Jim and Bob each own 50% in a hotel building in Bondi. For the last few years, they always split any net profits equally. During the last financial year, Jim lost his job as an accountant and started managing the hotel full time. As a result, Jim and Bob came to a private agreement that Jim should receive 70% net profits, instead of 50% During the 2021 tax year, gross income from the hotel was $350,000. The business recorded the following expenses: - Employee salaries $90,000 - Employee superannuation $ 6,750 - Utilities and cleaning expenses for the hotel $10,000 - Superannuation – Jim $15,000 - Superannuation – Bob $15,000 Required: Answer the following questions based on the above information. (You must provide explanations against each calculation - including excluded amounts, and refer to law and tax rulings) (a) What is the Partnership Net Income for the 2021 income year? (b) Calculate and explain each partner’s assessable income for the 2021 income year

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
10th Edition
ISBN:9781259964947
Author:Libby
Publisher:Libby
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1Q
icon
Related questions
Question

Jim and Bob each own 50% in a hotel building in Bondi. For the last few years, they always split any net profits equally. During the last financial year, Jim lost his job as an accountant and started managing the hotel full time. As a result, Jim and Bob came to a private agreement that Jim should receive 70% net profits, instead of 50%

During the 2021 tax year, gross income from the hotel was $350,000. The business recorded the following expenses: 

-          Employee salaries                                                                      $90,000

-          Employee superannuation                                                       $ 6,750

-          Utilities and cleaning expenses for the hotel                          $10,000

-          Superannuation – Jim                                                                $15,000

-          Superannuation – Bob                                                               $15,000

Required:

Answer the following questions based on the above information. (You must provide explanations against each calculation - including excluded amounts, and refer to law and tax rulings)

(a)       What is the Partnership Net Income for the 2021 income year?                                    

(b)       Calculate and explain each partner’s assessable income for the 2021 income year  

Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 4 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Tax Assistance and the Audit Process
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259964947
Author:
Libby
Publisher:
MCG
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337272094
Author:
WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337619202
Author:
Hall, James A.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis…
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis…
Accounting
ISBN:
9780134475585
Author:
Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher:
PEARSON
Intermediate Accounting
Intermediate Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259722660
Author:
J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259726705
Author:
John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education