March, April, and May have been in partnership for a number of years. The partners allocateall profits and losses on a 2:3:1 basis, respectively. Recently, each partner has become personallyinsolvent and, thus, the partners have decided to liquidate the business in hopes of remedyingtheir personal financial problems. As of September 1, the partnership's balance sheet is asfollows:
Cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,000 Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 61,000
Accounts receivable . . . . . . 84,000 March, capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,000 April, capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,000
Land, building, and May, capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,000
Equipment (net) . . . . . . . . 38,000 Total liabilities and capital . . . . . $207,000
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . $207,000
Prepare journal entries for the following transactions:
a. Sold all inventory for $56,000 cash.
b. Paid $7,500 in liquidation expenses.
c. Paid $40,000 of the partnership's liabilities.
d. Collected $45,000 of the accounts receivable.
e. Distributed safe cash balances; the partners anticipate no further liquidation expenses.
f. Sold remaining accounts receivable for 30 percent of face value.
g. Sold land, building, and equipment for $17,000.
h. Paid all remaining liabilities of the partnership.
i. Distributed cash held by the business to the partners.