(Advanced Accounting Part 1)

LECTURE AID
2016
ZEUS VERNON B. MILLAN
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PARTNERSHIP
Overview on the topic:
Chapter
Title
1

Sub-topics___

Partnership - Part 1

Partnership Formation

2 Partnership Part 2

Partnership Operations

3 PartnershipPart 3

Partnership Dissolution

4 PartnershipPart 4

Partnership Liquidation

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Chapter 1 Partnership (Part 1)

Learning Objectives

Differentiate between the accounting

for partnerships, sole proprietorships,
and corporations.
State the valuation of contributions of
partners.
Account for the initial investments of
the partners to the partnership.
State the peculiar accounts used in a
partnership and identify the
transactions that affect these accounts.

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Partnership

A partnership is an unincorporated association of two or

more individuals to carry on, as co-owners, a business,
with the intention of dividing the profits among
themselves.

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Characteristics of a partnership

1. Ease of formation
2. Separate legal personality
3. Mutual agency
4. Co-ownership of property
5. Co-ownership of profits
6. Limited life
7. Transfer of ownership
8. Unlimited liability (this is applicable to a general
partnership)

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Accounting for partnerships

The following are the major considerations in the

accounting for the equity of a partnership:
1. Formation accounting for initial investments to the
partnership
2. Operation division of profits or losses
3. Dissolution admission of a new partner and withdrawal,
retirement or death of a partner
4. Liquidation winding-up of affairs

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Valuation of contributions of partners

All assets contributed to (and related liabilities

assumed by) the partnership shall be measured
at fair value.

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Partners ledger accounts

1.
2.
3.

Capital accounts
Drawing accounts
Receivable from/ Payable to a partner

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Bonus on initial investments

A bonus exists when the capital account of a partner is

credited for an amount greater than or less than the fair
value of his contributions.

The bonus is treated as adjustment to the capital

accounts of the other partners.

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OPTIONAL APPLICATIONS: (PROBLEM 1-2)

SEAT WORK:
(PROBLEM 1-5: CLASSROOM ACTIVITY)

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OPEN FORUM
QUESTIONS????
REACTIONS!!!!!

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CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES: PROBLEM 9-7: #s 1 & 2

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