321c-dfa2-4dd5-977c-dd58c3cfde24%2F3e845cec-3542-4133-9b3b-c4872776e150%2Fl4shczm_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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