Quiz – Partnership 2
1. The major considerations in the accounting for the equity of partnerships include all of the following,
except:
a. Corporation
b. Formation
c. Operation
d. Dissolution
2. The following are the major considerations in the accounting for partnership dissolutions, except:
a. Liquidation
b. Admission of a partner
c. Withdrawal, retirement or death of a partner
d. Incorporation of a partnership
3. It is a change in the relation of the partners caused by any partner being disassociated from the
business.
a. Dissolution
b. Liquidation
c. Operation
d. Formation
4. A partnership is a taxable entity. - False
5. A partnership is a tax-reporting entity but not a tax-paying entity. – True
6. In a general partnership, only a majority of partners need to have unlimited liability to partnership
creditors. – False
7. When a partnership agreement has provisions that are contrary to laws pertaining to partnerships,
law is controlling. - True
8. Partnerships are separate legal entities, like corporations. - False
9. A partner’s drawing account is merely a contra-capital account. - True
10. A partner’s drawing account is substantively a loan account. - False
11. Under the Partnership Law, partnerships must follow GAAP. - False
12. Only individuals are allowed to be partners in a partnership. – False
13. Proprietorships and partnerships are similar in that they are both easily formed. – True
14. Proprietorships and partnerships are different in that proprietors have unlimited legal liability while
each partner’s legal liability is limited to his/her percentage ownership in the partnership. – False
15. The partnership form of business is:
a. An economic entity
b. A separate legal entity, just as a corporation is a legal entity
c. A taxable entity
d. A fiscal entity
Problem:
Cleary, Wasser and Nolan formed a partnership on January 1, 2014, with investment of P100, 000,
P150,000 and P200,000, respectively. For division of income, they agreed to (1) interest of 10% of the
beginning capital balance each year, (2) annual compensation of P10, 000 to Wasser and (3) sharing the
remainder of the income or loss in a ratio of 20% for Cleary and 40% each for Wasser and Nolan. Net
income was P150, 000 in 2014 and P180, 000 in 2015. Each partner withdrew P1, 000 for personal use
every month during 2014 and 2015.
Requirements:
1. Compute for Wasser’s share of income for 2014.
2. Compute for Nolan’s capital balance at the end of 2014.
3. Compute for Cleary’s share of income for 2015.
4. Compute for Wasser’s share of income for 2015.
5. Compute for Wasser’s capital balance at the end of 2015.