What Are the Ways That a New Partner Can Be

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Essay

What are the ways that a new partner can be admitted to an existing partnership? Explain how to account for the admission of the new partner under each of these circumstances.

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Definitions:

Double Taxation

A situation where the same income is taxed twice: first at the corporate level on profits, and then again at the shareholder level on dividends received.

Dividends

Dividends are a portion of a company's earnings distributed to its shareholders as a reward for their investment.

Tax-exempt Shareholders

Shareholders or investors who do not have to pay income taxes on the dividends received from their investments, often applied to certain types of institutional investors.

Partnership

A legal form of business operation between two or more individuals who share management and profits, each partner contributing in terms of resources, labor, or skill.