Question

The partnership of Matteson, Richton, and O’Toole has existed for a number of years. At the present time the partners have the following capital balances and profit and loss sharing percentages:

Partner	Capital Balance			Profit and Loss Percentage
Matteson	$	174,800			30	%
Richton		205,200			50
O’Toole		195,000			20

O’Toole elects to withdraw from the partnership, leaving Matteson and Richton to operate the business. Following the original partnership agreement, when a partner withdraws, the partnership and all of its individual assets are to be reassessed to current fair values by an independent appraiser. The withdrawing partner will receive cash or other assets equal to that partner’s current capital balance after including an appropriate share of any adjustment indicated by the appraisal. Gains and losses indicated by the appraisal are allocated using the regular profit and loss percentages.

An independent appraiser is hired and estimates that the partnership as a whole is worth $580,000. Regarding the individual assets, the appraiser finds a building with a book value of $275,000 has a fair value of $410,000. The book values for all other identifiable assets and liabilities are the same as their appraised fair values.

Accordingly, the partnership agrees to pay O’Toole $310,000 upon withdrawal. Matteson and Richton, however, do not wish to record any goodwill in connection with the change in ownership.

Prepare the journal entry to record O’Toole’s withdrawal from the partnership.

1. Record the building appreciation to old partners.

2. Record O'Toole's withdrawal from the partnership.

Answer 1

As the partners do not wish to record a goodwill, the hybrid approach

a hybrid approach will record identifiable asset fair value changes and the corresponding capital

adjustments, but not the goodwill. The remaining excess payment to the withdrawing partner after the revaluation will be then treated as a bonus.

Building 40,000

Matteson, capital 12,000

Richton, capital 20,000

O’Toole, capital 8,000

O’Toole, capital 108,000

Matteson, capital 4,500

Richton, capital 7,500

Cash 120,000