Partnership Formation Lecture Notes
Partnership Formation Lecture Notes
DEFINITION
-AN ASSOCIATION OF TWO OR MORE PERSONS WHO CO-OWN A BUSINESS FOR A PROFIT.
CHARACTERISTICS
1. Separate legal personality
2. Mutual agency
3. Limited life
4. Unlimited liability
5. Co-ownership of property
6. Co-ownership of profits
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
ease of formation and dissolution easily dissolved/limited life
unlimited liability unlimited liability
better management difficulty in transferring ownership
flexibility in decision making conflict among partners
greater capital compared to sole proprietorship lesser capital compared to corporation
ARTICLES OF CO-PARTNERSHIP
-this agreement is a framework which governs the formation, operations, dissolution and liquidation of the partnership.
CONTENTS:
1. Name and nature of the partnership.
2. Date on which the partnership contract takes effect and duration of such contract.
3. Names of partners, and partners’ investments.
4. Authority, rights and duties of each partner.
5. Accounting period to be applied, and accounting and auditing of partnership books.
6. Method of sharing profits and losses.
7. Provision of the arbitration of disputes and liquidation of the partnership.
Adjustment:
Merchandise Inventory is to be recorded at its fair value of P75,000.
Adjusting Entry:
John, Capital 25,000
Merchandise Inventory 25,000
To revalue merchandise inventory.
EXERCISE 1-5
Books of Francis
1. Adjusting Entries
Oct 1 Francis, Capital 2,800
Allowance for Bad Debts
2,800
To adjust bad debts allowance
2. Closing Entries
Oct 1 Allowance for Bad Debts 10,800
Accumulated Depreciation- 200,000
Furniture and Equipment
Accounts Payable 565,000
Francis, Capital 1,634,200
Cash 130,000
Accounts Receivable 720,000
Landscaping Supplies 550,000
Furniture and Equipment 1,000,000
To close the books of Francis.
BOOK OF PARTNERSHIP
1 Cash 1,634,200
Pio, Capital 1,634,200
To record the investment of Pio