Brian Caldwell and Adriana Estrada have operated a successful firm for many years, sharing net income and net losses equally. Kris Mays is to be admitted to the partnership on September 1 of the current year, in accordance with the following agreement:
Assets and liabilities of the old partnership are to be valued at their book values as of August 31, except for the following:
Accounts receivable amounting to $2,000 are to be written off, and the allowance for doubtful accounts is to be increased to 5% of the remaining accounts.
Merchandise inventory is to be valued at $50,800.
Equipment is to be valued at $115,600.
Mays is to purchase $49,000 of the ownership interest of Estrada for $53,000 cash and to contribute another $26,000 cash to the partnership for a total ownership equity of $75,000.
The post-closing trial balance of Caldwell and Estrada as of August 31 is as follows:
Caldwell and EstradaPost-Closing Trial BalanceAugust 31, 20Y9DebitBalancesCreditBalancesCash5,000 Accounts Receivable31,000 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 1,200Merchandise Inventory47,500 Prepaid Insurance1,700 Equipment134,000 Accumulated DepreciationEquipment 41,500Accounts Payable 9,800Notes Payable (current) 31,700Brian Caldwell, Capital 72,000Adriana Estrada, Capital 63,000 219,200 219,200
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1. Journalize the entries as of August 31 to record the revaluations, using a temporary account entitled Asset Revaluations. Debits and credits to the Asset Revaluation account are losses and gains from revaluation, respectively. The balance in the accumulated depreciation account is to be eliminated. After journalizing the revaluations, close the balance of the asset revaluations account to the capital accounts of Brian Caldwell and Adriana Estrada.
For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.