144.Masco, Short, and Henderson who are partners in the MSH Company share income and loss in a 2:2:1 ratio. They plan to liquidate their partnership. At liquidation, their balance sheet appears as follows. Prepare journal entries for (a) the sale of land and equipment sold as a package for $500,000, (b) the allocation of the gain or loss, (c) the payment of the liabilities, and (d) the distribution of cash to the individual partners.
MSH CompanyBalance SheetJanuary 31
AssetsLiabilities and Equity
Cash$200,000Accounts Payable$221,500
Equipment200,000Masco, Capital210,000
Land350,000Short, Capital178,000
Henderson, Capital140,500
Total assets$750,000Total liabilities and equity$750,000
145.Tower, Knight, and Spears are partners who share income and loss in a 3:2:2 ratio. The partnership’s capital balances are as follows: Tower, $332,000; Knight, $124,000; and Spears, $214,000. Spears decides to withdraw from the partnership, and the partners agree not to have the assets revalued upon Spears’ retirement. Prepare journal entries to record Spears’ withdrawal from the partnership under each of the following separate assumptions: Spears (a) sells his interest to Conner for $200,000 after Tower and Knight approve the entry of Conner as a partner; (b) is paid $214,000 in partnership cash for his equity; (c) is paid $205,000 in partnership cash for his equity; (d) is paid $220,000 in partnership cash for his equity.
146.Tower, Knight, and Spears are partners who share income and loss in a 4:2:2 ratio. The partnership’s capital balances are as follows: Tower, $292,000; Knight, $114,000; and Spears, $194,000. Damsel is admitted to the partnership on March 1 with a 25% equity. Prepare the journal entries to record Damsel’s entry into the partnership under each of the following separate assumptions: Damsel invests (a) $200,000; (b) $180,000; and (c) $240,000.
147.On May 1, Gosworth and Jordan formed a partnership. Gosworth contributed cash of $100,000 and equipment valued at $142,000. Jordan contributed land valued at $130,000 and a building valued at $250,000. The partnership also assumed responsibility for Jordan’s $120,000 long-term note payable associated with the land and building. The partners agreed to share income as follows: Gosworth is to receive a salary allowance of $38,000, both are to receive an annual interest allowance of 8% of their beginning-year capital investments, and any remaining income or loss is to be shared equally. During the year, Gosworth withdrew $40,000 and Jordan withdrew $42,000 cash. After the adjusting and closing entries are made to the revenue and expense accounts at the end of the year, the Income Summary account had a credit balance of $140,000. Prepare the journal entries to record (a) the partners’ initial capital investments, (b) their cash withdrawals, and (c) closing of both the Withdrawals and Income Summary accounts.
148.Mesner’s and Sanchez’s company is organized as a partnership. At the prior year-end, Mesner’s equity balance was $258,000 and Sanchez’s was $212,000. For the current year, partnership net income is $125,000 ($75,000 allocated to Mesner and $50,000 allocated to Sanchez); withdrawals are $77,000 ($40,000 for Mesner and $37,000 for Sanchez). Compute the total partnership return on equity and the individual partner return on equity ratios.
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