Advanced Financial Accounting
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780078025877
Author: Theodore E. Christensen, David M Cottrell, Cassy JH Budd Advanced Financial Accounting
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 16.5E
To determine
Installment liquidation: takes place for several months to complete, and periodic or installment payments are made to the partners during the liquidation period because they require funds for personal purposes. Most
Instalment liquidations involve a distribution of cash to partners before complete liquidation of assets occurs, they are two methods for ensuring fairness and equality in making cash distributions (1) safe payment schedule and (2) cash distribution plan.
A safe payment schedule determines what amounts may be safely distributed to which partner without violating any of the principles of liquidation.
how are partner’s personal payments to the partnership creditors accounted for a partnership’s books.
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