Required information While James Craig and his former classmate Paul Dolittle both studied accounting at school, they ended up pursuing careers in professional cake decorating. Their company, Good to Eat (GTE), specializes in custom-sculpted cakes for weddings, birthdays, and other celebrations. James and Paul formed the business at the beginning of 2022, and each contributed $80,000 in exchange for a 50 percent ownership interest. GTE also borrowed $320,000 from a local bank. Both James and Paul had to personally guarantee the loan. Both owners provide significant services for the business. The following information pertains to GTE's 2022 activities: • GTE uses the cash method of accounting (for both book and tax purposes) and reports income on a calendar-year basis. GTE received $600,000 of sales revenue and reported $280,000 of cost of goods sold (it did not have any ending inventory). GTE paid $45,000 compensation to James, $45,000 compensation to Paul, and $55,000 of compensation to other employees (assume these amounts include applicable payroll taxes, if any). GTE paid $18,000 of rent for a building and equipment, $23,000 for advertising, $22,400 in interest expense, $4,300 for utilities, and $2,300 for supplies. . GTE contributed $6,500 to charity. • GTE received a $1,600 qualified dividend from a great stock investment (it owned 2 percent of the corporation distributing the dividend), and it recognized $1,800 in short-term capital gain when it sold some of the stock. • On December 1, 2022, GTE distributed $23,000 to James and $23,000 to Paul. • GTE has qualified property of $303,000 (unadjusted basis). Note: Leave no answers blank. Enter zero if applicable. Enter N/A if not applicable. b-3. Assume James and Paul formed GTE as an LLC. 1. Compute the tax basis of Paul's ownership interest in GTE at the end of 2022. 2. What amount of Paul's income from GTE is subject to FICA or self-employment taxes? 3. What amount of income, including its character, will Paul recognize on the $23,000 distribution he receives on December 1? 4. What amount of tax does GTE pay on the $1,600 qualified dividend it received? Answer is not complete. 1. End of Year Stock Basis 2. Paul's income 3. N/A 4. Tax
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.
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