A Partnership Began Its First Year of Operations with the Following

question 25

Multiple Choice

A partnership began its first year of operations with the following capital balances:
Young, Capital: $143,000
Eaton, Capital: $104,000
Thurman, Capital: $143,000
The Articles of Partnership stipulated that profits and losses be assigned in the following manner:
Young was to be awarded an annual salary of $26,000 with $13,000 salary assigned to Thurman.
Each partner was to be attributed with interest equal to 10% of the capital balance as of the first day of the year.
The remainder was to be assigned on a 5:2:3 basis to Young, Eaton, and Thurman, respectively.
Each partner withdrew $13,000 per year.
Assume that the net loss for the first year of operations was $26,000 with net income of $52,000 in the second year.
What was Thurman's total share of net income for the second year?

• A) $17,160 income.
• B) $4,160 income.
• C) $19,760 income.
• D) $17,290 income.
• E) $28,080 income.

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Definitions:

Accounts Receivable

Amounts payable to a firm by its buyers for items or services that have been supplied but are still unpaid.

Capital Structure

Capital Structure is the mix of debt and equity financing a company uses to fund its operations and growth.

Debt

An amount of money borrowed by one party from another, under the condition that it is to be repaid at a later date, usually with interest.

Equity

The owner's interest in an asset or business, representing the residual value after liabilities are deducted from assets.