Question - Les barrelhouse and Joan Skoye began a new business on February 14 when each of them invested $162,500 in the company. On Dec.20, it was decided that $62,400 of the company's cash would be distributed equally between the owners. Two cheques for 31,200 were prepared and given to the owners on Dec.23. On Dec.31, the company reported a 124,800 net income. Prepare two sets of journal entries to record the investments by the owners, the distribution of cash to the owners, the closing of the Income Summary account, and the withdrawals or dividends under these alternatives assumptions:
A. The business is a partnership, and
b. The business is a corporation that issued 1,000 common shares