FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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Bracken, Louden, and Menser, who share profits and losses in a ratio of 3.2.2, respectively are partners in a home decorating business
that has not been able to generate the income the partners had hoped for. They have decided to liquidate the business and have sold
all assets except for their decorating equipment. All partnership liabilities have been settled and all the partners are personally
insolvent. The decorating equipment has a book value of $54,000, and the partners have capital account balances as follows:
Bracken, capital
Louden, capital
Menser, capital
Required:
Determine the amount of cash each partner will receive as a liquidating distribution if the decorating equipment is sold for the amount
stated in each of the following independent cases: (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
a. $40,000
Final distribution of cash
b. $26,000
Final distribution of cash
c. $12,000
Final distribution of cash
$34,650
7,150
12,200
$
Bracken
Capital Balances
Louden
Menser
28,650 $ 3,150 $ 8,200
Bracken
Bracken
Capital Balances
Louden
Capital Balances
Louden
5
Menser
Menser
0 $
0
Transcribed Image Text:Bracken, Louden, and Menser, who share profits and losses in a ratio of 3.2.2, respectively are partners in a home decorating business that has not been able to generate the income the partners had hoped for. They have decided to liquidate the business and have sold all assets except for their decorating equipment. All partnership liabilities have been settled and all the partners are personally insolvent. The decorating equipment has a book value of $54,000, and the partners have capital account balances as follows: Bracken, capital Louden, capital Menser, capital Required: Determine the amount of cash each partner will receive as a liquidating distribution if the decorating equipment is sold for the amount stated in each of the following independent cases: (Do not round intermediate calculations.) a. $40,000 Final distribution of cash b. $26,000 Final distribution of cash c. $12,000 Final distribution of cash $34,650 7,150 12,200 $ Bracken Capital Balances Louden Menser 28,650 $ 3,150 $ 8,200 Bracken Bracken Capital Balances Louden Capital Balances Louden 5 Menser Menser 0 $ 0
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