Problem #18
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On Jan 1, 2018, the Mones, Pitular and Tuazon Partnership was formed with initial investment by the partners as
follows:
According to the partnership agreement, profit or loss is to be divided among the partners as follows:
1. Salaries of P120000 for Mones, P60000 for Pitular and P60000 for Tuazon.
2. Interest at 5% on the original capital balances.
3. The remainder to be divided among Mones, Pitular, and Tuazon in a ratio of 4:1:1, respectively.
The partnership reported profit of P350000 for the year ended Dec 31, 2018.
Required:
Determine the partners’ share in the profit under each of the following independent situations:
1. Partner’s salaries and interest on capital balances should be fully allocated and any defieciency between these
allocations and profit is to be divided among Mones, Pitular, and Tuazon in the ratio 4:1:1, respectively.
2. Partner’s salaries and interest on capital balances should be made only to the extent that the profit can provide.
Mones Pitular Tuazon Total
2000000.0 1000000.0 1000000.0
initial investment 0 0 0 4000000.00
salaries 120000.00 60000.00 60000.00 240000.00
interest 5% 100000.00 50000.00 50000.00 200000.00
remainder 4:1:1 -60000.00 -15000.00 -15000.00 -90000.00
profit 160000.00 95000.00 95000.00 350000.00