Chapter 16 Solution Manual
Chapter 16 Solution Manual
Chapter 16 Solution Manual
CHAPTER 16
PARTNERSHIPS: LIQUIDATION
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Q16-1 The major causes of a dissolution are:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Q16-7 The DEF Partnership is insolvent because the liabilities of the partnership
($61,000) exceed the assets of the partnership ($55,000). The liabilities of the
partnership are calculated as follows:
Assets
$55,000
Liabilities
Liabilities
Liabilities
=
=
=
Owners' Equity
$6,000 + ($20,000) + $8,000
$61,000
Q16-8 A partnership may not legally engage in unlawful activities. In this example, the
new law requires the dissolution and termination of the partnership. The two partners
can seek a court decree for the termination of the partnership if the other three partners
do not agree to wind up and liquidate the partnership. The partnerships assets will be
sold and the partnerships obligations shall be settled. Individual partners are required to
remedy any deficits in their capital accounts and any remaining resources will be
distributed to the partners in accordance with their rights.
Q16-9 A partner's personal payment to partnership creditors is accounted for by
recording a cash contribution to the partnership with an increase in the partner's capital
balance. The cash is then used to pay the partnership creditors.
Q16-10 The schedule of safe payments to partners is used to determine the safe
payment of cash to be distributed to partners assuming the worst case situations.
Q16-11 Losses during liquidation are assigned to the partners' capital accounts using
the normal loss ratio, if a specific ratio for losses during liquidation is provided for in the
partnership agreement.
Q16-12 The worst case assumption means that two expectations are followed in
computing the payments to partners:
a.
b.
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SOLUTIONS TO CASES
C16-1 Cash Distributions to Partners
The issue is that the partnership is being liquidated and Bull desires cash to be
distributed as it becomes available, while Bear wishes no cash to be distributed until all
assets are sold and the liabilities are settled.
Most partnership liquidations are installment liquidations in which cash is distributed
during the liquidation. This provides for the partners' liquidity needs while also providing
for the extended time period so the partnership may seek the best price for its assets.
T. Bear may desire to hold up cash payments in order to encourage a prompt liquidation
of the assets or to ensure that all liabilities are paid. A compromise may be reached to
meet the needs of both partners.
An agreement may be used to specify the date or other restrictions under which the
assets must be liquidated and the liabilities settled. In addition, the necessary amounts
to settle actual, and anticipated, liabilities (including all liquidation costs) may be
escrowed with a trustee, such as a local bank. The remaining cash may then be
distributed.
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(160,000)
Capital accounts
Adam_
Bard
50%
50%
(80,000)
(40,000)
40,000
(40,000)
______
(40,000)
(80,000)
80,000
_
(80,000)
(80,000)
50%
50%
130,000
40,000
50%
50%
This schedule shows that the partnerships loan payable to Bard has the same legal
status as the liabilities to third parties. Bard will be paid for his loan to the partnership prior
to any final distributions to the partners. Adam may be able to negotiate that he will pay
the $10,000 for the partnerships loan receivable with him from other cash received in a
distribution from the partnership. However, the partnership, including Bard, can obtain a
court decree and judgment against Adam if Adam refuses to pay the partnership the
$10,000 to settle the loan he received from the partnership. After the liabilities are
provided for, any remaining cash is paid as shown in the cash distribution plan above, with
Adam receiving the first $40,000 and then additional distributions will be made in the
partners loss sharing ratio.
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C16-2 (continued)
Assuming a practical approach:
Although UPA 1997 specifically states that partnership debt is considered equal to
outside debt, most loans from partners are subordinated to outside debt. Typically this is
done at the request of the outside creditors. In addition, loans to/from partners are
treated as an extension of their capital accounts. Given these assumptions, the following
is a cash distribution plan for the partnership:
Adam and Bard Partnership
Cash Distribution Plan
Loss Absorption Power
Adam_
Bard
Loss sharing percentages
Preliquidation capital balances
Loan to (from) partner
Total
Loss absorption power (LAP)
(capital balance / loss percentage)
Decrease highest LAP to next level:
Decrease Adam by $140,000
(Cash distribution:
$140,000 x 0.50 = $70,000)
Decrease remaining LAPs by
distributing cash in profit and
loss sharing percentages
(140,000)
Capital accounts
Adam_
Bard
50%
50%
(80,000)
10,000)
(70,000)
(40,000)
(100,000)
(140,000)
(70,000)
_70,000
(70,000)
(280,000)
140,000
_
(140,000)
(140,000)
50%
50%
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$30,000
70,000
50%
50%
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C16-5 (continued)
c. Bill Kramers economic interest in partnership. Bill dissociated from the partnership in
1985, soon after it was formed. The information presented in the courts decision does not
state if Bill received a buyout from the partnership. In addition, Bill received a partial interest
from the estate of his father. The appeal motion included Bill as one of the defendants. Thus,
it seems clear from the information given that Bill did have a continuing economic interest as
of the time the motion was filed on June 23, 2004.
d. Legal recourse of other partners at time Don dissociated. Dons dissociation appeared to
be wrongful for which the other partners could seek damages, and to assure that the
dissociated partner is obligated for his or her share of the partnerships liabilities at the time
of the dissociation. This normally requires a scheduling of all liabilities as of the dissociation
date, something accountants can provide for the partnership. In addition to filing a revised
Statement of Partnership Authority with the Secretary of State and the local court clerk, the
remaining partners should also ensure that creditors and other third-party vendors with the
partnership are given notice that the dissociated partner no longer has the authority to bind
the partnership. The remaining partners could also have a new partnership agreement, this
time in writing, to provide written evidence that they are continuing the business. The
important thing is that the remaining partners have sufficient documentation and evidence of
Dons partnership interest as of the date he dissociated.
e. Request for Rays and Dougs personal tax returns. This was probably an effort to
determine the profit or loss of the partnership from the date the partnership was formed to
July 1994, when Don left Montana. In addition, Dons attorney also asked for the accounting
records for that same time period. The stated reason for this request was to accomplish an
accurate accounting of the partnership and to determine the amount the partnership owed
Don. Under the partnership form of business, the partners recognize their share of the
partnerships profit or loss on their personal income tax returns. The partnership is not a
separate taxable entity. The request for the personal tax returns of Ray and Doug may also
have been made to try to gain leverage in negotiating Dons buyout offer. Nevertheless, this
request indicates the intertwining of a partnership and its individual partners.
f. Two major things learned. Many students will state the need for a written partnership
agreement, but there are other interesting items in the court case. Students are probably not
aware of the five-year statute of limitations on claims. The courts decision that Dons
relocation to San Francisco in July 1994 was a wrongful dissociation is interesting because,
as a result of a car accident, Don was not able to fully participate in the partnership. The
issue of when the five-year statute of limitations period began is interesting because this
shows the importance of the accountant having an accurate record of a partners interest in
the partnership as of specific, important times in the history of the partnership that may
serve as records of evidence in future legal actions. A great class discussion can be
generated from this question.
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C16-6 (continued)
e. The Plan of Liquidation was the result of the partnership not being able to meet its debt
service requirements on the loan for its properties. The partnership was also in default under
the ground lease agreements with MII. The plan of liquidation was implemented beginning
on December 5, 2003, and the partnership began its liquidation process as of that date. The
Inns were to be sold and MII was to receive payments for its land under the Inns that were
sold. There would be funds advanced to the partnership to invest in the Inns to enhance
their marketability during the liquidation process. On November 20, 2003, the partnership
engaged a national broker to market the inns for sale. The Inns continued to sell, but at a
slower pace than anticipated and still had Inns as of May 1, 2006.
f. The liquidation basis of accounting used by the partnership is discussed in Note 2,
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. The liquidation basis of accounting is not GAAP
because GAAP is based on the going concern concept. The partnership adopted the
liquidation basis of accounting for periods beginning after September 30, 2003, as a result of
the adoption of the plan of liquidation. The partnership adjusted the assets to their estimated
net realizable value and the liabilities were adjusted to their estimated settlement costs,
including estimated costs associated with carrying out the liquidation. (Students should note
that FASB Statement No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities [FASB 146, ASC 420] now requires that a liability for a cost associated with an
exit or disposal activity should be recognized and measured at its fair value in the period in
which the liability is incurred, not before, such as when a plan of liquidation is approved.)
g. These are presented in Item 7 of the 10-K. The statements will be discussed in their order
of presentation in the 10-K.
1. Balance sheet (going concern basis) to Statement of net liabilities in liquidation
(liquidation basis). The going concern balance sheet is not unusual for a company that is
in a deficit position (assets less than liabilities). However, the liquidation basis statement
of net liabilities in liquidation presents the properties held for sale at fair value, and
presents the liabilities owed and expected during liquidation at their settlement values,
such as the land purchase obligation to MII, and the estimated costs during the period of
liquidation. The focus is on the values of the assets and liabilities for liquidation;
therefore, partners capital accounts are not shown under the liquidation basis.
2. Statement of operations (going concern basis) end at the point the liquidation basis of
accounting is adopted because the statement of operations (statement of income) is a
going concern statement. Thus, there is no statement of operations under the liquidation
basis of accounting. The flow document prepared under the liquidation basis is the
Statement of Changes in Net Liabilities in Liquidation.
3. The Statement of Cash Flows is also a going concern statement and no comparable
financial statement exists under liquidation basis accounting.
h. Form 15-12G, filed on May 1, 2006, is for termination of registration, acknowledging the
partnership will no longer be offering limited partnership units, or debt securities, to the
public. This statement shuts the door of an entitys SECs filing requirements. Thus, a
registration statement such as the S-1 or S3, that seeks to offer equity securities to the
general public, is the form for beginning the entitys SECs filing requirements and then there
is a form required to end the entitys required SEC filings.
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SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES
E16-1 Multiple-Choice Questions on Partnership Liquidations
1.
Joan
Profit ratio
2.
Thomas
50%
10%
Total
100%
Prior capital
Loss on sale
of inventory
(160,000)
(45,000)
(55,000)
(260,000)
24,000
(136,000)
30,000
(15,000)
6,000
(49,000)
60,000
(200,000)
Prior capital
Loss on sale
of inventory
(160,000)
(45,000)
(55,000)
(260,000)
72,000
(88,000)
90,000
45,000
18,000
(37,000)
180,000
(80,000)
9,000
(28,000)
(80,000)
Allocate Charles'
capital deficit:
Joan = 0.40/0.50
Thomas = 0.10/.050
3.
40%
Charles
Prior capital
Loss on sale
of inventory
Possible loss
of remaining
inventory
Allocate Charles'
potential
capital deficit:
36,000
(52,000)
(45,000)
-0-
(160,000)
(45,000)
(55,000)
(260,000)
24,000
(136,000)
30,000
(15,000)
6,000
(49,000)
60,000
(200,000)
64,000
(72,000)
80,000
65,000
16,000
(33,000)
160,000
(40,000)
52,000
(20,000)
(65,000)
-0-
13,000
(20,000)
(40,000)
4.
5.
The loan payable to Adam has the same legal status as the partnerships
other liabilities according to the UPA of 1997, but is likely subordinated to the
partnerships outside liabilities. After payment of the accounts payable, the
deficit balance in Adams capital account needs to be remedied either
through cash contribution or setoff against the loan. If Adam were to
contribute additional cash to eliminate his deficit, answer a would be
correct. However, since the problem does not mention a cash contribution,
setoff is the only remedy for the deficit and answer c is the best solution.
6.
7.
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E16-2
1.
Casey
Profit and loss ratio
Beginning capital
Actual loss on assets
Potential loss on
other assets
Balances
Safe payments
2.
3.
Dithers
Edwards
(80,000)
15,000
(90,000)
9,000
(70,000)
6,000
50,000
(15,000)
15,000
30,000
(51,000)
51,000
20,000
(44,000)
44,000
Blythe
Cooper
Art
Profit and loss ratio
40%
40%
20%
Capital balances
(37,000)
(65,000)
(48,000)
(92,500)
(162,500)
(240,000)
(92,500)
(162,500)
77,500
(162,500)
70,000
(92,500)
(92,500)
70,000
(92,500)
Cash of $17,000: Cooper receives first $15,500; remaining $1,500 split 2/3 to
Blythe and 1/3 to Cooper.
5.
If all partners received cash after the second sale, then the remaining $12,000
is distributed in the loss ratio.
6.
Arnie
Profit and loss ratio
Capital balances
Loss of $100,000
Remaining equities
40%
(40,000)
40,000
-0-
Bart
30%
(180,000)
30,000
(150,000)
Arnie will receive nothing; the entire $150,000 will be paid to Bart.
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Kurt
30%
(30,000)
30,000
-0-
Menser
30%
(25,000)
(5,000)
(10,000)
4,000
(21,000)
21,000
3,000
(2,000)
2,000
3,000
(7,000)
7,000
(25,000)
(5,000)
(10,000)
7,600
(17,400)
5,700
700
(700)
5,700
(4,300)
400
______
(17,000)
17,000
______
____-0_-0-
_ 300
_(4,000)
4,000
c.
(25,000)
(5,000)
(10,000)
13,200
(11,800)
9,900
4,900
(4,900)
9,900
(100)
2,800
______
(9,000)
______
-0-
2,000
(7,000)
7,000
_____
___-0-0-
2,100
2,000
(2,000)
_____
___-0-0-
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Balances
Sale of assets at a
$40,000 loss
Payment to creditors
Outside Creditors
Mitchell
Payment to partners
Balances
Capital Balances
Matthews
Mitchell
Michaels
50%
30%
20%
Cash
Noncash
Assets
Accounts
Payable
Mitchell,
Loan
20,000
150,000
(30,000)
(10,000)
(80,000)
(36,000)
(14,000)
110,000
130,000
(150,000)
-0-
(30,000)
(10,000)
20,000
(60,000)
12,000
(24,000)
8,000
(6,000)
10,000
-0-
(60,000)
(24,000)
(6,000)
60,000
-0-
24,000
-0-
6,000
-0-
(30,000)
(10,000)
90,000
30,000
-0-
-0-
(90,000)
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
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E16-4 (continued)
b.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Cash
Matthews, Capital
Mitchell, Capital
Michaels, Capital
Noncash Assets
Sell noncash assets at a loss of $40,000.
110,000
20,000
12,000
8,000
Accounts Payable
Mitchell, Loan
Cash
Pay creditors, including Mitchell.
30,000
10,000
Matthews, Capital
Mitchell, Capital
Michaels, Capital
Cash
Final lump-sum distribution to partners.
60,000
24,000
6,000
150,000
40,000
90,000
Terry
_ (30%)_
(12,000)
8,400
3,600
Phyllis
__(50%)_
(36,000)
14,000
6,000
Connie
__(20%)_
(54,000)
5,600
2,400
1,200
1,200*
2,000
(14,000)
800
(45,200)
12,900
1,800
15,900*
21,500
3,000
10,500*
8,600
1,200
(35,400)
(15,900)
-0-
(10,500)
-0-
26,400
9,000
Of the $73,000 in cash at the end of September, $58,000 will be required to liquidate the
debts to creditors, including the $15,000 to Connie, and $6,000 must be held in reserve to pay
possible liquidation costs. Thus, a total of $9,000 in cash can be safely distributed to Connie
as of September 30, 20X9. An interesting observation is that the newest partner, Connie, will
receive the most cash in the partnership liquidation because of the recognition of so much
goodwill at the time of her admission and because of her loan to the partnership.
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E16-5 (continued)
Based on practical approach:
Terry
_ (30%)_
(12,000)
9,000
(3,000)
Phyllis
__(50%)_
(36,000)
(36,000)
Connie
__(20%)_
(54,000)
(15,000)
(69,000)
8,400
3,600
14,000
6,000
5,600
2,400
1,200
10,200*
2,000
(14,000)
800
(60,200)
12,900
1,800
24,900*
21,500
3,000
10,500*
8,600
1,200
(50,400)
(24,900)
-0-
(10,500)
-0-
35,400
15,000
Of the $73,000 in cash at the end of September, $58,000 will be required to liquidate the
debts to creditors. Thus, a total of $15,000 in cash can be safely distributed to Connie as of
September 30, 20X9. An interesting observation is that the newest partner, Connie, will
receive the most cash in the partnership liquidation because of the recognition of so much
goodwill at the time of her admission and because of her loan to the partnership.
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25,000
120,000
Sale of inventory
40,000
(60,000)
(10,000)
55,000
60,000
(50,000)
5,000
60,000
Sale of inventory
30,000
(60,000)
Payment to creditors
(5,000)
30,000
-0-
Payments to partners
Balances
(30,000)
-0-
______
-0-
Payment to creditors
Payments to partners
(Schedule 1)
(15,000)
(65,000)
(65,000)
16,000
4,000
10,000
(5,000)
(49,000)
(61,000)
(5,000)
1,000
(48,000)
49,000
(12,000)
24,000
6,000
5,000
-0-
(24,000)
(6,000)
-0-
24,000
-0-
6,000
-0-
Maness
80%
(49,000)
48,000
(1,000)
Joiner
20%
(61,000)
12,000
(49,000)
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Nelson
Osman
Peters
(15,000)
(75,000)
(75,000)
Quincy
(30,000
)
30%
30%
20%
20%
27,000
27,000
18,000
12,000
(48,000)
(57,000)
(12,000)
5,143
3,428
b.
3,429
-0-
(42,857)
(53,572)
(8,571)
Payment to partners
-0-
42,857
53,572
8,571
30%
10%
30%
27,000
9,000
27,000
12,000
(66,000)
(48,000)
(12,000)
30%
27,000
(3,000)
1,714
5,143
5,143
-0-
(64,286)
(42,857)
2,143
(2,143)
536
c.
18,000
(12,000
)
1,607
-0-
(63,750)
(41,250)
-0-
Payment to partners
-0-
63,750
41,250
-0-
30%
10%
20%
40%
27,000
9,000
18,000
36,000
12,000
(66,000)
(57,000)
6,000
(12,000)
(6,000)
6,000
12,000
-0-
(60,000)
(45,000)
-0-
Payment to partners
-0-
60,000
45,000
-0-
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APB Partnership
Cash Distribution Plan
Peters
Capital Accounts
Blake
Peters
20%
Preliquidation capital
balances
Loss absorption power
(Capital balances /
Loss percentage)
Adams
(275,000)
(250,000)
(140,000)
25,000
(250,000)
(250,000)
(140,000)
110,000
(140,000)
Note: Parentheses indicate credit amount.
Blake
30%
50%
(55,000)
(75,000)
(70,000)
5,000
(50,000)
(75,000)
(70,000)
33,000
(42,000)
(70,000)
22,000
110,000
(140,000)
(140,000)
(28,000)
Adams
Peters
Blake
100%
40%
20%
60%
30%
50%
Note that the receivable from Adams is not included in the Cash Distribution Plan. The UPA 1997
does not include any offsets of receivables from partners against capital accounts. Thus, the
partnership should treat the receivable from Adams as any other partnership asset.
If the partnership were to prepare a schedule of safe payments, it would include a provision for a
possible loss on any unpaid loan receivables with partners just as with other unrealized
partnership assets.
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E16-8 (continued):
Based on practical approach:
APB Partnership
Cash Distribution Plan
Loss Absorption Power
Adams
Peters
Capital Accounts
Blake
Peters
20%
Preliquidation capital
balances
Loan to Adams
Total
Loss absorption power
(Capital balances /
Loss percentage)
Adams
(55,000)
10,000
(45,000)
(225,000)
(250,000)
(140,000)
(225,000)
25,000
(225,000)
(140,000)
85,000
(140,000)
Note: Parentheses indicate credit amount.
(45,000)
Blake
30%
50%
(75,000)
(70,000)
(75,000)
(70,00)
7,500
(67,500)
(70,000)
25,500
(42,000)
(70,000)
17,000
85,000
(140,000)
(140,000)
(28,000)
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Adams
Peters
Blake
40%
20%
100%
60%
30%
50%
APB Partnership
Statement of Partnership Realization and Liquidation
Installment Liquidation
Cash
Balances
40,000
Sale of assets
Payment to
creditors
65,000
Payment to
partners
(Sch. 1)
Sale of assets
Collection of
Adams loan
Payment to
creditors
Payment to
partners
Balances
Adams,
Loan
Noncash
Assets
Liabilities
10,000
200,000
(50,000)
(85,000)
Adams,
20%
Capital
Peters,
30%
Blake,
50%
(55,000)
(75,000)
(70,000)
4,000
6,000
10,000
(21,000)
84,000
10,000
115,000
21,000
(29,000)
(51,000)
(69,000)
(60,000)
(55,000)
29,000
10,000
115,000
(29,000)
25,000
(26,000)
30,000
(39,000)
-0(60,000)
7,200
10,800
18,000
79,000
(115,000)
10,000
(10,000)
(29,000)
89,000
-0-
-0-
29,000
-0-
(18,800)
(28,200)
(42,000)
(89,000)
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
18,800
-0-
28,200
-0-
42,000
-0-
E16-9 (continued)
Schedule 1:
APB Partnership
Schedule of Safe Payments to Partners
Adams
20%__
Peters
30% __
Blake
50%__
(51,000)
(69,000)
(60,000)
25,000
(26,000)
37,500
(31,500)
1,000
_______
25,000
62,500
2,500
(2,500)
__1,500
30,000
___ __
-0-
E16-9 (continued)
Based on practical approach:
APB Partnership
Statement of Partnership Realization and Liquidation
Installment Liquidation
Payment to
partners
(Sch. 1)
Sale of assets
Payment to creditors
Payment to
partners
Balances
(Parentheses indicate credit amount.)
Blake,
50%
(55,000)
10,000
4,000
(75,000)
(70,000)
6,000
10,000
Adams,
Loan
Noncash
Assets
Liabilities
10,000
(10,000)
200,000
(50,000)
(21,000)
84,000
-0-
115,000
21,000
(29,000)
(41,000)
(69,000)
(60,000)
(55,000)
29,000
-0-
115,000
(29,000)
18,000
(23,000)
34,500
(34,500)
2,500
(57,500)
Cash
Balances
Adams loan write-off
Sale of assets
Payment to
creditors
Capita
l
Peters,
30%
40,000
65,000
79,000
(29,000)
79,000
-0-
(79,000)
-0-
-0-
(85,000)
(115,000)
Adams,
20%
7,200
10,800
18,000
-0-
29,000
-0-
(15,800)
(23,700)
(39,500)
-0-
-0-
15,800
-0-
23,700
-0-
39,500
-0-
E16-9 (continued)
Schedule 1:
APB Partnership
Schedule of Safe Payments to Partners
Adams
20%__
Peters
30% __
Blake
50%__
(41,000)
23,000
(18,000)
(69,000)
34,500
(34,500)
(60,000)
57,500
(2,500)
18,000
34,500
2,500
Partnership's Books
(1)
(2)
(3)
b.
6,720
4,480
85,200
17,200
55,680
29,520
800
3,200
7,200
8,000
21,600
32,800
40,000
85,200
8,000
21,600
32,800
40,000
17,200
71,000
14,200
E16-11A
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. d
5. a
6. c
7. b
8. c
9. d
10. b
11. d
$ 44,300
6,700
1,400
$ 52,400
$ 11,400
43,500
300
4,600
$(59,800)
$ (7,400)
$ 7,300
9,300
$ 16,600
(3)
(1)
400
3,200
$ 3,600
$ 13,000
$ 5,600
60,800
$ 66,400
(1)
(2)
$9,900
(600)
$9,300
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
P16-13 Lump-Sum Liquidation
a.
CDG Partnership
Statement of Realization and Liquidation
Lump-sum Liquidation on December 10, 20X6
Preliquidation balances
Sale of assets and distribution
of $215,000 loss
Cash contributed by Gail to
extent of positive net worth
Distribution of deficit of
insolvent partner:
20/60($1,000)
40/60($1,000)
Contribution by Dan to remedy deficit
Payment to creditors
Payment to partner
Postliquidation balances
(Parentheses indicate credit amount.)
Capital Balances
Dan
40%
Cash
Noncash
Assets
Liabilities
Carlos
20%
25,000
475,000
(270,000)
(120,000)
(50,000)
(60,000)
260,000
285,000
(475,000)
-0-
(270,000)
43,000
(77,000)
86,000
36,000
86,000
26,000
25,000
310,000
-0-
(270,000)
(77,000)
36,000
(25,000)
1,000
333
Gail
40%
(1,000)
310,000
-0-
(270,000)
(76,667)
667
36,667
-0-
36,667
346,667
-0-
(270,000)
(76,667)
(36,667)
-0-
-0-
(270,000)
76,667
-0-
270,000
-0-
(76,667)
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
(76,667)
-0-
76,667
-0-
-0-
-0-
P16-13 (continued)
b.
CDG Partnership
Net Worth of Partners
December 10, 20X6
Carlos
Dan
Gail
250,000
(230,000)
300,000
(240,000)
350,000
(325,000)
20,000
60,000
(36,667)
-023,333
25,000
(25,000)
-0-0-
76,667
96,667
This computation assumes that no other events occurred in the 10-day period that changed any of the partners personal
assets and personal liabilities. In practice, the accountant must be sure that a computation of net worth is current and timely.
The table shows the effects of the transactions between the partnership and each partner. A presumption of this table is
that the personal creditors of Dan or Gail would not seek court action to block the settlement transactions with the
partnership. Upon winding up and liquidation, the partnership does not have any priority to the partners personal assets.
Thus, the personal creditors may seek to block the transactions with the partnership in order to provide more resources from
which they can be paid. A partner who fails to remedy his or her deficit can be sued by the other partners who had to make
additional contributions or even by a partnership creditor if the failed partner is liable to the partnership creditor. But those
claims are not superior to the other claims to the partners individual assets.
When accountants provide professional services to partnerships and to its partners, the accountant should expect, at
some time, legal suits involving the partnership and/or individual partners. A strong and thorough understanding of the legal
and accounting foundations of partnerships will be very important to that accountant.
Cash
18,000
51,000
38,000
(2,000)
(50,000)
55,000
(45,000)
10,000
(4,000)
6,000
-06,000
Other
Assets
307,000
Accounts
Payable
(53,000)
(66,000)
(52,000)
Art
50%
(88,000)
Capital Balances
Bru
Chou
30%
20%
(110,000)
(74,000)
4,500
4,200
600
(900)
3,000
2,800
400
(600)
189,000
3,000
50,000
-0-
7,500
7,000
1,000
(1,500)
(74,000)
189,000
-0-
(74,000)
(101,600)
26,600
(75,000)
(68,400)
18,400
(50,000)
189,000
-0-
189,000
-0-
2,000
(72,000)
-0(72,000)
1,200
(73,800)
-0(73,800)
800
(49,200)
-0(49,200)
21,500
2,500
(48,000)
48,000
12,900
1,500
(59,400)
59,400
8,600
1,000
(39,600)
39,600
-0-
-0-
-0-
146,000
(5,000)
147,000
(147,000)
(189,000)
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
P16-14 (continued)
ABC Partnership
Schedules of Safe Payments to Partners
Schedule 1: January 31, 20X1
Art
50%
Bru
30%
Chou
20%
Capital balances
Possible loss:
Other assets ($189,000) and possible
liquidation costs ($10,000)
(74,000)
(101,600)
(68,400)
99,500
25,500
59,700
(41,900)
39,800
(28,600)
(25,500)
15,300
-0-
(26,600)
10,200
(18,400)
(72,000)
(73,800)
(49,200)
97,500
25,500
58,500
(15,300)
39,000
(10,200)
(25,500)
-0-
15,300
-0-
10,200
-0-
Note that the computation of safe payments on February 27, 20X1, resulted in no payments to
partners. This is due to the large book value of Other Assets still unrealized and the
reservation of the $6,000 cash on hand for possible future liquidation expenses.
Pen
Evan
Capital Accounts
Torves
Pen
50%
Preliquidation
capital balances
Loss absorption
Power (Capital
balances /
Loss percent)
Decrease highest LAP
to next highest:
Evan
($30,000 x 0.30)
Decrease LAPs
to next highest:
Evan
($10,000 x 0.30)
Torves
($10,000 x 0.20)
Evan
(110,000)
(150,000)
(120,000)
(110,000)
30,000
(120,000)
(120,000)
30%
(110,000)
20%
(55,000)
(45,000)
(24,000)
(55,000)
9,000
(36,000)
(24,000)
10,000
(110,000)
Torves
3,000
10,000
(110,000)
(55,000)
(33,000)
2,000
(22,000)
Cash available
First
Next
Next
Additional paid
in P&L ratio
$106,000
(17,000)
(9,000)
(5,000)
(75,000)
$
-0-
Accounts
Payable
Pen
50%
$17,000
______
$17,000
$37,500
$37,500
Evan
30%
Torves
20%
$ 9,000
3,000
$ 2,000
22,500
$34,500
15,000
$17,000
Preliquidation balances
July:
Assets Realized
Paid liquidation costs
Paid creditors
Safe Payments (Sch. 1)
Cash
6,000
26,500
(1,000)
(17,000)
14,500
(6,500)
8,000
August:
Equipment withdrawn
(allocate $6,000 gain)
Paid liquidation costs
Safe Payments (Sch. 2)
September:
Assets Realized
Paid liquidation costs
Noncash
Assets
135,000
Pen
50%
(55,000)
Capital
Evan
30%
(45,000)
Torves
20%
(24,000)
17,000
-0-
4,750
500
2,850
300
1,900
200
(49,750)
(41,850)
6,500
(21,900)
-0-
(49,750)
(35,350)
(21,900)
(3,000)
(1,800)
8,800
300
(12,800)
4,000
200
(8.600)
8,600
-0-
Accounts
Payable
(17,000)
(36,000)
99,000
99,000
(4,000)
(1,500)
6,500
(4,000)
2,500
75,000
(1,000)
76,500
(76,500)
-0-
Payments to partners
Postliquidation balances
(Parentheses indicate credit amount)
95,000
-0-
750
(52,000)
95,000
-0-
(52,000)
450
(36,700)
4,000
(32,700)
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
10,000
500
(41,500)
41,500
-0-
6,000
300
(26,400)
26,400
-0-
(95.000)
(12,800)
P16-16 (continued)
PET Partnership
Schedules of Safe Payments to Partners
Schedule 1: July 31, 20X1
Capital balances
Possible loss on noncash assets ($99,000)
Cash retained ($8,000)
Absorption of Pen's potential deficit
Evan: $3,750 x 0.30/0.50
Torves: $3,750 x 0.20/0.50
Absorption of Torves potential deficit
Evan: $1,000 x 0.30/0.30
Safe payment
Pen
50%
Evan
30%
Torves
20%
(49,750)
49,500
4,000
3,750
(3,750)
(41,850)
29,700
2,400
(9,750)
(21,900)
19,800
1,600
(500)
-0-
(7,500)
-0-
1,000
(6,500)
(52,000)
47,500
1,250
(3,250)
(36,700)
28,500
750
(7,450)
2,250
1,500
1,000
(1,000)
-0-
4,188
938
(938)
-0-
(12,800)
19,000
500
6,700
(6,700)
2,512
(4,938)
-0-
938
(4,000)
-0-
P16-17 (continued)
DSV Partnership
Schedule of Safe Payments to Partners
Schedule 1, July 31, 20X5:
Capital balances, July 31,
Before cash distribution
Assume full loss of $160,000 on
remaining noncash assets and
$10,000 in possible future
liquidation expenses
Assume D's potential deficit
must be absorbed by S and V:
30/50 x $46,250
20/50 x $46,250
Assume V's potential deficit
must be absorbed by S completely
Safe payments to partners
on July 31, 20X5
D
50%
S
30%
V
20%
(38,750)
(103,250)
(50,500)
85,000
46,250
51,000
(52,250)
34,000
(16,500)
(46,250)
27,750
(24,500)
18,500
2,000
2,000
(2,000)
-0-
(22,500)
-0-
(31,000)
(76,100)
(47,400)
67,500
36,500
40,500
(35,600)
27,000
(20,400)
-0-
(36,500)
-0-
21,900
(13,700)
14,600
(5,800)
DSV Partnership
Cash Distribution Plan
June 30, 20X5
Loss Absorption Power
D
(200,000)
(466,667)
(200,000)
(375,000)
50%
(100,000)
30%
(140,000)
20%
(75,000)
(100,000)
27,500
(112,500)
(75,000)
(375,000)
91,667
Capital Accounts
(375,000)
175,000
52,500
175,000
(200,000)
(200,000)
(200,000)
50%
30%
20%
35,000
(100,000)
(60,000)
(40,000)
P16-18 (continued)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
First $405,000
Next $10,000
Next $27,500
Next $87,500
Any additional distributions
in the partners' profit
and loss ratio
50%
100%
60%
40%
30%
20%
V
20%
(75,000)
24,500
(50,500)
(50,500)
3,100
(47,400)
5,800
(41,600)
14,500
(27,100)
2,100
(25,000)
25,000
-0-
P16-18 (continued)
Schedule 1, July 31, 20X5: Computation of $22,500 of cash available to be distributed to
partners on July 31, 20X5:
Cash balance, July 1, 20X5
Cash from sale of noncash assets
Less: Payment of actual liquidation expenses
Less: Payments to creditors
Less: Amount held for possible
future liquidation expenses
Cash available to partners, July 31, 20X5
$ 50,000
390,000
(2,500)
(405,000)
(10,000)
$ 22,500
$10,000
22,000
(2,500)
(10,000)
$ 19,500
$10,000
55,000
(2,500)
$62,500
P16-19 Matching
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
The admission of a new partner requires the consent of all existing partners.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Part B:
6. Y
7.
Continuation of the partnership does not release the partnership from the
liabilities existing prior to the admission of the new partner.
8.
White is liable for debts prior to his admission only to the extent of his capital
contribution.
9.
As in item 8, White is liable for pre-existing debts only to the extent of his
capital contribution.
10.
No. 03-796
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
2005 MT 136N
GREG MATTFIELD and CLINTON KRAMER, as Permanent
Full Co-Conservators of the Person and Estate of DONALD D.
KRAMER, an Incapacitated and Protected Person,
Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
KRAMER BROTHERS CO-PARTNERSHIP; WILLIAM KRAMER,
Co-Partner; RAYMOND KRAMER, Co-Partner; DOUGLAS
KRAMER, Co-Partner; WILLIAM KRAMER, RAYMOND KRAMER,
and DOUGLAS KRAMER, as Co-Personal Representatives of the
ESTATE OF RAYMOND KRAMER, and LYDIA KRAMER, Individually,
Defendants and Respondents.
APPEAL FROM:
COUNSEL OF RECORD:
For Appellants:
Floyd A. Brower, Brower Law Firm, Roundup, Montana
For Respondents:
Philip P. McGimpsey, McGimpsey Law Firm, Billings, Montana
William Kramer, pro se, Laurel, Montana
Submitted on Briefs: June 23, 2004
Decided: May 31, 2005
Filed:
__________________________________________
Clerk
Justice Jim Rice delivered the Opinion of the Court.
a.Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(c), of the Montana Supreme Court 1996 Internal Operating
Rules, the following decision shall not be cited as precedent. It shall be filed as a public
document with the Clerk of the Supreme Court and shall be reported by case title, Supreme
Court cause number, and result to the State Reporter Publishing Company and to West Group in
the quarterly table of noncitable cases issued by this Court.
b.Donald D. Kramer (Don) appeals from the summary judgment entered on August 21, 2003, in
the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Carbon County, in favor of the Kramer Brothers CoPartnership (Partnership), and also challenges the order entered by the court on August 30, 2002,
dismissing Dons claims accruing prior to July 23, 1995, as time barred. We affirm.
c.We restate the issue on appeal as follows:
d.Did the District Court err in granting summary judgment to the Kramer Brothers CoPartnership?
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
e.In the early 1980s, the Kramer brothers, Don, Douglas (Doug), William (Bill), and Raymond
(Ray), and their father, Raymond Kramer, Sr. (Raymond), orally formed a farming
f.operation partnership, with Raymond furnishing the initial capital, real estate, and head of
cattle.
g.In 1985 Bill determined to dissociate from the Partnership, and requested distribution of his
interest under the Revised Uniform Partnership Act (RUPA). a Thereafter, Raymond, Doug, Ray,
and Don, albeit limited in his management responsibilities due to a neuropsychological
functioning impairment resulting from a car accident in 1984, continued under the original
partnership agreement until July 1994, when Don left Montana to reside in San Francisco. Don
returned to Montana in 1995, but did not associate with the Partnership, nor did he initially seek
any remedy as a dissociated partner as set forth under the RUPA. In fact, Don would not file an
action against the Partnership until May 23, 2000, after many failed attempts to negotiate a buyout offer of his interest in the Partnership with Ray and Doug.
h.In 1997 Raymond died, and the Kramer brothers discussed distribution of their fathers assets,
including distribution of Raymonds interest in the Partnership property. This was the first time
Don had any contact with the Partnership since his return from San Francisco. Don had
previously consulted with attorney Floyd A. Brower (Brower) regarding his interest in the
Partnership as a dissociated partner, and requested Browers assistance in representing him in the
distribution of his fathers personal estate and interest in the Partnership.
aAlthough the 1993 Legislature did not amend the title of the Uniform Partnership
Act, it adopted the changes embodied within the Revised Uniform Partnership Act
("RUPA") and, therefore, we shall refer to the act throughout this opinion as RUPA.
See McCormick v. Brevig, 2004 MT 179, 37 n.1, 322 Mont. 112, 37 n.1, 96 P.3d 697,
37 n.1.
i.On February 27, 1998, Brower requested copies of the Partnerships accounting records from
the date of its inception until July 1994, when Don departed to San Francisco, and copies of
Rays and Dougs personal tax returns, from attorney Carol Hardy (Hardy), who represented the
Partnership. Brower stated in his letter that Hardys compliance with his request was crucial, as
this information was necessary to accomplish an accurate accounting of the Partnerships
records to determine any monies owed to Don, and indicated that he would file suit against the
j.Partnership if the request was not honored within ten days. Hardy did not respond to Browers
letter until March 9, 1998, but Brower did not then file a complaint.
k.On December 9, 1998, Ray and Doug offered to purchase Dons interest in the Partnership.
Under the offer, Don was to receive ninety head of cattle for the assignment of his interest in the
Partnerships brand name. However, Don rejected the offer, and thereafter, the parties continued
to negotiate, with no resolution.
l.However, it was not until May 23, 2000, that Don filed suit, demanding a formal accounting of
the Partnership, liquidation of the Partnerships assets, and division of the real property held by
partners as tenants in common. Ray and Doug responded by filing a motion seeking joinder of
the Estate of Raymond Kramer (Raymonds Estate) as a necessary party, because Raymond had
held an interest in the Partnerships real property as a co-tenant. The court ordered Don to join
the necessary parties, and on August 10, 2000, Don filed an amended complaint naming
Raymonds Estate and Lydia Kramer (Lydia), mother of the four Kramer
q.Dons conservatorship.
r.On November 15, 2002, Lydia and Raymonds Estate requested an order dismissing them as
defendants in the matter upon the courts approval of the real property settlement agreement.
Mattfield and Clinton Kramer (Guardians), who by then had been appointed as Dons permanent
limited co-guardians and permanent full co-conservators, responded by filing a motion again
asserting the affirmative defenses of waiver, laches, and equitable estoppel, and requesting the
District Court to reconsider its August 2002 order. They argued that a guardianship proceeding
conducted subsequent to the entry of the August 2002 order had determined the extent and
severity of Dons mental incapacity, which should retroactively toll the five-year statute of
limitations period enforced by the District Courts August 2002 order. Ray and Doug then filed a
motion for judgment on the pleadings and a motion to dismiss the Guardians motion raising
defenses and seeking reconsideration. They asserted that Don failed to file an action within 120
days of their initial buy-out offer as required by 35-10-619(5), MCA, of the RUPA, and thus,
any of Dons claims that had accrued after May 23, 1995, were also time barred under this
provision.
s.On January 28, 2003, the District Court granted the motion filed by Lydia and Raymonds
Estate to dismiss them as parties to the action. On January 30, 2003, Lydia and Raymonds Estate
filed a notice of entry of judgment on both the January 2003 and August 2002 orders.
t.On June 18, 2003, the District Court issued an order converting Ray and Dougs motion for
judgment on the pleadings and their motion to dismiss the Guardians motion raising defenses to
a motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 12(b) and (c), M.R.Civ.P. Further, the District
Court denied the Guardians motion for reconsideration of its August 2002 order, and
y.
z.
aa.As a preliminary matter, we must determine whether Dons appeal is properly before the
Court. The Partnership contends that Dons claims were disposed of by the District Courts
August 2002 order, which concluded that claims accruing prior to May 23, 1995, were time
barred, and are not properly before this Court for determination. The Partnership notes that Don
was given notice of the entry of judgment on the August 2002 order dismissing his claims on
January 30, 2003, but did not appeal until September 17, 2003, eight months later. We observe
that the appeal was taken following the District Courts summary judgment order on August 21,
2003, which purportedly disposed of any remaining claims. Thus, the appeal was taken within
thirty days, pursuant to Rule 5(a)(1), M.R.App.P., after the summary judgment order, but eight
months after the notice of entry of judgment on the courts August 2002 order dismissing claims.
We agree with the Partnership. Although further proceedings were conducted following the
District Courts August 2002 order, the purpose of those proceedings was to determine whether
any claims had survived the application of the time bar. The District Court had concluded in its
August 2002 order that Don expressly withdrew from the Partnership upon his relocation to San
Francisco in July 1994, and therefore, his right to maintain an action for an accounting,
distribution, or any other claim under the RUPA accrued at that time. Although the District Court
addressed several motions after the August 2002 order, the only substantive question which
remained was whether Don had any claims for which he could still maintain an action. In
bb.its summary judgment order of August 21, 2003, the court, although addressing the parties
new arguments, concluded that none of Dons asserted claims had survived its August 2002 order
applying the five-year statute of limitationsessentially a restatement of its earlier holding. Thus,
any right to an accounting or distribution of the Partnerships assets that may have existed
cc.outside the issues settled by the parties October 2002 settlement agreement had been resolved
by the earlier order, from which appeal was not timely taken.
dd.
ee.We affirm the judgment entered by the District Court.