Part II Partnerhsip Corporation FAR PDF
Part II Partnerhsip Corporation FAR PDF
Part II Partnerhsip Corporation FAR PDF
PARTNERSHIP FORMATION
Introduction
As a business grows it may be necessary to involve additional people either to obtain access to more capital
or to provide expertise. One way of introducing additional people is to form a partnership. A partnership is
formed when two or more persons carry on a business for profit as co-owners. A partnership is an
unincorporated association of two or more individuals to carry on, as co-owners, a business with the intention
of dividing the profits among themselves. When a partnership is formed each partner introduces capital. The
capital introduction might be in cash form or non-cash form such as equipment, machinery, buildings,
or accounts receivable. If the capital is introduced in no- cash form, it is always brought into the partnership at
fair value.
Lesson 1: Nature of Partnership
Definition of Partnership
The Philippine Civil Code provides for a definition of a partnership as follows: Art. 1767. By the contract
of partnership two or more persons bind themselves to contribute money, property, or industry to a common
fund, with the intention of dividing the profits among themselves.
A partnership is formed when two or more individuals own the business. The Civil Code of
the Philippines treats a partnership as a juridical person, which means its legal personality is separate from
that of its business owners. There are two kinds of partnership: general and limited
Characteristics of a Partnership
1. Ease of formation – as compared to corporations, the formation of a partnership requires less
formality.
2. Separate legal personality – the partnership has a juridical personality separate and distinct from
the partners. The partnership can transact and acquire properties in its name.
3. Mutual agency – the partners are agents of the partnership for the purpose of its business. As such,
a partner may legally bind the partnership to a contract or agreement that is in line with the
partnership’s operations.
4. Co-ownership of property – each partner is a co-owner of the properties invested in the partnership
and each has an equal right with his partners to possess specific partnership property for partnership
purposes. However, a partner has no right to possess a partnership property for any other purpose
without the consent of his partners.
5. Co-ownership of profits – each partner is entitled to his share in the partnership profit. A stipulation
which excludes one or more partners from any share in the profits or losses is void.
6. Limited life – a partnership is dissolved:
i. By the express will of any partner.
ii. By the termination of a definite term stipulated in the contract.
iii. By any event which makes it unlawful to carry out the partnership.
iv. When a specific thing which a partner had promised to contribute to the partnership perishes
before the delivery.
v. Expulsion, death, insolvency, or civil interdiction of a partner.
7. Transfer of ownership – in case of dissolution, the transfer of ownership, whether to a new partner
or existing partner, requires the approval of the remaining partners.
8. Unlimited liability – each partner, including industrial ones, may be held personally liable for
partnership debt after all partnership assets have been exhausted. If a partner is personally insolvent,
his share in the partnership debt shall be assumed by the other insolvent partners.
A partnership in which all partners are individually liable is called a general partnership.
A partnership in which at least one partner is personally liable is called a limited partnership.
A limited partnership includes at least one general partner who maintains unlimited liability.
The other, called limited partners, may limit their liability up to the extent of their contributions
to the partnership.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of a partnership
Advantage Disadvantage
Ease of formation Limited life/ easily dissolved
Shared responsibility of running the Unlimited liability
business
Flexibility in decision making Conflict among partners
Greater capital compared to sole Lesser capital compared to a corporation
proprietorship
Relative lack of regulation by the A partnership (other than a general
government as compared to a corporation. professional partnership) is taxed like a
corporation.
The drawing account is a nominal account that is closed to the related capital account at the end of
the period. This account is a contra equity account and has a normal debit balance.
Receivable from/ Payable to a partner – The partnership may enter into a loan transaction with a partner.
The loan extended by the partnership to a partner is recorded as a receivable from a partner, while a loan
obtained by the partnership from a partner is recorded as a payable to the partner.
Accounting for the formation of a partnership
Accounting entries to record the formation will depend upon how the partnership is formed. A
partnership may be formed in several ways, namely:
1. Formation of a partnership for the first time.
2. Conversion of a sole proprietorship to a partnership.
a. A sole proprietor allows another individual, who has no business of his own to join his
business.
b. Two or more sole proprietors form a partnership.
3. Admission of a new partner (This is discussed in later chapter)
Illustration: Formation of partnership – Valuation of capital
A and B formed a partnership. The following are their contributions:
A B
Cash 100,000 -
Account Receivable 50,000 -
Inventory 80,000 -
Land 50,000
Building 120,000
Total 230,000 170,000
Note payable 60,000
A, capital 170,000
B, capital 170,000
Total 230,000 170,000
Additional Information:
Included in accounts receivable is an account amounting to P20,000 which is deemed uncollectible.
The inventory has an estimated selling price of P100,000 and estimated costs to sell of P10,000.
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The partnership assumed a P10,000 unpaid mortgage on the land.
The building is under-depreciated by P25,000.
There is an unpaid mortgage of P15,000 on the building which B agreed to settle using his personal
funds.
The note payable is stated at face amount. A proper valuation requires the recognition of a P15,000
discount on note payable.
A and B shall share in profits and losses on a 60:40 ratio respectively.
Requirement (a): Compute for the adjusted balances of the partners’ capital accounts.
Solution:
A B Partnership
Cash 100,000 - 100,000
Accounts receivable (50k-20k) 30,000 - 30,000
Inventory ( at cost, the lower amount) 80,000 80,000
Land 50,000 50,000
Building (120k-25k) 95,000 95,000
Total 210,000 145,000 355,000
Note payable, net (60k-15k) (45,000) (45,000)
Mortgage payable – land (10,000) (10,000)
Adjusted capital balances 165,000 135,000 300,000
The unpaid mortgage on the building is not included because it is not assumed by the partnership.
Journal entry:
Date Cash 100,000
Accounts receivable 30,000
Inventory 80,000
Land 50,000
Building 95,000
Discount on note payable 15,000
Note payable 60,000
Mortgage payable 10,000
A, capital 165,000
B, capital 135,000
Requirement (b): Assume that a partner’s capital shall be increased accordingly by contributing additional
cash to bring the partner’s capital balances proportionate to their profit and loss ratio. Which partner should
provide additional cash and how much is the additional cash contribution?
Solution: Using A’s capital first, let us determine if B’s capital contribution has any deficiency.
A, capital 165,000
Divide by: Profit (loss) sharing ratio of A 60%
Total 275,000
Multiply by: B’s profit (loss) sharing ratio 40%
Minimum capital required of B 110,000
B’s capital 135,000
Deficiency in B’s capital contribution -
An accounting problem exists when a partner’s capital account is credited for an amount greater than
the fair value of his contributions.
For instance, a partnership agreement may allow a certain partner who is bringing in expertise or
special skill to the partnership to have a capital credit greater than the fair value of his contributions. In such
case, the additional credit to the partner’s capital (i.e., the ‘bonus’) is accounted for as a deduction from the
capital of the other partners. This accounting method is called the “bonus” method.
Although, the credit to the partner’s capital may vary due to a ‘bonus,’ the corresponding debit to the
asset account must still be equal to the fair value of the contribution. The difference between the amounts
credited and debited is treated as adjustment to the capital accounts of the other partners.
Illustration: A and B agreed to form a partnership. A contributed P40,000 cash while B contributed
equipment with fair value of P100,000. However, due to the expertise that A will be bringing to the partnership,
the partners agreed that they should initially have an equal interest in the partnership capital.
Requirement: Provide the journal entry to record the initial investments of the partners.
Actual contributions Bonus method
A 40,000 (140,000 × 50%) 70,000
B 100,000 (140,000 × 50%) 70,000
Total 140,000 140,000
Date Cash 40,000
Equipment 100,000
A, Capital (40,000 + 30,000 bonus) 70,000
B, Capital (100,000 – 30,000 bonus) 70,000
Notes:
The bonus given to A, i.e., P30,000 (P70,000 capital credit P40,000 actual contribution) is treated as
a reduction to the capital credit of B.
After applying the bonus method, the total capital of the partnership is still equal to the fair value of
the partners’ contributions. The debits to “Cash” and “Equipment” are equal to their fair values. Only
the amounts credited to the partners’ capital accounts have varied.
Summary:
Asset contribution of a Liability assumed by the Credit to the partner’s
partner partnership capital account
Initially recorded at Initially recorded at Either at:
fair value fair value a. fair value (no
bonus);
b. above fair value
(bonus to the
partner); or
c. below fair value
(bonus to the other
partner(s))
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Variations to the bonus method
A partnership agreement may stipulate a certain ratio to be maintained by the partners representing their
specific interests in the equity of the partnership. This stipulation may give rise to adjustments to the initial
contributions of the partners. Since technically there is no “bonus” being given to a certain partner any
increase or decrease to the capital credit of a partner is not deducted from his co-partners’ capital accounts.
Instead, the capital adjustments is accounted for as either:
a. Cash settlement among the partners: or
b. Additional investment or withdrawal of investment of a partner
The following illustrations are variations to the bonus method:
Illustration 1: Cash settlement between partners.
A, B and C formed partnership. Their contributions are as follows:
A B C
Cash 40,000 10,000 100,000
Equipment 80,000 _
Totals 40,000 90,000 100,000
Additional information:
The equipment has an unpaid mortgage of P20,000, which the partnership assumes to repay.
The partners agreed to equalize their interests. Cash settlements among the partners are to be made
outside the partnership.
Requirements:
a. Which partner(s) shall receive cash payment from the other partner(s)?
b. Provide the entry to record the contributions of the partners.
Solutions: Requirement (a):
A B C Partnership
Cash 40,000 10,000 100,000 150,000
Equipment 80,000 80,000
Mortgage Payable (20,000) (20,000)
Net Contribution 40,000 70,000 100,000 210,000
Equal interests (210,000/3) 70,000 70,000 70,000 210,000
Cash Receipt (Payment) (30,000) 0 30,000 0
Notes:
The cash settlement among the partners is not recorded in the partnership’s books because this is
not a transaction of the partnership but rather of the partners among themselves.
The partnership’s capital of P210,000 remains the same after the cash settlement. Again, what varied
are only the credits to the partners’ capital accounts.
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Illustration 2: Additional investment (withdrawal of investment)
A and B agreed to form a partnership. The partnership agreement stipulates the following:
Initial capital of P140,000.
A 60:40 interest in the equity of the partnership, respectively.
Partner A contributed P100,000 cash while B contributed P40,000 cash.
Requirement: Which partner shall provide additional investment (or withdraw part of his investment) in order
to bring the partners’ capital credits equal to their respective interests in the equity of the partnership?
Solution:
Agreed initial capital P140,000
A’s required capital balance (140,000 x 60%) 84,000
B’s required capital balance (140,000 x 40%) 56,000
A B Totals
Actual contributions 100,000 40,000 140,000
Required capital balance 84,000 56,000 140,000
Additional (Withdrawal) (16,000) 16,000 -
Answer: A shall withdraw P16,000 from his initial contribution while B shall make an additional
investment of P16,000.
An individual who has no business of his own may join another individual who is already operating his
own business. Under this type of formation, both the assets and liabilities of the sole proprietor are transferred
to the newly formed partnership. Normally, the partners agree on the revaluation of some of the assets before
the transfer. The journal entries to record this type of formation will depend on whether the books of the sole
proprietorship are to be used for the newly formed partnership or new books are to be opened.
Case 1. Sole Proprietorship's Books are Retained for the Partnership. If the books of the sole
proprietorship are to be retained for the partnership, the following accounting procedures may be used in
recording the formation of the partnership:
1. Adjust the assets of the sole proprietor in accordance with the agreement. Adjustments are to be made
to his capital account.
2. Record the investment of the other partner.
Case 2. New Books are Opened for the Partnership. If new books are to be opened for the partnership,
the following procedures may be used in recording the formation of the partnership.
Books of the Sole Proprietor:
1. Adjust the assets of the sole proprietor according to the agreement. Adjustments are to be made to his
capital account.
2. Close the books.
Books of the Partnership:
1. Record the investment of the sole proprietor (i.e., his assets and liabilities).
2. Record the investment of the other partner.
Illustration: Assume that Sansa has been operating a retail store for a number of years. A statement of
financial position on July 1, 2018 is prepared for Sansa Company as follows:
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Sansa Company
Statement of Financial Position
July 1, 2018
Assets
Cash 60,000
Accounts receivable 50,000
Inventory 70,000
Equipment 40,000
Less: Accumulated depreciation 4,000 36,000
Total Assets 216,000
July 1, 2016
Assets
Cash P160,000
Inventory 80,000
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Equipment 35,000
New Books are Opened for the Partnership. If new books are to be used for the partnership, the following
accounting procedures may be used to record the formation of the partnership:
Books of Sansa:
1. Adjust the assets and liabilities of Jose according to the agreement. Adjustments are made to his
capital account.
2. Close the books.
New books of the Partnership:
1. Record the investments of Sansa. Her assets and liabilities.
2. Record the cash investment of Arya.
Using the procedures, the journal entries to record the formation of the partnership are:
Books of Sansa (Sole Proprietorship):
July 1, 2018
(1) Inventory 10,000
Accumulated depreciation- Equipment 4,000
Equipment 5,000
Allowance for bad debts 5,000
Accounts payable 2,000
Sansa, capital 2,000
To adjust assets and liabilities of Sansa.
(2) Accounts payable 88,000
Allowance for bad debts 5,000
Sansa, Capital 132,000
Cash 60,000
Accounts receivable 50,000
Inventory 80,000
Equipment 35,000
To close all the adjusted balances of the accounts.
New Books of the Partnership
2018 July 1
(1) Cash 60,000
Accounts receivable 50,000
Inventory 80,000
Equipment 35,000
Accounts Payable 88,000
Allowance for bad debts 5,000
Sansa, Capital 132,000
To record investments of Sansa
(2) Cash
Arya, Capital 100,000
To record cash investment of Pedro. 100,000
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Lesson 5: Two Proprietors Forming a Partnership
The accounting procedures described in the preceding section are also applicable when two or more
businesses join together to form a partnership. There should be an agreement on the determination of the
partners' interest in the partnership. It is also important that the partners agree on the values of the assets to
be assigned and the liabilities to be assumed by the partnership. Books of one of the sole proprietorship m
ay be used for the newly formed partnership or a new set of books may be opened.
Illustration. Assume that on June 30, 2016, Gerry and Henry, competitors in business, decide to consolidate
their business to form a partnership to be called GH Partnership. The statement of financial position of Gerry
and Henry on this date are presented below.
Gerry Company
Statement of Financial Position
June 30, 2016
Assets
Cash P 5,000
Accounts Receivable 10,000
Merchandise inventory 8,000
Furniture and fixtures 6,000
Total assets P 29,000
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable P 3,000
Gerry Capital 26,000
Total liabilities and equity 29,000
Henry Company
Statement of Financial Position
June 30, 2016
Assets
Cash P 4,000
Accounts receivable 8,000
Merchandise inventory 10,000
Furniture and fixtures 9,000
Total assets P 31,000
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable P 6,000
Henry capital 25,000
Total liabilities and equity P 31,000
The conditions agreed by the partners for purposes of determining their interests in the partnership are
presented below:
a. 10% of accounts receivable is to be set up as uncollectible in each book.
b. Merchandise inventory of Henry is to be increased by P1,000.
c. The furniture and fixtures of Gerry and Henry are to be depreciated by P600 and P900 respectively.
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Books of Henry are used as the Partnership Books. If the books of Henry are to be used as the partnership
books, the accounting procedures to record the formation of the partnership are:
Books of Gerry
1. Adjusted the accounts of Gerry as agreed. Adjustments are made to his capital account.
2. Close the books.
Books of Henry (Now the partnership books)
1. Adjust the accounts of Henry as agreed. Adjustments are made to his capital account.
2. Record the investment of Gerry, his adjusted assets and liabilities.
The journal entries to record the formation of the partnership, using the above accounting procedures are:
Books of Gerry
2016 June 30
(1) Gerry capital 1,600
Allowance for bad debts 1,000
Accu. depreciation – furniture and fixtures 600
To record adjustments of assets
(2) Accounts payable 3,000
Allowance for bad debts 1,000
Accu. Depreciation – furniture and fixtures 600
Gerry capital 24,400
Cash 5,000
Accounts receivable 10,000
Merchandise inventory 8,000
Furniture and fixtures 6,000
To close the books.
Books of Henry (Now the books of the partnership)
2016 June 30
(1) Merchandise inventory 1,000
Henry capital 700
Allowance for bad debts 800
Accu. depreciation – furniture and fixtures 900
To adjust assets of Henry.
(2) Cash 5,000
Accounts receivable 10,000
Merchandise inventory 8,000
Furniture and fixtures 5,400
Accounts payable 3,000
Allowance for debts 1,000
Gerry capital 24,000
To record investments of Gerry.
New Partnership Books will be used. If new books are to be opened for the partnership, the following
accounting procedures may be used to record the formation of the partnership.
Books of Gerry and Henry
1. Adjust the accounts of Gerry and Henry according to their agreement. Adjustments are to be made to
their capital accounts.
2. Close the books.
Assets
Cash P9,000
Accounts receivable P18,000
Less: Allowance for bad debts 1,800 16,200
Merchandise inventory 19,000
Furniture and fixtures 13,500
Total assets P57,700
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable P9,000
Gerry capital 24,400
Henry capital 24,300
Total liabilities and equity P57,700
I – Essay
1. What is partnership? How does it differ from a sole proprietorship business?
2. What are the characteristics of a partnership?
3. How is the contribution of a partner recorded in the partnership books?
II – True or False. Instruction: Write T if the statement is true or correct of F is the statement is false
or incorrect.
1. The accounting for assets and liabilities of a partnership business is different from that of a sole
proprietorship or a corporation.
2. A partnership is relatively easy to form but also easy to dissolve.
3. Mr. A contributed land with historical cost of P1M and fair value of P2M to a partnership business. Mr.
A’s contribution shall be valued at P1M in the partnership books.
4. A bonus given to a partner is treated as a reduction to the capital account (2) of the other partner (s).
5. Ms. B contributed equipment with carrying amount of P100 and fair value of P200 to a partnership. No
bonus is given to any partner. In the partnership’s books, equipment is debited for P200 but B’s capita
account is credited for P100.
6. Mr. C contributed land with fair value of P1M to a partnership. The land has an unpaid mortgage of
P2M which the partnership agreed to assume. The valuation of Mr. C’s net contribution is P1.2M.
Fact pattern:
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Mr. D and Ms. E formed a partnership. D contributed P200, while E contributed P100. The partners’ respective
interests in the partnership are 60% and 40%. The initial credits to the partners’ capital accounts are to be
adjusted using the bonus method to reflect the partners’ respective interests.
7. The balance of D’s capital account after the formation is P180.
8. The bonus given to E is P40.
Fact pattern:
Piw and Pie agreed to form a partnership. Piw contributed cash of P200 while Pie will be contributing her
expertise. The partnership agreement stipulates that Piw and Pie shall have equal interests in both the initial
capital of the partnership and in subsequent partnership profit and losses.
9. The cash contribution of Piw shall be debited for P200 but the net credit to Piw’s capital account shall
be P100.
10. Immediately after partnership formation, the balance of Pie’s capital account is zero.
III – PROBLEMS
1. Sunny and Gloomy contributed the following in the formation of a partnership business:
Sunny Gloomy
Cash 180,000 -
Accounts receivable 100,000 -
Inventory 160,000 -
Land (at historical cost) 340,000
Total 440,000 340,000
Additional information:
Only 60% of the accounts receivable is recoverable.
The net realizable value of the inventory is P120,000. Sunny acquired the inventory on account; the
partnership will assume the unpaid balance of P60,000.
The land has a fair value of P600,000.
Requirement: Provide the journal entry.
2. Use the information in problem 1. Sunny and Gloomy agreed to share in profits and losses based on
30:70 ratio. A partner with deficient contribution shall provide additional cash in order for his capital
balance to reflect his profit and loss sharing ratio.
Requirement: Provide the entry to record the additional investment of the partner with deficient
contribution.
3. Use the information in problem 1. Sunny and Gloomy agreed to have equal credits to their capital
accounts. The bonus method shall be used.
Requirements:
a. Provide the compound journal entry.
b. Provide the simple journal entries.
4. Use the information in problem 1. Sunny and Gloomy agreed to have equal credits to their capital
accounts. Cash settlement is to be made between the partners for the adjustments on their capital
balances.
Requirement: Describe how the cash settlement should be made and how it would be accounted for in the
partnership books.
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5. Use the information in problem 1. Sunny and Gloomy agreed to have equal credits to their capital
accounts. Additional investment or partial withdrawal shall be made by a partner from the partnership
for any adjustment to his capital balance.
Requirement: Which partner should make an additional investment and which partner should make a
withdrawal?
Chapter 10
PARTNERSHIP OPERATIONS
Introduction:
The manner a partnership operates is basically the same as that of a sole proprietorship when we speak of
accounting principles involved and assumptions as well. The same steps of accounting process are also
followed from Journalizing up to preparation of Reversing Entries.
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the various accounts in partnership which we do not have under sole proprietorship.
2. State the items that affect the division of a partnership’s profits or losses among the partners.
3. Compute for the share of a partner in the partnership’s profit or loss.
The partners share in partnership profits or losses is in accordance with their partnership agreement
Art 1797 of the Philippines Civil Code provides the following additional rules in the profit or loss sharing
of partners:
If only the share of each partner in the profits has been agreed upon, the share of each in the losses shall
be in the same proportion.
In the absence of stipulation, the share of each partner in the profits and losses shall be in proportion to
what he may have contributed, but the industrial partner shall not be liable for the losses. As for the profits,
the industrial partner shall receive such share as may be just and equitable under the circumstances. If
besides his service he has contributed capital, he shall also receive a share in the profits in proportion to
his capital.
An industrial partner is one who contributes service to the partnership rather than cash or other non-
cash assets to the partnership.
A capitalist partner is one who contributes cash or other non-cash assets to the partnership.
A partner who contributes both services and cash or other non-cash asset is both an industrial and a
capitalist partner.
The designation of losses and profits cannot be entrusted to one of the partners (Art. 1798). A stipulation
which excludes one or more partners from any share in the profits or losses is void (Art. 1799).
In additional to profit or loss sharing, the partnership may also stipulate any of the following:
a. Salaries – normally, an industrial partner receives salary in addition to his share in the partnership’s
profit as compensation for his services to the partnership.
b. Bonuses – the managing partner ma bay entitled to a bonus excellent management performance.
Unlike for salaries, a partner is entitled to a bonus only if the partnership earns profit. The partner is
not entitled to any bonus if the partnership incurs loss.
c. Interest on capital contributions – the partnership agreement may stipulate the capitalist partners
are entitled to an annual interest on their capital contributions.
The items above are normally provided first to the respective partners and any remaining amount of
the profit or loss is shared among the partners based on their stipulated profit or loss ratio
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Illustration 1: Salaries
A and B’s partnership agreement provides for annual salary allowances of P50,000 for A and P30,000 for B.
The salary allowances are to be withdrawn throughout the period and are to be debited to the partners’
respective drawing accounts.
Solution:
Requirement (a):
A B Total
Amount being allocated 1000,000
Allocation:
1. Salaries 50,000 30,000 80,000
2. Allocation of remaining profit
(100K profit – 80k salaries) =20k
(20k x 50%;(20k x 50%) 10,000 10,000 20,000
As allocated 60,000 40,000 100,000
Notes:
Salaries are provided first and the remaining amount is allocated based on the profit sharing ratio.
The sum of amounts allocated to the partners is equal to the amount being allocated (i.e., 60k + 40K =
100K).
Requirement (b):
A, Drawings 50,000
Monthly B, Drawings 30,000
entries
Cash 80,000
To record the withdrawal of salary allowances
Income summary 100,000
Year-end entry A, Capital 60,000
B, Capital 40,000
To record the distribution of profit
A, Capital 50,000
Year-end entry B, Capital 30,000
A, Drawings 50,000
B, Drawings 30,000
To close the drawings accounts
After the salaries are provided, the remaining amount is negative (i.e.,loss); thus, It is allocated
based on the stipulated loss ratio of 60:40.
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Case 3: No P/L ratio
The partnership agreement does not state how profits and losses are to be provided. A contributed P10,000,
while B contributed P20,000. The partnership earned profit of P95,000 before salary allowances.
Requirement: Compute for the respective shares of the partners in the profit.
Solution:
A B Total
Amount being allocated
95,000
Allocation:
1. Salaries 50,000 30,000 80,000
2. Allocation of remaining profit
(95k profit – 80k salaries) = 15k
(15k x 10k/30k*);(15k x 20k/30k*) 5,000 10,000 15,000
As allocated 55,000 40,000 95,000
*The fractions are derived from the partners’ respective contributions.
Illustration 2: Bonus
A and B’s partnership agreement stipulates the following:
Annual salary allowances of P30,0000 for A and P10,000 for B.
Bonus to A of 10% of the profit after partner’s salaries and bonus.
The profit and loss sharing ratio is 60:40.
Solution:
A B Total
Amount being allocated
106,000
Allocation:
1. Salaries 30,000 10,000 40,000
2. Bonus after bonus(a) 6,000 6,000
3. Allocation of remaining profit
(106k – 40k – 6k) = 60k
(60K x 60%);(60K x 40%) 36,000 24,000 60,000
As allocated 72,000 34,000 106,000
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Case 2: With loss
The partnership incurred loss of P5,000 before deduction for salaries and bonus.
Requirements:
a. Compute for the respective shares of the partners in the profit.
b. By what amount did A’s capital amount change
Solutions:
Requirement (a):
A B Total
Amount being allocated
(5,000)
Allocation:
1. Salaries 30,000 10,000 40,000
2. Bonus after bonus (b) - - -
3. Allocation of remaining loss
(-5k – 40k) = -45k
(-45k x 60%);(-45k x 40%) (27,0000) (18,000) (45,000)
As allocated 3,000 (8,000) (5,000)
(b)Nobonus is allocated because the partnership incurred loss. However, salaries are nonetheless provided
because salaries are compensation for service rendered.
Requirement (b):
A’s capital increases by P3,000. Notice that a partner’s capital can increase despite of partnership loss. The
entry to record the allocation of loss is as follows:
Year-end B, Capital 8,000
entry Income summary 5,000
A, Capital 3,000
Requirement: Compute for the respective shares of the partners in the profit.
Solution:
A B Total
Amount being allocated
280,000
Allocation:
1. Bonus to A
First 100k:(100k x 10%) 10,000 10,000
Over 100k:[(280k – 100k) x 20% 36,000 36,000
2. Bonus to B on remaining profit
(280k – 10k – 36k – 150k) x 5% 4,200 4,200
3. Allocation of remaining profit
(280k – 10k – 36k – 4.2k) / 2 114,900 114,900 229,800
As allocated 160,900 119,100 280,000
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Mr. A, a partner in ABC Co., is deciding on whether to accept salary of P8,000 or a salary of P5,000 plus a
bonus of 10% of profit after deducting salaries and bonus. The salaries of the other partners amount to
P20,00.
Requirement: At what amount of profit would Mr. A be indifferent between the choices?
Solution:
An algebraic expression is developed from the two choices above.
Let: X = profit after salaries and bonus
10%X = bonus after bonus
Choice #1 Choice #2
8,000 salary = 5,000 salary + 10%X
X is computed from the equation above as follows:
8,000 = 5,000 + 10%X
10%X = 8,000 – 5,000
X = 3,000 / 10%
X = 30,000
If the partnership’s profit is P58,000, it does not matter whether Mr. A chooses to receive a
salary of P8,000 or a salary of P5,000 plus a 10% bonus because he will receive the same amount.
B, Capital
Beg.
July 31 withdrawal 60,000 April 1 additional investment
Sept. 30 additional investment
30,000 20,000 Dec. 31 additional investment
End. 40,000
Requirement: Compute for the respective shares of the partners in the profit.
10,000
Solution:
The weighted average balance of B’s 100,000 capital account is computed as follows:
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Months
Outstanding / Total Weighted
Months in average
Balances a year
A B Total
Amount being allocated 100,000
Allocation:
1. Salaries 50,000 - 50,000
2. Interest on weighted ave. capital - 7,250 7,250
balance (72.5k x 10%)
3. Allocation of remaining profit
(100k – 50k – 7.250) = 42,750
(42,750 x 60%);(42.750 x 40%) 25,650 17,100 42,750
As allocated 75,650 24,350 100,000
I – TRUE OR FALSE. Write T if the statement is True and F if the statement is false.
1. According to the law, if no profit or loss sharing ratio has been agreed upon, the partners shall share
equally.
2. Mr. A and Ms. B formed a partnership. Mr. A contributed P1M cash, while Ms. B will contribute her
services. Mr. A is a capitalist partner, while Ms. B is an industrial partner.
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Fact pattern:
You and I are partners. We share in profits equally. Because I am the managing partner, I am entitled to a
20% bonus computed on profit before deducting the bonus.
3. If our partnership earned a profit of P1M (before deducting my bonus), your share would be
P500,000
4. If our partnership incurs loss of P1M, your share would be negative P400,000
5. Normally, partners are entitled to salaries for the services they have rendered to the partnership
business only if the business earns profit.
Fact pattern:
He and She are partners, with 60% and 40% interest in partnership profit, respectively. He is entitled to
P2M annual salary.
6. If the partnership earned a P12M profit before deducting He’s salary, She’s share would be P4M.
7. If the partnership incurs P8M loss before deducting He’s salary, She’s share will be negative P4M.
Fact pattern:
A and B formed a partnership. The partnership agreement stipulates the following:
Annual salary allowances of P50 for A and P30 for B.
Any remaining amount of profit or loss shall ne divided equally.
8. During the period the partnership earned profit of P100 before salary allowances. A’s share in the
partnership profit is P10.
9. During the period the partnership incurred loss of P100 before salary allowances. A’s share in the
partnership loss is –P40.
10. Mr. C, the managing partner in ABC Co. is entitled to a 20% bonus profit after partners’ salaries and
bonus. ABC Co. reported profit of P360 after deducting the partners’ salaries but before deducting
Mr. C’s bonus. Mr. C’s bonus is P80.
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II – PROBLEM 2: MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the letter corresponding to your answer.
1. How should the partners in a business partnership share in the profits or losses of the partnership?
a. Equally.
b. At whatever basis of allocation that the dominating partner deems reasonable.
c. In accordance with the partnership agreement.
d. Based on “rock, paper, scissors;” winner takes all.
2. According to the Philippine Civil Code, if only the share of each partner in the profits has been agreed upon,
the share of each in the losses shall be
a. In equal amounts.
b. In equal amounts, but excluding the industrial partner.
c. In proportion to the partners’ contributions.
d. The same as the sharing in profits.
3. According to the Philippines Civil Code, in the absence of a stipulation on the sharing of profits or losses,
partnership profits and losses shall be shared by the partners
a. Equally.
b. In accordance with the partnership agreement.
c. In proportion to what the partners may have contributed.
d. In proportion to what the partners may have contributed, but the industrial partner shall not be liable
for the losses.
4. Which of the following is not a component of the formula used to distribute partnership profits to partners?
a. Salary allocation to those partners working.
b. After all other allocation, the remainder divided according to the profit and loss sharing ratio.
c. Interest on the average capital investment.
d. Interest on notes to partners.
5. When allocating a partnership loss to the partners which of the following items is provided first?
a. Salaries.
b. Bonuses to partners.
c. Interest on the capital contribution of an industrial partner.
d. All of these.
III – Problems
1. Partners A and B share in profits and losses equally after salaries of P100,000 for A and P60,000 for B. The
business earned profit of P200,000 before deduction for the salaries.
Requirements:
a. Compute for the partners’ respective shares in the profit.
b. Provide the journal entries (the salaries are withdrawn periodically).
2. A and B’s partnership agreement provides for annual salary allowance of P160,000 for A and P80,000 for B.
Profits are shared equally, while losses on a 60:40 ratio. The partnership earned profits of P200,000.
Requirements: Compute for the respective shares of the partners in profit.
Requirement: Compute for the respective shares of the partners in the profit.
4. A and B’s partnership agreement provides for an annual salary allowance of P100,000 for A and 10% interest
on the weighted average capital balance of B. the remainder is shared on a 60:40 ratio, respectively. During the
period, the partnership earned profit of P200,000. B’s capital account had a beginning balance of P120,000. B
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made additional investment of P40,000 on April 1, P80,000 on Sept. 30, and P20,000 on Dec. 31, and made
drawings of P60,000 on July 31.
balance.
B’s weighted average capital balance is P200,000. The partnership reported profit of P60,000 for the year, net
of salaries, bonus and interest.
Requirement: Compute for A’s share in the profit.
6. A and B’s partnership started operations on July 1, 20x1. The partnership agreement requires A and B to
maintain average capital balance of P200,000 and P300,000, respectively. A 10% annual interest is to be
computed on any excess or deficiency. Any remaining amount of profit or loss is to be shared on a 60:40 ratio.
The partnership incurred loss of P120,000 in 20x1. The average capital balances in 20x1 were P200,000 for A
and P220,000 for B.
7. A and B formed a partnership and began operations on March 1, 20x1. A invested P200,000 cash, while B
invested equipment with a book value of P600,000 and a fair value of P360,000. On August 31, 20x1, A invested
additional cash of P40,000. The partnership agreement stipulates the following:
Monthly salary allowance of P4,000 and P20,000 to A and B, respectively, recognized as expenses.
20% bonus on profit before salaries and interest but after bonus to B.
12% annual interest on the beginning capital of A.
Balance equally.
The monthly salaries are withdrawn by the partners at each month-end. The partnership earned profit of
P420,000 during the period before deductions for bonus and interest.
Requirement: Compute for the ending balances of each of the partner’s capital accounts
Chapter 11
PARTNERHSHIP DISSOLUTION
Introduction
A contact of partnership is one of a mutual trust and confidence that one has the right to choose his
associates. Thus, when a new partner is admitted in an existing partnership, it is always with the common
knowledge and consent of all existing partners.
The admission of a new partner automatically dissolves the existing partnership. It must be clearly
understood, however, that dissolution in this premise refers only to the cancellation of the previous Articles of
Co-partnership executed by the old partners in favor of a new contract dawn by both the new and old partners.
Hence, a new partnership is formed.
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Learning Objectives:
Partnership Dissolution
As defined in Article 1828 of the Civil Code, partnership dissolution is “the change in the relation of the
partners caused by any partner ceasing to be associated in the carrying out of the business”. Partnership
dissolution is of two kinds:
Here, the partnership will stop to operate. It is the end of the life of the partnership and the
business focuses on the following activities:
Purchase of interest.
A new partner can be admitted in an existing partnership by allowing him to purchase the whole interest
or a portion thereof from one or more of the existing partners. The term “interest” refers to a partner’s equity or
capital in the partnership which comprises of his original investment, his share in partnership’s profits or losses
and his withdrawals. The new partner is referred to as the “buying partner” and the old or existing partners as
the “selling partner(s)”.
Under this type of admission of a new partner, the following are observed:
The transaction is personal in nature between the selling partner and the buying partner. The partnership
is not involved as far as money matters are concerned.
Money paid by the buying partner personally goes to the selling partner for the interest sold.
The only concern of the partnership is to record the transfer of interest from the selling partner/s to the
buying partner. The amount of interest transferred will be equal to the book value of the interest sold,
the entry in the books of the partnership will remain the same regardless of the amount that the buying
partner will pay to the selling partner/s.
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The transaction will not increase or decrease the capitalization of the partnership before and after
admission.
Illustration:
Let us assume that Jon and Bran are partners with capital balances of P60,000 and P80,000 respectively. They
shared profits and losses equally. Hodor is admitted in the partnership by allowing him to purchase 1/3 of Jon’s
interest under the following assumptions:
The entry to record the admission of Hodor in the partnership under assumptions 1, 2, and 3 is:
Under all assumptions, it is Jon who personally receives the money from Hodor. Jon has a personal loss of
P5,000 under assumption 2 and personal gain under assumption 3. The total partnership capitalization of
P140,000 did not change before and after admission of Hodor.
When a new partner purchased one whole interest of one of the existing partners, the selling partner
ceases to be a partner.
Let as assume the given example in case 1 but this time, Hodor is admitted in the partnership by
purchasing the whole interest of Jon. The journal entry is:
Using the same example, assume that Hodor is admitted to the partnership by allowing him to purchase
½ of Jon and ¼ of Bran’s interests. The journal entry is:
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Jon, Capital 30,000
Using the same example, assume that Hodor purchased all interests of Jon and Bran. The entry is:
When all partners allow the whole of their interests in the partnership to be purchased by one person, the
transaction tantamounts to selling of the partnership business. In this case, the partnership business in converted
into a sole proprietorship.
In this type of admission, the transaction is between the new partner and the partnership. The contribution
or investment of the new partner increases both assets and capitalization of the partnership.
The following scenarios may occur when a new partner invests in a partnership:
1. The new partner’s investment is equal to his/her capital credit, which may be determined by multiplying
the new partner’s interest with the partnership’s net assets (total capital) after the admission.
2. The new partner’s investment is greater than his/her capital credit. The excess contribution is treated as
bonus to the old partners to compensate for their past efforts in establishing the business. The bonus
is accounted for as an increase in the old partner’s capital and a decrease in the new partner’s capital.
3. The new partner’s investment is less than his/her capital credit. The deficiency is treated as a bonus to
the new partner (possibly because he/she is bringing expertise or special skills into the business). The
bonus is accounted for as an increase in the new partner’s capital.
Note: Bonus is not an account title so it cannot be debited or credited. It has th effect of decreasing the
capital balance of the partner giving the bonus and increasing the capital balance of the partner receiving
the bonus.
Illustration:
The capital account balance of partners Jamie and Ned who shared profit and loss of 70% and 30%, respectively,
were as follows:
100,000
Cersie is admitted in the partnership by allowing her to invest cash of P30,000. The journal entry for the
admission of Cersie is;
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Cash 30,000
After the admission of Cersie, cash increased by 30,000 while the capitalization of the new partnership becomes
P130,000.
Assume that the agreement among Jamie, Ned and Cersie provides that Cersie is to make an investment
that will give her a 20% interest in the new firm. In this case, the combined capital of the old partners (100,000)
represents 80% of the new capital. Therefore, the incoming partner should invest P25,000 for a 20% interest
computed as follows:
Cash 25,000
Using the same illustration in admission by purchase of interest, let us assume that Cersie is to be admitted in
the Partnership of Jamie and Ned by investing P50,000 for a ½ interest in the total agreed capitalization of
P150,000. Total agreed capitalization is equal to the contributions of Jamie, Ned and Cersie respectively (60,000
+ 40,000 + 50,000). Cersie’s capital credit is P75,000 (P150,000 x ½) while her contribution is only P50,000.
Hence, she gets a bonus of P25,000 from Jamie and Ned. The journal entry would be:
Cash 50,000
Using the same illustration, let us assume that Cersie is to be admitted by investing P50,000 for a ¼ interest in
the new firm. Inasmuch as the contribution of Cersie exceeds her capital credit of P37,500 (150,000 x ¼ ) by
P12,500, the excess represents bonus to be given to the old partners. The journal entry would be:
Cash 50,000
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Cersie, Capital 50,000
Using the same illustration, let us assume that Cersie is admitted in the partnership by investing P50,000 for a
1/3 interest in the new firm capital of P150,000. Her investment is equal to her capital credit of P50,000. Hence,
no bonus is given. The journal entry would be:
Cash 50,000
When a partner withdraws or retire from the partnership and ceased to be a partner, he books of the partnership
should be updated as of the date of withdrawal or retirement. These include revaluation of assets, recognition of
liability, etc., so that the capital of the withdrawing partner can be fairly established before he ceases to be a
partner.
Under this, the transaction is handled similar to admission of partner by purchase of interest. The payment or
consideration is received by the withdrawing partner and not by the partnership because the transaction is
personal in nature.
Illustration:
The partner’s capital account balances after adjustments in preparation for the withdrawal of one of the partners
are shown below:
Ty 40,000
Go 20,000
Wang 30,000
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They shared profit and loss equally. Wang decides to withdraw from the partnership and that is interest is sold
to Meng, an outsider, with the consent of the other partners. Regardless of how much Wang receives from Meng,
the only entry in the book of the partnership is to record the capital transfer as follows:
Using our illustrative problem, let us assume that Wang sells his interest to the remaining partners instead to
Meng; ½ to Ty and the other half to Go. Regardless of how much Wang receives from Ty and Go, the journal
entry to record the sale of Wang’s interest is
The transaction will result to decrease in the assets of the partnership because of the cash being paid out to the
withdrawing partner. Correspondingly, the capital of the withdrawing partner will become zero. Hence, the total
capitalization of the partnership will decrease in an amount equal to the withdrawing partner’s interest. The sale
may be at book value, more than or less than the book value.
Illustration:
Using the same data as the previous example and assuming that Wang withdraws from the partnership and his
interest being sold to the partnership itself. Assume the following:
1. The partnership pays P30,000 which is equal to Wang’s interest being sold. The journal entry is:
Wang, Capital P30,000
Cash P30,000
The total partnership capital decreased by P30,000.
2. The partnership pays P35,000 which is more than Wang’s interest. The excess payment may be treated
as a bonus. The journal entry is:
Wang, Capital 30,000
Ty, Capital 2,500
Go, Capital 2 ,500
Cash 35,000
The bonus given to Wang decrease the capital of the remaining partners based on their P/L ratio.
3. The partnership pays P25,000 which is less than Wang’s interest. The willingness of the withdrawing
partner to sell his interest at a loss could mean that he is giving bonus to the remaining partners. The
journal entry is:
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Wang, Capital 30,000
Cash 25,000
The bonus given by the withdrawing partner increases the capital balances of the remaining partners
which is shared by them based on their P/L ratio.
When a partner dies, becomes bankrupt (insolvent) or incapacitated, the existing partnership is dissolved. The
dissolution may result to either liquidation or operations will continue with a new partnership contract. There are
two things to be established at the time of these events. These are:
Illustration:
Ba, Ka , and Da are partners who shared profits and losses equally. Da died on June 1, 2019.
If the annual calendar accounting period is followed, the last closing date was December 31, 2018. The books
of the partnership should be adjusted from January 1, 2019 to June 1, 2019 so that profit or loss from operations
can be properly determined and Da’s capital interest can be established. Let us assume that Da’s capital balance
as of December 31, 2018 was P45,000. After closing all the nominal accounts, the Income and Expense
Summary account showed a credit balance of P15,000 which represents profit from January 1, 2019 to June 1,
2019. A journal entry to distribute profit is made as follows:
The capital account balance of Da is P50,000 after his share of profit. If Da’s interest is given to his heirs,
the journal entry is:
Cash P50,000
Assuming that Ga, is heir, doesn’t want to withdraw Da’s share in the partnership, then a new contract
will be executed considering that Ga is a new partner. The only entry in the book of the partnership is to transfer
the interest of Da to Ga as follows:
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Review Questions and Exercise s
I – Essay
1. What is dissolution? What are the conditions that may lead to a partnership dissolution?
2. Differentiate between admission by purchase of interest and by investment.
3. Can a partner be admitted in an existing partnership without the consent of other partners? Why?
4. How is bonus accounted for in connection to admission of a new partner by investment?
5. When a partner withdraws or retires from the partnership, will the partnership be automatically liquidated?
Explain.
6. Why is it necessary for the partnership books to be adjusted in preparation for a partner’s withdrawal?
Will the same thing be done when a partner dies?
II – True or False.
_______1. Only admission of a new partner by purchase of interest necessitates adjustments on non-current
assets into its fair market value.
_______2. There can be a partnership dissolution without liquidation but no liquidation can take place without
first having the partnership dissolved.
_______3. When a partner is admitted in an existing partnership, it is always with the common knowledge and
consent of all the existing partners.
_______4. The amount of money that the selling buying partner pays to the selling partner will go to the
partnership and not to the partners concerned.
_______5. Admission by investment will not affect the capitalization of the partnership before and after the
admission.
_______6. When the existing partners give bonus to the new partner, the existing partners’ capital accounts are
debited.
_______7. When the newly admitted partner gives bonus to the old partners, the old partners’ capital accounts
are credited.
_______8. When the old partners receive bonus, the bonus is divided among them based on their respective
profit or loss ratio.
_______9. Bonus refers to the transfer of capital from one partner to another in consideration for the good
reputation or earning capacity.
_______10. Partnership dissolution is entirely similar to partnership liquidation.
_______11. The partnership is dissolved when such partnership changes its name and address of its location.
_______12. A contract of partnership is one of a mutual trust and confidence that one has the right to choose
his associates.
_______13. When whole interest in the partnership is being sold to one person, this transaction tantamounts to
conversion of a partnership into sole proprietorship.
_______14. When one is already admitted in the existing partnership, he will start to share the partnership
obligations as of that date.
_______15. Total contributed capital refers to the amount of new capita set by the partners.
_______16. When a partner retires from the partnership, he has no option other than to sell his share to the
partnership.
_______17. A withdrawing or retiring partner cannot sell his interest to any other person without informing first
the other partners.
_______18. When a partner sells his share of interest to his co-partner, the transaction is personal in nature
and will not involve the partnership.
_______19. The heir of the partner who dies can automatically take his place upon his death and this does not
give way to dissolution with liquidation.
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_______20. Insolvency of a partnership is where its remaining assets are confined to the settlement of its
obligation resulting in its inability to go on with normal operations.
A. Fact:
The net assets of ABC Co. consists of the following: A (20%), P100,000; B(30%), P150,000; and C (50%),
P200,000. The net assets are fairly valued.
Use the facts given above to answer the seven independent cases below:
1. D acquires half of C’s capital for P120,000.
Requirement: Provide the journal entry.
5. D invests P180,000 cash for a 20% interest in the net assets and profits of the partnership. The partners
use the bonus method.
Requirements:
a. Provide the journal entry to record D’s admission.
b. Compute for the partners’ respective capital balances after D’s admission.
c. Compute for the revised profit and loss sharing ratio of the partners after D’s admission.
6. D invests P100,000 cash for a 20% interest in the net assets and profits of the partnership. The partners
use the bonus method.
Requirements:
a. Provide the journal entry to record D’s admission.
b. Compute for the partners’ respective capital balances after D’s admission.
7. D invests equipment with a historical cost of P200,000 and fair value of P160,000 for a 20% interest in
the net assets and profits of the partnership. The partners use the bonus method.
Requirements:
a. Provide the journal entry to record D’s admission.
b. Compute for the partners’ respective capital balances after D’s admission.
Case 1: D purchases ½ of A’s capital interest for P70,000. Provide the journal entry.
Case 2: D purchases 20% interest in the partnership from A, B, and C for P60,000. Provide the journal
entry and determine the capital balances of the partners after admission of D.
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Case 3: D invests P70,000 cash for a 20% interest in the partnership. Provide the journal entry and
determine the capital balances and P/L ratio of the partners after D’s admission.
Case 4: D wants to infuse capital to the partnership for a 10% interest in the partnership. The partners
determine the net assets are fairly valued except for land carried at P365,000 but has a fair value of
P410,000. If no bonus is to be given to any partner, how much is D’s required investment?
Case 5: C withdraws from the partnership and sells his interest to B for P30,000. Provide the journal
entry and determine the capital balances and P/L ratio of the remaining partners after C’s withdrawal.
Case 6: C retires and the partnership settles his interest for P32,000. Provide the journal entry and
determine the capital balances and P/L ratio of the remaining partners after C’s retirement.
Chapter 12
Introduction:
Liquidation of partnership means the termination of partnership. It means that the firm will not operate
further. In liquidation process, all the assets (inventory and fixed assets) are sold for cash either more than their
book value or less than their book value. The profit or loss arises, if any, from the sale of assets are recorded in
the realization account. Then accounts receivable are collected from customer (equal to book value or less than
value) and payments are paid to the suppliers. Again the differences, if any, are recorded in the realization
account. The realization (profit or loss) is transferred to the partners’ capital account. If partners’ capital account
shows negative balance after the distribution of realization, it is necessary to know that the partner is solvent or
insolvent. If the partner is solvent, he/she can contribute cash from his private sources. But if the partner is
insolvent, he/she cannot contribute cash and his/her loss will have to be distributed among the other partners.
Learning Objectives:
Liquidation is the termination of business operations or the winding up affairs. It is a process by which:
Liquidation may be either voluntary (e.g., per agreement of partners of a solvent partnership) or involuntary (e.g.,
bankruptcy)
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Conversion of non-cash assets into cash
The conversion of non-cash assets into cash is referred to as “realization” while the settlement of
claims of creditors and owners is referred to as “liquidation”. The winding up process starts with the conversion
of non-cash assets into cash.
Settlement of Claims
The available cash of the partnership is used to settle claims in the following order of priority:
1. Outside creditors
2. Inside creditors
3. Owner’s capital balances
Definition of Terms
Gain on realization – the excess of the selling price or proceeds from the sale of non-cash assets over its book
value.
Loss on realization – the excess of the book value of non-cash assets over the selling price or proceeds.
Capital deficiency – the excess of a partner’s share of realization loss over his capital credit.
Deficient partner – is a partner who develops a debit balance in his capital account after his share or realization
loss. This means his capital credit could not absorb his share of realization loss.
Solvent partner – is a deficient partner who is capable of paying to other partners or to the partnership his
capital deficiency.
Insolvent Partner – is a deficient partner who is not capable of paying his capital deficiency due to personal
bankruptcy.
Partner’s Loan – the amount of money borrowed by the partnership from the partner. It is the liability of the
partnership to the partners extending the loan.
Right of offset – is an established legal doctrine that a deficient partner can exercise to partly or fully apply his
loan to the partnership against his capital deficiency in the process of liquidation.
Theoretical loss – refers to the balance of the non-cash assets that were not yet sold during the liquidation
period. This occurs in liquidation by installment.
Types of Liquidation
Under this type of liquidation, the non-cash assets are realized in one setting only. The payment of partnership’s
liabilities and distribution of cash settlement of the partner’s loan and capital balances are done once.
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Liquidation Procedure. The following procedure may be used in lump-sum liquidation.
1. Realization of assets and distribution of gain or loss on realization among the partners based on the profit
and loss ratio.
2. Payment of expenses.
3. Payment of liabilities.
4. Elimination of partner's capital deficiencies. If after the distribution of loss on realization a partner incurs
a capital deficiency (i.e., partner's share of realization loss exceeds his capital credit), this deficiency must
be eliminated by using one of the following methods in order of priority.
a. If the deficient partner has a loan balance, exercise the right of offset.
b. If the deficient partner is solvent, make him invest cash to eliminate his deficiency.
c. If the deficient partner is insolvent, let the other partners absorb the deficiency
a. Loan accounts
b. Capital accounts
For convenience in determining the results of the liquidation process in an expedient manner, a
working paper od prepared before entries are finally made in the general journal and posted to the ledger. This
working paper is called “Statement of Partnership Liquidation.
To illustrate:
The noncash assets of ABC Company are carried on the balance sheet at $65,000. Partners Andy, Samantha,
and Kim sell these noncash assets for $75,000, creating a gain of $10,000 ($75,000 – $65,000). Andy,
Samantha, and Kim's income-sharing ratio is 2:2:1. They each currently have $25,000 in their capital accounts,
and the cash balance is $15,000.
Step 4: Distribution to Partners—The remaining $85,000 cash is distributed to the partners according to their
capital balances.
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S.
A. Potts K. Foxx Total
Stevenson
A statement of partnership liquidation is a financial statement that provides a visual summary of the
partnership liquidation.
This statement of partnership liquidation provides a visual summary of the partnership liquidation that shows
gain realized by the partners. For example, Andy's gain is a 40% share of $29,000.
Several journal entries record the liquidation: sales of assets, division of gain, payment of liabilities, and
distribution of cash to partners.
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Date Description Debit Credit
Cash $5,000
Cash $85,000
Note:
Partners' equity accounts receive whatever gains or losses incurred during a liquidation, based on an agreed-
upon ratio.
Step 4: Distribution of Cash to Partners—The remaining $60,000 cash is distributed to the partners according
to their capital balances.
S.
A. Potts K. Foxx Total
Stevenson
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S.
A. Potts K. Foxx Total
Stevenson
The statement of partnership liquidation reflects the loss for each partner.
The statement of partnership liquidation provides a visual summary of the partnership liquidation, noting the loss
realization for the partners. For example, Andy's share of the loss is $6,000.
Several journal entries are made to record the liquidation: sale of assets, division of loss, payment of liabilities,
distribution of cash to partners.
Cash $5,000
Cash $60,000
A partnership may have a claim against a partner(s) called a deficiency, which must be calculated and
recognized.
By eliminating all the assets and liabilities, the only remaining accounts on the books are equity accounts of the
partners and the corresponding cash balance used to distribute cash to the partners. A deficiency is a claim
that the partnership has against a partner. The loss and distribution of that loss to the partner(s) results in a debit
balance in a partner's capital account.
Step 4: Distribution of Cash to Partners—The remaining cash of $12,000 is distributed to the partners according
to their capital balances.
S.
A. Potts K. Foxx Total
Stevenson
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Andy's and Samantha's distribution of losses caused their capital balance to go into a deficit. Therefore, they
owe the partnership $200 each. Assuming they both pay the deficit, the cash would go up by $400, which would
allow the partnership to be able to pay newest partner Kim her entire capital balance.
A statement of partnership liquidation reflects deficiency and provides a visual summary of the partnership
liquidation.
Cash $5,000
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Date Description Debit Credit
Cash $12,400
Note: If the deficient partners do not pay the deficiency, there will not be enough cash on hand to pay the capital
accounts of the other partners. If the deficiency is uncollected, the loss will be divided among the remaining
partnership accounts based on the income-sharing ratio.
Illustration 2: This given problem will illustrate insolvency of deficient partner and the exercise of the
right of offset
Partners Te, Go and Wang who shared profits and losses of 30%, 40% and 30% respectively have finally decided
to liquidate their business. The Statement of Financial Position before liquidation on October 31 is presented
below:
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Furniture and Equipment 30,000 32,000 2,000
Total 60,000 64,000 4,000
Assume: Non-cash assets of P60,000 were sold for P25,000 or at a realization loss of P35,000.
Journal Entries:
1) Sale of non-cash assets and distribution of realization loss based on P/L ratio.
Cash 25,000
Te, Capital 10,500
Go, Capital 14,000
Wang, Capital 10,500
Non-cash assets 60,000
2) Payment of liabilities
Cash 20,000
Cash 1,000
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Te, Capital 7,500
Cash 8,000
II – Loss on realization with capital deficiency, right of offset, deficient partner is not insolvent
Assume: Non-cash assets of P60,000 were sold for P21,000 or at a realization loss of P39,000.
Journal Entries:
Cash 21,000
2) Payment of liabilities
Cash 20,000
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Go, Capital 3,000
Cash 5,000
Note: If deficient partners are solvent, they are going to make good of their deficiency by contributing cash to
the partnership. The journal entry would be:
Cash 1,300
Frequently, partnership assets are not realized through an instantaneous sale but in a piecemeal
fashion. In other words, the liquidation of some business may extend over several months. When this happens
the partners may prefer to receive the amounts due to them in a series of installments rather than wait until all
assets have been converted to cash. Installment payments to partners are proper provided that measures are
taken to insure that all creditors are paid in full and that there is no over-distribution to one or more of the partners.
Installment liquidation involves the selling of some assets, paying the liabilities of the partnership,
dividing the available cash to the partners, selling additional assets and making further payments to partners.
This process continues until all the assets have been sold and all cash has been distributed to the creditors and
to the partners.
The basic problem involved is how to equitably distribute cash to partners after payment of its
liabilities when there are still unsold non-cash assets and their realization gains and losses could not be
determined yet which also affect the cash payments to partners. The problem of equitable distribution of cash to
partners after payment of liabilities can be resolved under these two methods or approaches of cash distribution:
Under this approach, a “Schedule of Cash Payments” is prepared everytime there is cash available for
distribution. It considers the following:
1. The unsold non-cash assets are treated as a “theoretical loss” or a “total loss” and is charged against the
combining capital and loan balances of the partners based on their P/L ratio.
2. A partner whose combined capital and loan balances could not fully absorb his share of the theoretical
loss will develop a capital deficiency and he is assumed to be personally insolvent. His capital deficiency
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will be absorbed by other partners with capital credit balances as an “additional loss” based on the P/L
ratio.
3. Only partners with capital credit and loan balances combined after absorbing their share of the theoretical
loss and additional loss can receive the cash available for distribution equal to the amount of his combined
capital credit and loan balances that appeared in the Schedule of Cash Payment. The amount is being
referred to as “Safe Payment”.
Illustration: Partners Sy, Tan, and Co who shared profits and losses in the ratio of 50:20:30 respectively, finally
decided to liquidate their partnership. The post-closing trial balance before liquidation is presented below:
STC PARTNERSHIP
Post-Closing Trial Balance
As of June 20A
Debit Credit
Cash 15,000
Non-cash assets 69,000
Accounts Payable 14,000
Sy, Loan 5,000
Sy, Capital 20,000
Tan, Capital 15,000
Co, Capital 30,000
Total 84,000 84000
The following are the Statement of Partnership Liquidation and Schedule of cash payment to support the
distribution of cash as it becomes available.
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After the 1st installment, there is cash available for distribution of P6,000. The problem is how to determine who
among the partners will receive the P6,000 cash. The following Schedule of Cash Payment will resolve the
problem.
The statement of partnership liquidation will be continued showing the distribution of P6,000 cash to Co and the
realization of non-cash assets of P40,000 for P11,000 during the second installment.
After the second realization, there is again a problem on who will receive the cash available for distribution of
P11,000. Another schedule of cash payment is prepared to equitably distribute the available cash as presented
below:
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The theoretical loss during the 2nd installment is P19,000 determined as follows:
The cash available for distribution of P11,000 will be given to Tan, P3,800 and Co, P7,200 as per
schedule of cash payment.
The statement of Partnership Liquidation will be continued showing the distribution of P11,000 cash
available.
During the 3rd and final cash distribution there is no need to prepare Schedule of Cash Payment. Loan is paid
ahead of capital.
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A summary of Cash Payments to partners can be prepared as shown below:
STC PARTNERSHIP
Summary of Cash Payment
Total Sy Tan Co
1st cash available 6,000 6,000
2nd cash available 11,000 3,800 7,200
Final Cash for Distribution 10,000 3,500 2,600 3,900
Total 27,000 3,500 6,400 17,100
Under this approach, a cash priority program is prepared even before liquidation takes place. With this program,
the partners will know in advance who among them will have the priority to receive cash as it becomes available
for distribution after paying partnership outside creditors. This method will produce the same result as that of
theoretical loss approach.
The steps under this method will be applied using the same data as that of the other method
Step 1 Determine the partners’ capital and loan balances before realization or liquidation. The amounts are
usually taken from either the Statement of Financial Position or Post-closing Trial Balance as of the date
it is prepared for that purpose.
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Step 2 Divide the individual partner’s combined capital and loan balances by their respective profit and loss ratio.
The quotient represents their respective ability to absorb possible loss or theoretical loss.
Incorporating steps 1 and 2, the partial picture of cash priority program is shown below:
STC PARTNERSHIP
Cash Priority Program
June 30, 20A
Loss Absorption
Balances Cash Payments
Sy Tan Co
Sy Tan Co Total 50% 20% 30%
Balances before realization:
Capital 20,000 15,000 30,000
Loan 5,000
Total partners' interest 25,000 15,000 30,000
Divide by P/L ratio 50% 20% 30%
Loss Absorption Ability 50,000 75,000 100,000
Step 3 Rank the partners based on their individual loss absorption ability. The partner with the highest loss
absorption ability is given the first priority to receive cash. Deduct the amount of Co’s excess over Tan of
P25,000 from less loss absorption so that Co’s loss absorption balance will be leveled off to that of Tan
in the amount os P75,000. At this point, the loss absorption balances of Co and Tan have been leveled
to P75,000. Their respective absorption balances will be deducted by their excess over Sy in the amount
of P25,000 so that all of them will have a uniform loss absorption balance of P50,000. This is the process
of extinguishment. The extinguishment procedure will be shown as part of the cash priority program.
Step 4 Multiply the excess of one partner over the other by its P/L ratio. The product represents the amount of
cash she expects to receive. The calculation is shown below:
Before the liquidation process takes place, the program tells us already who among the partners will be given
priority over cash as it becomes available for distribution. The program tells us the following:
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The cash available for distribution is computed as follows:
Total P20,000
PARTNERS
50% 20% 30%
Total Sy Tan Co
1. First cash available of P6,000
is given to Co P 6,000 P 6,000
2. Second cash available of
P11,000: P1,500 is given to Co
to satisfy her claim of P7,500. 1,500 1,500
The P9,500 remainder is
divided between Tan and Co at
the ratio of 2:3 9,500 P 3,800 5,700
3. Third cash available of
P10,000: What has been
distributed so far was P17,000.
To comply with the cash priority
program of distributing the
P20,000, P3,000 of the P10,000
is given to Tan and Co on the
ratio of 2:3 3,000 1,200 1,800
CASH DISTRIBUTED AS PER P 20,000 P- P 5,000 P 15,000
PROGRAM
4. The excess of P7,000 (cash
available is P27,000 and
P20,000 is distributed as per
program) is distributed on P/L
ratio 5:2:3 7,000 3,500 1,400 2,100
ACTUAL CASH FOR P 27,000 P 3,500 P 6,400 P 17,100
DISTRIBUTION
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Review Questions and Exercise s
I – Essay
II - True or False
_____1. Liquidation refers to payment of all partnership’s obligations during the process of dissolution.
_____2. When non-cash assets are sold less than the book value, the sale results to a gain on realization.
_____3. During the liquidation process, the partnership will focus on terminal activities.
_____4. Example of terminal activities are the sale of non-cash assets, payment of partnership’s creditors
and distribution of excess cash to partners.
_____5. Right offset is an established legal doctrine that a deficient partner can exercise to partly or fully
apply his loan account to the partnership against his capital deficiency in the process of liquidation.
_____6. Theoretical loss refers to the balance of non-cash assets that were not sold during the liquidation
process.
_____7. The first step of the liquidation process is the sale of the non-cash assets and distribution of
realization gain or loss.
_____8. Any partner who may develop a debit balance in his capital account may exercise the right offset.
_____9. In every partnership liquidation, a general partner’s separate/personal asset can be subjected to
claims from creditors after the partnership assets are exhausted.
_____10. When non-assets are sold more than a book value, the sale results to a loss on realization.
_____11. Realization on its simplest term means dissolution with liquidation.
_____12. Solvent partner is a deficient part who is capable of paying his capital deficiency.
_____13. A partner who develops a debit balance after distribution of realization loss may contribute
additional cash to the partnership.
_____14. A partner who is declared insolvent, his capital deficiency will be absorbed by the remaining
partners with credit balances based on profit and loss sharing ratio.
_____15. In partnership liquidation, partner’s loan account and the obligation of the partnership to outsiders
need to be separated although these are both liabilities.
_____16. There can be no liquidation unless the business has to be dissolved.
_____17. In the order of payments, payment to outside creditors ranks second in priority than payment to
partner’s loan.
_____18. The statement of partnership liquidation is prepared first before journalizing and posting
processes take place in the book of the partnership.
_____19. The statement of partnership liquidation is patterned after the fundamental accounting equation,
A = L + OE.
_____20. The loss absorption ability refers to the maximum loss that the partners could absorb.
_____21. The journal entry needed in the right of offset is to debit the capital account of the deficient partner
and credit to loan account of the said partner.
_____22. In liquidation by installment, the main problem is how to equitably distribute cash as it becomes
available while some non-cash assets are waiting to be sold.
_____23. In liquidation by installment, the distribution of cash could not be a problem if said cash will not be
distributed as it becomes available but has to wait until the whole liquidation process is through.
_____24. The problem of equitable distribution of cash to the partners can be resolved by preparing the
“cash safety payment schedule”.
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_____25. When partners A, B, and C which has a profit and loss sharing ratio of 2:3:5, and B is insolvent in
the liquidation process, the theoretical loss will be absorbed by A and C in a fractional share of 2/7 and
5/7.
III – Problems
1. The following data were taken from Tagum Trading on June 30, 20A prior to liquidation:
Required:
2. After opening sometime, the partners Vincent Clarin, Rita Namoc and Rolando Martinez have decided to
dissolve and liquidate their partnership business. The partner’s share profit and loss in the ratio of 2:2:1. The
Financial Position prepared at the eve of dissolution is presented below.
PYRAMID Enterprises
Assets
Cash P 8,000
Accounts Receivable P 10,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 1,000 9,000
Merchandise 30,000
Furniture and Fixtures P 150,000
Accumulated Depreciation 53,000 97,000
Total P 144,000
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Liabilities and Capital
Case 2 – The non-cash assets were realized for P68,000. Deficient partner was solvent.
Case 3 – The non-cash assets were realized for P68,000. Deficient partner was insolvent.
Case 4 – The non-cash assets were sold for P68,000. Distribution of available cash is
Required: Prepare a Statement of Partnership Liquidation under each of the four cases above.
3. The capital and loan balances of the partners of Star Hardware prior to liquidation were as follows:
Required:
a) P8,000 b) P20,000
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Chapter 13
Introduction:
In our study with sole proprietorship and partnership, we assumed that the partnership is regarded as an entity
that is separate and distinct from the owner/s. In a corporate form of business organization, this assumption
turns into a reality because a corporation is an artificial person. It has a legal personality and as such, it can
transact business under its own name, can hold and dispose property, can sue and it can be sued to court.
Learning Objectives:
Definition of a Corporation
Corporation is an artificial being created by operation of law, having the right of succession and the powers,
attributes and properties expressly authorized by law or incident to its existence.
Characteristics of a corporation:
1. Separate legal entity – Under its own name, a corporation has a separate and distinct legal personality
from its shareholders. It may take, hold, or dispose property under its corporate capacity it may enter
into contract, can sue and be sued to court. As a creation of law, it cannot be established easily by mere
agreement of parties like in the case of partnership. It comes into existence upon granting of authority
by the state.
2. Transferable unit of ownership – The ownership of a corporation is divided into units called “shares”
which can be transferred from one person to another without the consent of other shareholders.
3. Limited liability of shareholders – This means that the shareholders are liable only of the corporation’s
debts on the extent of their capital contributions.
4. Continuity of existence – The corporation has the capacity for continued existence because it has the
right of succession as evidenced by the transferability of its shares.
5. Governing body – Because there will be hundreds or thousands of shareholders, it will be difficult for
each one of them to partake in managing the business. Thus, they elect among themselves to form a
governing body called “Board of Directors”, who will formulate the policies of the corporation. The
corporation law provides that the number of board of directors be not less than five but not more than
fifteen.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of a Corporation
Advantage Disadvantage
If the corporation is listed you can Profits are not easily distributed to
easily transfer your shares to other the owners. You have to wait for
investors by selling them in the the board of directors to declare
stock market. dividends before you get your
share in the profits of the
corporation.
Classification of Corporation
1. As to Purpose
a) Public Corporation – is one that is forms or organized to govern a portion of the state. Examples
are barangays, municipalities, cities and provinces.
b) Private Corporation – is one that is formed for some private purpose, benefit, aim or end.
2. As to law of creation
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a) Domestic Corporation – is one that is organized under the Philippine laws.
b) Foreign Corporation – is one that is organized under any law other than the Philippines.
3. As to membership holdings
a) Stock Corporation – is a private corporation organized for profit. Its capital is divided into share
of stock and is authorized to distribute corporate profits on the basis of shares held.
4. As to admission of shareholder
5. As to other purpose
b) Lay Corporation – is one which is organized for a purpose other than religious purposes.
1. Corporators – are those who compose the corporation whether as shareholders or members. Hence,
Corporators include incorporators, shareholders or members.
2. Incorporators – are those who originally formed the corporation who executed and signed the Articles
of Incorporation. They must be natural persons as distinguished from artificial persons.
3. Shareholders – are owners of a stock corporation. They may be natural persons or artificial persons.
5. Promoters – they are those who undertake to form a group of persons interested in organizing a
corporation. They procure subscriptions or capital for the corporation.
6. Board of directors – a governing body formed out of the shareholders. This acts as the policy-making
body of the corporation. This is composed of not less than 5 but not more than eleven shareholders or
members duly elected from among themselves.
7. Subscribers – they are natural or artificial persons who have agreed to buy original and unissued stocks
of the corporation.
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Lesson 2: Formation of a Corporation
Only natural persons of not less than 5 but not more than 15, all of legal age and majority of whom are residents
of the Philippines may form a private corporation for any lawful purpose or purposes. Each of the incorporators
of stock corporation must own at least one (1) share capital of the corporation.
Organization Stage
This is the stage where persons who do preliminary arrangements made by the incorporators will come in. a
tentative working organization is set up and the procurement of subscriptions and capital for the corporation is
done. The persons involved are referred to as ‘”Promoters”.
Incorporation Stage
The Corporation Code of the Philippines provides that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shall not
accept registration of Articles of Incorporation of any share corporation unless notarized and accompanied by
affidavit executed by the Corporate Treasurer that at least 25% of the authorized share capital has been
subscribed and that at least 25% of the total subscription has been fully paid in actual cash or property. In
no case, shall the paid-up capital be less than P5,000. This is the pre-incorporation requirement.
When the 25% of the subscription payment is made in cash, an additional requirement by SEC on bank certificate
to attest that deposit has been made through bank in favor of said corporation.
Once the pre-incorporation requirements are already complied with and after paying the required incorporation
fees, the SEC will now approve the Articles of Incorporation and issue the “Certificate of Incorporation”. This is
the birth of a corporation. On this date, the corporation acquires its own juridical personality.
Commencement Stage
During its first organizational meeting, the shareholders formulate and adopt the by-laws of the corporation. Said
by-laws shall be filed with the SEC within 1 month after the Certificate of Incorporation has been issued.
Shareholders then elect among themselves their Board of Directors. The election of corporate officers such as
the President, Treasurer, Secretary and other officers is entrusted to the Board of Directors as may be provided
for in the by-laws.
Articles of Incorporation
As provided in the Corporation Code, the Articles of Incorporation must contain the name of the
corporation, specific purpose/s for which the corporation is formed, location or principal place of business, term
of which a corporation is to exist, names, nationalities and residences of incorporators and directors, authorized
share capital with number of shares into which it is divided and par value, etc. A sample form is provided below.
By-Laws
By-laws refer to the rules and regulations adopted by the corporation administering as internal government. By-
laws as provided for by Section 47 of the Corporation Code include among others the following:
1. Time, place and manner of calling and conducting regular and special meetings of directors or trustees
and of shareholders and members.
2. The manner of voting and use of proxies.
3. The manner of electing the Board of Directors.
4. Qualifications, duties and compensation of directors or trustees, officers and employees.
5. Procedure of amending Articles of Incorporation and By-laws, etc.
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Corporate Records
Generally, a corporation uses and keeps the same accounting books as the other forms of business
organizations. In addition to the general journal, ledger, and others, a corporation keeps the following records:
1. Minutes books – The minutes of all meetings of shareholders or members and that of Board of Directors
of Board or Trustees are recorded by the corporate secretary in this book. Some recorded events in this
book are the sources of entries in the accounting books such as the declaration of dividends, purchase
and sale of treasury shares, etc.
2. Stock and transfer book – this book principally records the stock issuances and cancellations. It
consists three books, which are:
a) Subscriber’s ledger – this is actually a subsidiary ledger for the controlling account, Subscription
Receivable, in the general ledger.
b) Shareholder’s Journal – this shows the list of shareholders with the corresponding share
certificate number in numerical sequence and shares issued to them including share certificate
that were cancelled.
c) Shareholder’s Ledger – this is a subsidiary ledger for Share Capital account in the general
ledger. The total number of shares indicated in the shareholder’s Journal and the Share Capital
account in the general ledger is the same.
SHAREHOLDER'S LEDGER
NAME:
ADDRESS:
SUBSCRIBER'S LEDGER
NAME:
ADDRESS:
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Organization Costs
Organization costs are expenditures incurred while in the process of organizing a corporation. These include
expenses during promoters’ meeting with other prospective incorporators, attorney’s fees, filing and publication
fee, cost of printing stock certificate, stock and transfer book, corporate seal, accounting and legal fees related
to stock issuances before the start of corporate operations. Under the Philippine Accounting Standards (PAS)
No. 38, Intangible Assets, Organization costs or pre-operating costs are charged to expense in the period
incurred.
Rights of Shareholders
A shareholder’s ownership in the corporation is determined by the number of shares he owns and is evidenced
by a document called share certificate. This certificate can only be issued to the individual shareholders who
have fully paid his subscription. This is signed by the president or vice-president of the corporation, counter
signed by the secretary and sealed with the seal of the corporation.
The legal capital of a corporation is that portion of the paid-in capital arising from share issuance which must
remain untouched an unimpaired in protection of corporate creditors. As such, it cannot be returned to
shareholders in any form during the lifetime of the corporation except, when a liquidation happens and only after
the debts have been paid.
In case of a par value shares, legal capital is the aggregate par value shares off all issued and subscribed
shares, in case of no par value share, it is the total consideration received by the corporation for its issuance to
the shareholder including the excess of issue price over the stated value.
This is a legal principle that prohibits a private corporation to distribute its legal capital to the shareholders for
the protection of corporate creditors during the lifetime of the corporation.
Shareholders’ Equity
This is defined as the residual interest of the owners in the assets of the corporation as a business entity,
measured by the excess of assets over liabilities. Simply, it refers to the capital section of a corporation, thus,
follows the modified basic accounting equation as:
Authorized Share Capital – refers to the maximum amount fixed by the corporate charter or articles of
incorporation to be subscribed and pain-in by the shareholders. The equivalent number of shares are called
“Authorized Shares”. A corporation may increase its authorized shares by amending the articles of incorporation.
Subscribed share capital – represents the amount of shares which have been subscribed but not yet fully paid.
The equivalent number of shares are called “Subscribed Shares”.
Issued Share Capital – this represents the amount of shares which have been fully paid and the share
certificates have been issued. The equivalent number of shares are called “Issued Shares”.
Unissued Share Capital – this represents that part of the corporation’s authorized share capital for which share
certificates have not yet been issued but are available for issuances in the future.
Treasury Share – this represents a corporation’s own share which have been issued but later acquired not for
the purpose of cancellation or retirement. This share is issued but not outstanding. The equivalent number of
shares are called “Treasury Shares”.
Outstanding Share Capital – this refers to the Issued Share Capital which are still in the hands of the
shareholders. The equivalent number of shares are called “Outstanding Shares”. Issued share may not be the
same as outstanding shares when there are treasury shares because treasury shares are deducted from
outstanding shares.
1. Contributed Capital – this is the first sub-section which consists the following elements:
a. Share Capital – this refers to the portion of the paid-in capital representing the amount of the
total par or stated value of the shares issued.
b. Subscribed Share Capital – this refers to the portion of the share capital that a prospective
investor agreed to subscribe but not yet fully paid and therefore still unissued. Subscribed share
capital is to be deducted by the subscription receivable before the difference is added to share
capital.
c. Subscription Receivable – this refers to the unpaid portion of the Subscribed share capital.
2. Reserve – this is the second sub-section and consists of the following:
a. Share Premium reserve – it is otherwise known as “additional paid-in capital” representing the
paid-in capital in excess of the par value or stated value, excess of the sales proceeds of treasury
stock over cost donated capital and other premiums in relation to the retirement of shares.
b. Revaluation reserve – also called “Revaluation Increment in Property” or “Asset Revaluation
Reserve”. This is the excess of the value of plant assets as a result of appraisal over net book
value.
c. Accumulated Profits and Losses reserve – it is the portion of the Accumulated Profits and
Losses that is appropriated for plant expansion, purchase of treasury shares, etc. If reverted back
to unappropriated profits and losses, it can be available for dividend declaration.
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3. Accumulated Profits and Losses – previously known as Retained Earnings, this account represents
the cumulative income and expense from the start of operation to the present. This account has been
increased or decreased due to results of periodic income or loss, prior period adjustments known as
fundamental errors, dividend distribution, changes in accounting principle, etc. This refers to the portion
of Accumulate profits and losses that can be declared as dividends.
The accumulated profits and losses are computed as follows
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Contibuted Capital:
Share Capital Pxx
Subscribed Share Capital Pxx
Less: Subscription Receivable xx xx Pxx
Reserves:
Share Premium in excess of par value xx
Share Premium from Treasury Shares xx
Appropriated Accumulated profit and
and losses for treasury share acquisition xx
Revaluation Increment in Property xx xx
I – Essay
1. What is a corporation?
2. What are the three basic stages constituting the formation of a corporation?
3. What is a share certificate? When can it be issued?
4. What is the legal capital of a corporation?
5. What is the “trust fund” doctrine?
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II – True or False. Instruction: Write “T” if the statement is correct and “F” if incorrect.
_____1. A corporation is not a real person but the law assumes it as a person, so that it can perform practically
business functions.
_____2. The SEC is prohibited by law to register a corporation engaged solely in the practice of public
accounting.
_____3. A corporation is taxed at 35% income tax rate.
_____4. CPAs are prohibited from being a shareholder of any share corporation.
_____5. A corporation is formed by at least five (5) but not more than fifteen (15) members.
_____6. Authority of the corporation to operate has to be granted by the state.
_____7. A corporation can be formed by mere agreement among shareholders.
_____8. There is no law prohibiting a corporation to acquire or buy shares from another corporation.
_____9. A corporation can be an incorporator of another corporation.
_____10. Shareholders are not liable to corporate obligations in excess of their legal capital.
_____11. The legal capital of a corporation represents the paid in capital or the amount invested by the
stockholders.
_____12. A corporation may exist for more than 50 years.
_____13. Death of a shareholder will dissolve the corporation.
_____14. Shares cannot be transferred without the consent of the other shareholders.
_____15. A share certificate can be issued to those subscribers who partially paid their subscriptions.
_____16. The Board of Directors shall exercise the corporate powers of a corporation.
_____17. A corporation acquires its own juridical personality by the time the SEC issues the Certificate of
Incorporation.
_____18. Any corporation may be incorporated as closely-held except corporations declared to be vested with
public interest.
_____19. An incorporator of a share corporation must own or be a subscriber to at least one (1) share capital of
that corporation.
_____20. Issued shares is always equal to outstanding shares.
III – Multiple Choice Questions. Instruction: Encircle the letter of the corresponding correct answer
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b. Par value d. Share certificate
7. Refers to the maximum amount fixed by corporate charter to be subscribed and paid-in by the
shareholder.
a. Authorized share capital c. Unissued share capital
b. Subscribed share capital d. Treasury share
8. Refers to the issued share capital and still in the hands of the shareholders
a. Unissued share capital c. Outstanding share capital
b. Authorized share capital d. Subscribed share capital
9. The ownership in shares of a corporation is evidenced by a document called –
a. Shares c. Stock warrants
b. Share (stock)) certificate d. By-laws
10. Cost and expenses incurred before and during the corporate formation such as attorney’s fees, printing
cost certificate, incorporation fees, etc. –
a. Promoters’ cost c. Incorporation cost
b. Organization cost d. Project cost
Chapter 14
ACCOUNTING FOR SHARE CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS
Introduction
A stock corporation may issue shares of one or two classes. These are “preference” and “ordinary” shares.
Ordinary shares may be issued “with par value” or “no par value” shares. No par value shares may be “with
stated value” or “no stated value”. Preference share will always have a stated par value as required by law.
Learning Objectives:
After studying this module, the student should be able to: rec
1. Differentiate ordinary from preference shares as well as par value and no par value shares.
2. Make entries both in memorandum and journal entry form of recording share capital transactions.
3. Record issuances of par value, below and above par value shares.
4. Account for subscriber default in his subscription.
To attract investors, some corporations issue two classes of shares which are:
a. Ordinary Shares
It is called ordinary because ordinary shareholders have the same rights and privileges and have no
preference over one another. An ordinary shareholder is assured of an equal pro-rata division of profit.
When there is only one class of shares issued, it is understood to be an ordinary share.
b. Preference shares
Preference share entitles the owner preference in the distribution of dividends and/or in the distribution
of assets of the corporation in an event of a liquidation. Preference on dividends however, does not mean
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that the shareholders are assured or guaranteed to receive dividends but are given preference over
ordinary shareholders when there is declaration by the Board of Directors.
Share capital may also be issued with Par Value or No Par Value
Par Value Share – this has a nominal value stated on the face of the share certificate and fixed in the
Articles of Incorporation. The Corporation Code of the Philippines prohibits the issuance of a share less
than its par value. When the share is issued for cash at less than par value or stated value, the share is
issued at a discount. The discount is not considered as a loss to the issuing corporation but the
shareholder is considered liable. This is called a “discount liability” of a shareholder.
No par value share – has no par or nominal value printed on the Share Certificate or stated in the
Articles of Incorporation. It may be sold at any of the following amounts:
1. At the amount prescribed in the Articles of Incorporation.
2. At the amount fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to authority conferred in the Articles of
Incorporation.
3. At the amount approved by a majority of shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting called for the
purpose.
There are two methods in accounting for Share Capital. These are the Memorandum Entry and Journal Entry
Methods. If the problem is silent as to what method will be used, it is the memorandum entry method.
There are four basic transactions involved wherein both methods can be clearly distinguished from each other
as to recording of these transactions. These are:
Comprehensive Illustration:
On January 1, 2020, Arch Corporation is authorized to issue 5,000 shares of 8% Preference Shares
at a par value of P100 per share and 20,000 shares of Ordinary Shares at a par value of P50 per share. The
following were the incorporators who have made the 25% subscriptions and 25% paid-up requirements:
25% Paid-up
25% Subscription Requirement
Preference Ordinary Preference Ordinary
E. Detoya 25,000 50,000 6,250 12,500
A. Go 25,000 50,000 6,250 12,500
M. Espocia 25,000 50,000 6,250 12,500
R. Berhay 25,000 50,000 6,250 12,500
C. Ventic 25,000 50,000 6,250 12,500
Total P125,000 P250,000 P31,250 P62,500
Authorization of Share Capital - Upon the corporate formation, the corporation records the classed and number
of shares as approved by the SEC and as stated in the Articles of Incorporation.
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MEMORANDUM ENTRY METHOD JOURNAL ENTRY METHOD
Notations are made and written across the top
of the share capital ledger as follows: Jan. 1, 2020
Subscription of Shares
Subscription is a binding agreement whereby an investor agrees to acquire certain number of Unissued Shares
which may be paid in full or in an installment basis. As a common practice, a corporations comply only the
subscription and paid-in requirement so it can operate immediately.
Both the memorandum and journal entry methods record the same as follows:
Both the memorandum entry and journal entry method will record the same journal entry for the collection of the
25% pre-incorporation requirement.
Cash 93,750
Subscription Receivable-P 31,250
Subscription Receivable-O 62,500
To record the 25% paid up requirement
Assume that on January 30, 2020, E. Detoya has paid in full his subscription balance and collected P56,250
broken down as:
Cash 56,250
Subscription Receivable-P 18,750
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Subscription Receivable-O 37,500
To record full collection from Mr. Detoya's
subscription balance
Share certificates are issued only upon full payment of subscription. In our illustrative problem, only Mr. Detoya
has made a full payment of his subscription. Arch Corporation will issue share certificate to Detoya equivalent to
the number of shares he subscribed and a corresponding entry in the book is made as follows:
Memorandum entry
To summarize, memorandum and journal entry methods differ in the recording of Authorization of Shares and
Issuance of Share Certificate only. The Shareholders’ Equity section of the Statement of Financial Position
differs only on the manner of its presentation:
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Contributed Capital:
Share Capital:
8% Preference Shares, P100 par, 5,000 shares authorized
250 shares issued 25,000
Subscribed Shares Capital 100,000
Less: Subscription Receivable 75,000 25,000
Issued and Subscribed 50,000
Total P150,000
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Contributed Capital:
Share Capital:
8% Preference Shares, P100 par, 5,000 shares
authorized 500,000
Less: Unissued Share Capital 475,000
Issued Share Capital 25,000
Subscribed Shares Capital 100,000
Less: Subscription Receivable 75,000 25,000
Issued and Subscribed 50,000
Total P150,000
The data shown in the shareholders’ equity section are taken from the account balances after posting the above
entries to the general ledger. You are encouraged to do posting using the T-account.
If shares are issued below the par value, the amount of difference is debited to “Discount on Share
Capital”.
Illustration:
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MM Corporation has Authorized Share Capital of P100,000 at P50 par value per share. MEMO entry is used in
recording transactions.
Assume: 100 shares were subscribed at par value. Collected 30% down payment and balance collected after
10 days.
Subscription entry:
Cash 1,500
Subscription Receivable 1,500
Full Collection:
Cash 3,500
Subscription Receivable 3,500
Issuance of Certificate
Subscription entry:
Partial Collection:
Cash 1,800
Subscription Receivable (6,000 x 30%) 1,800
Full Collection:
Cash 4,200
Subscription Receivable 4,200
Issuance of Certificate
Case 3 – Subscribed at P40 (below Par). Using the same assumption as case 1.
Subscription entry:
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Partial Collection:
Cash 1,200
Subscription Receivable (4,000 x 30%) 1,200
Full Collection:
Cash 2,800
Subscription Receivable (4,000 x 70%) 2,800
Issuance of Certificate
Assume that 100 shares were issued for cash at par value.
Cash 5,000
Share Capital 5,000
Assume that 100 shares were issued for cash at P60 per share.
Cash 6,000
Share Capital (100 shares x P50) 5,000
Share Premium (100 shares x P10) 1,000
Assume that shares were issued for cash at P40 per share.
Cash 4,000
Discount on Share Capital 1,000
Share Capital 5,000
Based on the provision of the Corporation Code of the Philippines and in conformity with the Accounting
Standards, the following rules should be observed when share capital is issued for non-cash consideration.
Rule 1 – If issued for tangible, intangible property and service, the share capital is recorded at the amount
equal to the following order of priority:
Illustration:
Apple corporation issued 1,000 shares with par value of P100 per share in exchange for a parcel of
land with a fair market value of P130,000. The fair market value per share is P110. The entry to record the
issuance of share capital is:
Land 130,000
Share Capital 100,000
Share Premium 30,000
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Rule 2 – If issued for outstanding liability, the share capital is recorded at par value and not in an amount
equal to the liability set-off.
Illustration:
Apple corporation issued its 1,000 shares with a par value of P100. The outstanding obligation amounts to
P120,000. The entry to record the issuance of share capital is:
Note: Only outstanding liability can be paid through issuance of shares as the Corporation Code prohibits a
corporation from issuing a share in exchange for promissory note or future services.
Rule 3 – If issued in exchange for other equity securities, the measurement is equal to the following order
of priority.
Illustration:
Apple Corporation issued its 1,000 shares at par value of P100 in exchange for Orange, Inc. 1,000
equity shares. The fair market value of Apple’s share is P120 while that of Orange is P110. The entry to record
the issuance of share capital is:
Rule 4 – If issued in exchange for services received, the measure should be the value of such services.
Illustrate:
Atty. Bugtas was given 60 shares of Apple Corporation which has a par value of P100 and a fair market value of
P130 for the services rendered in the process or organization. The journal entry is:
Share issuance expense is direct cost to sell share capital which normally includes the following:
1. If incurred during the organization stage, it shall be first charged against Share Premium. If Share
Premium is not sufficient, then the excess shall be charged to “Organizational Expense Account”
Illustration:
Sand Corporation is authorized to issue 10,000 shares at a par value of P100 per share. After complying
with the SEC requirement and approval of Articles of Incorporation, a day after, two shareholders
acquired 1,500 shares at P130 per share.
Details of Cash
25% x 10,000 x P100 x 25% 62,500
1,500 shares x P100, Share Capital 150,000
1,500 shares x P30, Share Premium 45,000
P257,000
The corporation incurred a total issuance expenses of P80,000. The journal entries are as follows:
Cash 62,500
Subscription Receivable 62,500
Payment of 25% subscription
Cash 195,000
Share Capital 150,000
Share Premium 45,000
Sale of 300 shares at a premium
2. If incurred during operational stage, it shall be charged against Share Premium. If the Share Premium is
not sufficient then the excess is charged against corporate income.
Illustration:
Sand Corp. has incurred a share issuance expense of P15,000 during the second year of its operation.
The corporation was able to issue 300 shares at premium of P140 per share (par value if P100). The
journal entry is:
3. If the cost is recurring or indirect in nature, it shall be charged to corporate income. Examples are cost of
maintaining capital records and administrative salaries. Upon incurrence of the expense, the pro-forma
journal entry is:
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Salaries Pxx
Cash Pxx
Salary of employee administering share issuance
“shares without par value (No Par) may not be issued for a consideration less than the value of five pesos (P5.00)
per share, the entire consideration received by the corporation for its par value shares shall not be treated as
capital and shall not be available for distribution as dividends.”
No par value shares may be “with stated value” or “no stated value”. Our illustrations on accounting for no par
value shares will use the memorandum entry method only.
Cash 75,000
Ordinary shares 75,000
Issuance of shares at stated value
Cash 90,000
Ordinary Shares 75,000
Share Premium in Excess of Stated Value 15,000
Shares Issued above P10 above stated value
Cash 60,000
Discount on Ordinary Share 15,000
Ordinary Share 75,000
Shares Issued above P10 above stated value
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Issuance for No Par Value, No Stated Value
When No Par, No Stated Value shares are issued, no Share Premium is being recognized. In case of cash sales,
the entire amount received on the sale of said shares shall be credited to the “Ordinary Share Capital” account.
To illustrate:
Stanis Corporation issued 500 shares of No Par Value, No Stated Value. The shares were issued for P10 per
share.
Cash 5,000
Ordinary shares 5,000
Issued 500 shares at P10 per share
Here, the asset account is debited and Share Capital is credited for the market value od the asset received or
fair market value of shares issued, whichever is more clearly determinable. If market values of both the asset
and the share are not known, an appraisal of the asset must be made.
Illustration:
Coco Corporation issued 1,000 shares of no par, no stated value in exchange of land. The market value of the
share was P20. The journal entry is
Land 20,000
Share Capital 20,000
Issued 1,000 shares in exchange for land
Assume that the market value of land was P35,000 and the market value of share is not known.
Land 35,000
Share Capital 35,000
Issued 1,000 shares in exchange for land
Subscriptions may be collected in an installment at stated “call dates”. When a subscriber cannot pay the balance
of his subscription after calls have been made or after several notices have been sent to him by the corporation,
the subscriber is said to be in “default”. His total subscribed shares become delinquent shares and the board of
directors may order to sell the shares in a public auction. Section 67 of the Corporation Code provides that “ if
within 30 days from the said date, no payments made, all stocks covered by said subscription shall thereupon
become delinquent and shall be subjected to sale”.
The person or the bidder who is willing to pay the unpaid balance of the subscription plus accrued interest and
other expenses incurred to sell the shares of at least number of shares is called the “highest bidder”. The
delinquent shares are sold to him and certificates if shares are issued upon receipt of payment from him.
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Illustration:
Lee Minho subscribes 100 of ordinary share at a par value of P10 per share in King Corporation and
made a down payment equal to 30% of subscription price.
Lee Minho later defaulted. His subscription for 100 shares are considered as delinquent.
King Corporation advertises the auction sale of these delinquent shares and incurs expenses of P200.
Three bids were received after three days. Carla Estrada is willing to pay the subscription balance of P700 plus
expenses of 300 in exchange for 96 shares. Vice Ganda bids in exchange of 90 shares while Kim Chiu bids for
94 shares. The highest bidder is Vice Ganda.
The subscription is already considered as fully paid and share certificate that’s good for 100 shares will be issued
to both Lee Minho (10 shares) and Vice Ganda (90 shares).
When there is only one bidder, the corporation may or may not accept the bid offered. The corporation may itself
bid for the delinquent shares. The shares acquired by the corporation under this circumstance are considered
as Treasury Shares. The journal entry will be:
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Journal entry to record the issuance of certificates
Subscribed Share Capital 1,000
Share Capital 1,000
When a partnership business is converted into a corporation, the partnership contract is dissolved. The assets
of the partnership are adjusted to conform with the current or fair market values. All liabilities must be recognized.
The net assets are transferred to the corporation and the corporation will issue number of shares equal to the
amount of net assets being transferred.
The manner of how the partnership book is adjusted is similar to when a sole proprietorship is converted into a
partnership or the adjustments made in the partnership book prior to the admission of a new partner. The
following procedures will guide you in the process of incorporating a partnership business.
Revalue the assets and recognize all liabilities by way of adjusting entries as of the date of
incorporation. (This is not shown anymore in our illustration).
Record the transfer of the adjusted value of the assets and liabilities which are termed as “net assets”
is debited to Receivable from ______ Corporation account. The amount of this account is equal to the
adjusted capital balances of all partners. At this point, all partnership accounts are already closed
except the accounts of the partners.
The corporation prepares an entry to record the authorization to issue shares. The receipts of
partnership assets and liabilities are then recorded. For fixed assets of property and equipment
account, only the “net book value” is carried in the book of the corporation. The corporation will then
issue shares equal to the value of the partnership net assets and corresponding share certificate.
Record the receipts of the shares and distribute the shares to the partners who are now incorporators
of the new corporation.
Illustration:
The following were the account balances of GOT Partnership after adjustments in preparation for its
incorporation.
Debit Credit
Cash 70,000
Accounts receivable 60,000
Allow. For doubtful accounts 5,000
Merchandise 115,000
Delivery equipment 120,000
Accum. Depreciation 40,000
Accounts payable 20,000
Robert, Capital 80,000
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Ned, Capital 40,000
Jon, Capital 60,000
Tyrion, Capital 50,000
Ramsey, Capital 70,000
Total 365,000 365,000
GOT Corporation is authorized to issue 5,000 ordinary shares with par value of P100 per share.
Step 2 – In the partnership book, record the transfer of assets and liabilities as:
Step 3 – In the book of the corporation, the following entries are recorded
Cash 70,000
Accounts Receivable 60,000
Merchandise 115,000
Delivery Equipment 80,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 5,000
Accounts Payable 20,000
Subscription Receivable 300,000
d) To record issuance of share certificate to the partners who are now incorporators.
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Subscribed Share Capital P300,000
Ordinary Share Capital P300,00
Step 4 – In the partnership book, the final entry is the closing of their respective capital accounts to Receivable
from GOT Corporation representing distribution of their respective shares.
I – Essay
II – True or False
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_____16. When the share is sold at more than the pair value, the difference is “share premium”, which is then a
credit.
_____17. When the share is sold less than the pair value, the difference is “discount on share capital”, which is
then a debit.
_____18. When the share is sold either premium or discount, the debit is always equal to the subscription price
of the share.
_____19. The highest bidder is a person who is willing to pay the unpaid balance of the delinquent subscription
plus accrued interest with the “least” number of shares.
_____20. When a subscriber failed to pay his subscription balance after lawful calls and notices have been sent
to him, all sales covered in the said subscription will be considered “delinquent”.
_____21. When a corporation is authorized to issue ordinary and preference shares; a proper distinction of these
share should be made from the authorization up to the issuance of share certificate.
_____22. When a shareholder transfers his share to another investor, the corporate assets changed.
_____23. A corporation cannot accept non-cash assets as payment of its subscription.
_____24. When a memorandum entry is used, the account share capital is created upon issuance of shares.
_____25. Under journal entry method, the amount of share capital issued is determine by deducting the balance
of unissued share capital account from the balance of the authorized share capital.
_____26. Partnership net assets that are transferred to the corporation should be recorded in the new
corporation’s book at their book value.
III – Problems
1. ALS Corporation is authorized to issue 10,000 ordinary shares at P100 par value per share. On July 2, 20A
the six (6) incorporators have subscribed to 2,500 shares at par value and paid P62,500 of the subscription.
Other transactions follow:
July 15- On this day, corporation fees, printing cost of share certificates and other incidental cost of its
incorporation that were paid are recorded, P15,000.
16 Neria Asperga subscribed to 100 ordinary shares at P105 per share and made down payment of
P4,500.
25 Elizabeth Palma Gil, one of the incorporators, paid her subscription balance in full and a share
certificate for 200 shares was issued:
Balance 15,000
27 Issued 300 ordinary shares to Alex Jandoc in exchange for a piece of land which has a fair market
value of P40,000.
29 Issued 100 ordinary shares to Atty. Gilbert Abellera in exchange for his professional services in the
process of its incorporation in the amount of P15,000.
30 Received cash of P35,000 from the incorporators as partial payment of their subscription balances.
31 Neria Asperga paid the subscription balance in full and a share certificate is issued.
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Required: 1. Record the foregoing transactions including authorization by using Journal Entry and Memo Entry
Method.
2. On March 2, 20A, Raja Buayan Marketing Corporation was authorized to issue 2,000 ordinary shares with a
par value of P1,000 per share.
20A March
3- Received subscriptions from the following incorporators as well as the 25% paid-up requirement:
5- Tano and Santos paid their subscriptions balances in full and share certificates were issued to them.
6- Received subscription of 30 shares from Alfredo Yao at par value and collected 20% of his
subscription.
20B
Aug. 15- After all lawful calls and notices, Alfredo Yao defaulted and all his subscribed shares were declared
delinquent and were advertised for public auction.
20- At the public auction, Conrado Baugbog was the highest bidder for 25 ordinary shares, he pays the
balance of the subscription plus advertising cost.
Required:
1. Entries in the book of the corporation from the authorization up to the defaulting subscriber.
2. Entries assuming nobody bids and the corporation reacquired the shares (Treasury Shares).
Chapter 15
ACCUMULATED PROFITS AND LOSSES, DIVIDENDS, AND TREASURY SHARES
Introduction:
Throughout the lifetime of the corporation, it may earn profit or incur losses. For a sole proprietorship and
partnership type of business organizations, such profits and losses are closed to the capital account every end
of the accounting period. Profits may be withdrawn by the sole proprietor or may be distributed to the partners
every depending on their sharing agreement. For a corporation, this may be a different case because profit and
losses from the start of its business operation up to present reporting period are accumulated and not closed to
the equity accounts. The accumulated profits and losses may be appropriated for further use such as plant
expansion, acquisition of treasury shares and others or it may be declared as dividends.
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Learning Objectives:
At the end of this chapter, the student should be able to
1. Explain the nature of accumulated profits and losses, dividends and treasury shares.
2. Record entries for appropriation and reverse the appropriation of accumulated profits and losses,
declaration and payment of dividends.
3. Compute dividends given to ordinary and preference shareholders.
4. Record treasury share transactions.
To Illustrate:
At the end of 20A, Lucky Strike Corporation made a profit of P150,000. In this, the income and Expense Summary
account will show a credit balance P150,000. Profit is transferred to Accumulated Profits and Losses by debiting
Income and Expense Summary and crediting Accumulated Profits and Losses account shown below:
If, however, Lucky Strike Corporation made a loss of P150,000 instead, the Income and Expense Summary
account will show a debit balance of P150,00. Loss is transferred to Accumulated Profits and Losses by debiting
Accumulated Profits and Losses and crediting Income and Expense Summary account as shown below:
The Accumulated Profits and Losses account usually debited and credited for the following:
Accumulated Profits and Losses is also affected by prior period’s adjustments. This is being debited for prior
period’s adjustments that affect the income and expense resulting to decrease in profit and credited for prior
period’s adjustment that affects the income and expense resulting to increase in profit. The errors from prior
period that require adjustments to the accumulated profits and losses account is presently known as
“Fundamental Errors”. This will be taken up in higher accounting course.
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Shareholders will able to get their shares of the corporation’s accumulated profit by means of “Dividends” as
declared registers a debit balance, Accumulated Profits and Losses is said to be “Deficit”, which means that a
accumulation of losses is bigger than the accumulation of profit.by the Board of Directors. Therefore, dividends
declared will decrease the balance of the Accumulated Profits and Losses account.
Accumulated Profits and Losses may either have a debit or a credit balance at the end of any given period. As
mentioned earlier, this account has a normal balance of a credit. When it registers a debit balance, it is said to
be “deficit”.
The operating results of Chinatown Corporation from the start of operations in 20A to 20D were:
The ledger of Accumulated Profits and Losses will have the following postings:
The credit balance in the Accumulated Profits and Losses account is presented in the Shareholders’ Equity
section of the Statement of Financial Position as follows:
Shareholders’ Equity
Contributed Capital:
Share Capital:
Ordinary Shares, authorised to issue 5,000 shares
Par value, P100. Issued 3, 000 shares P300,000
Share Premium on Ordinary Shares 15,000
Total Contributed Capital P315,000
The opening results of Chinatown Company from the start of its operations in 20A to 20D were:
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20B Dividends Declared 60,000
20B Dividends
Declared P 60,000 P 70,000 20A Profit
20C Loss 80,000 40,000 20B Profit
20D Loss 20,000
P160,000 P 110,000
The debit balance in the Accumulated Profits and losses account is presented in the Shareholders’ Equity section
of the Statements of Financial Position as Follows:
Shareholders’ Equity
Contributed Capital:
Share Capital:
Ordinary Share, authorized to issue 5,000 shares
par value, P100. Issued 3,000 shares P 300,000
Share Premium on Ordinary Shares 15,000
Total Contributed Capital P 315,000
Note: Shareholders’ Equity decreases when there is an Accumulated Profits and Losses deficit.
“A deficit in Accumulated Profits and Losses account should not be presented as an asset. When a deficit
exceeds the total of the other capital account balances, the caption “CAPITAL DEFICIENCY” is used instead of
“SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY” in the main heading of the liability side of the Statement of Financial Position”.
To illustrate:
The would-be Shareholders’ Equity section of the Statement of Financial Position is presented on below:
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Capital Deficiency
Contributed Capital:
Share Capital:
Ordinary Share, authorized to issue 5,000 shares
par value, P100. Issued 3,000 shares P 300,000
Share Premium on Ordinary Shares 15,000
Total Contributed Capital P 315,000
A credit balance in the Accumulated Profits and Losses account which represents Accumulated Profits and
Losses cannot all be declared as dividends and the same cannot be also be distributed to shareholders as their
respective shares of the corporation’s accumulated profits and losses. Restrictions are imposed as a legal
requirement, voluntary act of the Board of Directors or contractual. This resulted to have two types of
Accumulated Profits and Losses, namely:
1. Appropriated or Restricted Accumulated Profits and Losses – This is the portion of Accumulated
Profits and Losses account appropriated for purchase of treasury shares, plant expansion and other
contingencies. This is not available for dividend declaration.
2. Unappropriated of Free Accumulated Profits and Losses – This is a portion of Accumulated Profits
and Losses account which can be declared as dividends.
“Appropriated Accumulated Profits and Losses should be clearly distinguished from Unappropriated
Accumulated Profits and Losses”.
As a legal requirement, the law provides that a corporation should have an adequate amount of Accumulated
Profits and Losses in order to acquire its own shares. The corporation, therefore, should appropriate from its
Accumulated Profits and Losses an amount equal to the cost ot the treasury shares acquired.
To illustrate:
If a corporation which has an accumulated profit of P200,000 purchased its shares for P80,000, the
corporation is not permitted to declare and pay more than P120,000 dividends. The amount of P80,000 must be
earmarked or appropriated so as not to impair the corporation’s legal capital. Therefore, of the P200,00
Accumulated Profits and Losses, P80,000 is being referred to as “Appropriated or Restricted Accumulated Profits
and Losses” while the balance of P120,000 is what is being to as “Unappropriated or Free Accumulated Profits
and Losses”.
When the treasury shares are reissued or resold, the appropriation is being reverted back to Unappropriated or
Free Accumulated Profits and Losses which can already be available for dividend declaration.
Appropriated Profits and losses can also be appropriated through voluntary act of the Board of Directors so as
not to impair the corporation’s working capital.
To illustrate:
The corporation is planning to construct a building. To avoid the impairment of working capital
because the amount involved is big enough, the Board of Directors by way of an approved
resolution makes an appropriation from its Accumulated Profits and Losses for the said purpose.
Assuming that the amount appropriated is P500,000, the entry to record the appropriation is:
Accumulated Profits and Losses P500,000
Accumulated Profits and Losses
Appropriated for Building Construction P500,000
As soon as the construction is finished, the appropriated portion is reverted back to the Unappropriated
Accumulated Profits and Losses by the following journal entry:
In the Shareholders’ Equity section of the Statement of Financial Position, the Accumulated Profits and Losses
Account with both Appropriated and Unappropriated portions is shown in the following proforma:
Accumulated Profits and Losses:
Appropriated for:
Acquisition of Treasury of Shares Pxx
Building Construction xx Pxx
Unaapropriated or Free xx
Total Accumulated Profits and Losses Pxx
Lesson 2: DIVIDENDS
Section 43 of the Corporation Code of the Philippines as quoted in the Accounting Standards provides that:
“Share Corporations are prohibited from retaining surplus profits in excess of one hundred (100%)
percent of their Paid-in Share Capital, except when justified by the circumstances”.
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Dividends can also be declared out of a corporation’s capital after payment of the corporation’s creditors. This is
an event wherein the corporation is facing liquidation. These dividends are being referred to as “liquidating
dividends”. Our discussion will be centered on “dividends out of earnings”.
All subscribed par value shares”, provided they are not delinquent are also entitled to receive dividends. This is
because the subscription agreement once entered becomes binding. It cannot be revoked or cancelled. Hence,
Subscribed Par Value Shares are considered as legally issued from the time of subscription and as such, acquire
all time rights of shareholders. They are entitled to vote and receive dividends.
“Cash Dividends due on delinquent shares shall first be applied to the unpaid balance of the subscription plus
expenses”. For instance, if the would-be share in dividend is P10,000 but has a subscription balance plus
expenses of P12,000, the shareholders could not receive the cash dividend. But in the given case, the
subscription balance plus expenses amounts to P6,000 only, the shareholder will receive P4,000 cash dividend.
“Share Dividends shall be withheld from a delinquent shareholder until he pays his subscription balance in full”.
CASH DIVIDENDS
Cash dividend declaration may be expressed as follows:
1. As a certain percentage of par or stated value
2. As a certain peso amount per share
Regardless of how it may be expressed, the proforma journal entries upon declaration and payment would be:
Effect: Accumulated Profits and Losses balance will be reduced and corporation’s obligations will be recognized.
Cash Dividends Payable when not yet paid as of Statement of Financial Position date is presented as “Current
Liability”
To illustrate
The Board of Directors of Buhangin Corporation at their meeting on August 1, 20A has declared
a 10% cash dividend to shareholders of record on Sept. 30 payable on Oct. 31, 20A. 10,000
shares were issued and outstanding with par value of P50 per share.
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Computation of Dividends
Issued and Outstanding Shares 10,000
x Par Value Per Share P 50
Share Capital P500,000
x % of Dividends Declared 10%
Amount of Dividends Declared P 50,000
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The other way of computing cash dividend is:
If for example, Mr. B is one of the shareholders on record on September 30 with 100 shares, his share
of the dividend is P500 (100 shares x P5 per share).
Assuming that the 10,000 shares issued and outstanding, 10,000 shares were reacquired by Buhangin
Corporation as of September 30, the shares outstanding are 9,000 shares. Dividend is computed as follows:
When cash dividends are declared for two classes of shares, Cash Dividends Payable account should indicate
as to “Cash Dividends Payable-Preference Share” or “Cash Dividends Payable-Ordinary Share”. The dividend
requirement on preference share must be paid before any payment can be made to ordinary shareholders. In
other words, the preference share is given priority over ordinary shares in dividend payment. The amount of cash
dividend on each class of share will depend on the kind of description of the preference, so as preference share
may be:
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2. Non-cumulative and Non-Participating
3. Cumulative and Fully Participating
4. Non-cumulative and Fully Participating
The journal entry to record the declaration and payment of cash dividends will be similar to a case where there
is only a single class of share except the word ordinary or preference is indicated:
Upon Accumulated Profits and Losses Pxx
Declaration Cash Dividends Payable- Pref. Pxx
Cash Dividends Payable-Ordinary Pxx
Of the Unappropriated or Free Accumulated Profits and Losses of P120,000, P90,000 was declared as cash
dividends in 20A. No cash dividends were declared and paid in the past two years.
1. PREFERENCE SHARES ARE CUMULATIVE AND NON-PARTICIPATING
Cash Dividend is distributed as follows:
Preference Ordinary
Total Shares Shares
Preference Dividends:
Arrears – P100,000 x 10% x 12 yrs. P20,000 P 20,000
Current – P100,000 x 10% x 1 yr. 10,000 10,000
Ordinary Dividends:
Balance all to Ordinary (90,000 less P30,000) P60,000 _________ P60,000
As Distributed P90,000 P 30,000 P60,000
Explanation:
a) The basis in distributing dividends is share capital. Hence, 1,000 shares x P100 par value x 10%
description of the preference shares = P10,000.
b) If preference share are cumulative, passed dividends or dividends in arrears are included for distribution
plus current year’s dividend, computed as follows.
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d) A sample distribution to shareholders is presented below:
Preference Ordinary_
Share in Dividends P 30,000 P 60,000
÷ Shares Outstanding 1,000 shares 3,000 shares
Dividends Per Share P 30 P 20
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This means that for every share of preference shares that a shareholders own, his share is P30 and P20 each
for the ordinary share. If for instance, Mr. A, a shareholder owns 50 shares of preference and 100 ordinary
shares, his share on the P30,000 preference share dividends is P1,500 and his share on the P60,000 ordinary
share dividends is P2,000 as computed below:
Preference Shares Ordinary Shares
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Distributed Dividends P48,000 P42,000
÷ Shares Outstanding 1,000 shrs. 3,000 shrs.
Dividends Per Share P 48.00 P 14.00
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Explanation:
a) The Preference Shares are cumulative. Therefore, dividends in arrears of P20,000 and current year’s
dividends of P10,000 are paid.
b) Since Preference Shares are participating, the balance of P60,000 could not all be given to Ordinary.
Instead, Ordinary shares are given the same rate for one year based on share capital. Hence, P150,000
x 10% = P15,000.
c) The balance of P45,000 (P90,000 – P45,000) is divided between Preference and Ordinary on a pro-rata
basis.
SHARE DIVIDENDS
When share dividends are declared, we have to consider not only the sufficiency of the Unappropriated
Accumulated Profits and Losses but also the sufficiency of the original and unissued shares which are to be
distributed as dividends. Treasury shares cannot be distributed as share dividends although there were once
issued and outstanding and reacquired by the issuing corporation. The declaration of the share dividends
requires approval of shareholders representing not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding share capital at
a regular meeting called for the purpose.
Share Dividends should be recorded on the rate declared and this calls for the issuance of “certificate of shares”
upon distribution. The proforma journal entries are as follows:
Upon
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Payment Share Dividends Distributable Pxx
Share Capital Pxx
Take note that the account title being used is “Share Dividends Distributable” and not “Share Dividends
Payable”. Share Dividends are not payable out of the current assets of the corporation declaring it but instead a
Share Capital account. Hence, the appropriate account title is “Share Dividends Distributable”. When share
dividends are not yet distributed as of Statement of Financial Position date, Share Dividends Distributable
account is shown in the Shareholders’ Equity section of the Statement of Financial Position.
Presented below is the Share Capital component of a Shareholders’ Equity in the Statement of Financial
Position showing the Share Dividends Distributable account.
Contributed Capital:
Share Capital:
Ordinary Shares, authorized to issue ________
shares, par value, P________. Issued and
outstanding, ___________ shares Pxx
Add Share Dividends Distributable xx
Total Share Capital Pxx
Each share outstanding is entitled to a share dividend of .25 or ¼ of a share (2,500/10,000). If for
example, Mr. X is a holder of 500 shares, the additional shares he will receive as share dividends is 125
shares computed as follows:
500 Number of Shares held
x .25 Share dividends per share
125 Additional share he will receive
Or 500 shares x 25% = 125 shares. The holdings of Mr. X in Kalayaan Corporation have increased to 625
shares.
When share dividends are declared, Accumulated Profits and Losses is said to have been capitalized because
the portion of Accumulated Profits and Losses is transferred to Share Capital. The amount debited to
Accumulated Profits and Losses may or may not be the same amount credited to Share Capital pursuant to what
has been provided for the Accounting Standards which categorizes corporation issuing share dividends as
follows:
SMALL SHARE DIVIDENDS
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- For Corporations who declare a share dividend of less than 20% of the previously outstanding share,
the Accumulated Profits and Losses account is to be cspitalized at fair market value upon the date
of declaration.
To illustrate:
Magara Corporation, a corporation with listed shares, declares a 10% share dividend (less than
20%). It has 10,000 shares issued and outstanding with par value of P100. On the date of
declaration, the market value per share is P105.
The amount of Accumulated Profits and Losses to be transferred to Share Capital is based on
P105 per share which is the market value and not at P100, its par value. The number of shares
to be issued as share dividends is 1,000 shares (10,000 shares x 10%).
To illustrate:
Let us assume that Magara Corporation, instead declares a 25% share dividend, the number of
shares to be issued as dividend is 2,500 shares (10,000 shares x 25%). The required journal entries are
as follows:
LIQUIDATING DIVIDENDS
Liquidating Dividends are those dividends declared and paid out of capital. In other words, Liquidating Dividends
are return of capital to investing shareholders.
SHARE SPLITS
“Share Split” is a corporate practice wherein it reduces its par value or stated value per share which corresponds
to increase in the number of total shareholding. This in effect will not change the balance of Shareholders’ Equity
account. One of the reasons why corporation do this, it is because the Board of Directors sometimes believes
that at a lower price of share capital would attract more investors to the corporation.
To illustrate:
Mahogany Corporation has 20,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding at a par value of P100 for
P2,000,000. The Board of Directors finally decided to “split” the shares “five for one”.
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This means that a shareholder will receive 5 shares with a new par value of P20.00 for each share held
computed as follows:
20,000 share
x 5 (5 for 1)
100,000 shares x P20 (1/5 x P100) = P2,000,000
As we see, the ordinary shares issued and outstanding of P2,000,000 before the split remain unchanged
after the split of P2,000,000 also but the number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding increases
from 20,000 to 100,000 and the par value was reduced from P100 down to P20 par value per share.
SCRIP DIVIDENDS
Scrip Dividends are actually deferred cash dividends. These are being declared when a corporation has sufficient
Unrestricted Accumulated Profits and Losses to warrant declaration but does not have enough cash to pay
dividends. Scrip Dividends are written promise to pay a certain amount of money at future date. When interest-
bearing, interest is paid at maturity date.
To illustrate:
Banana Corporation declares 10% dividends on 5,000 ordinary shares, par value of P100 in one year at
12% interest rate. The entries to record both declaration and payment are:
PROPERTY DIVIDENDS
Property Dividends are dividend declared which are payable in terms of non-cash assets. Usually, securities like
shares and bonds that are required by the issuing corporation from other corporation are being distributed as
property dividends.
The Accounting Standards provide:
“Dividends Payable in non-cash assets (other than stocks) should be changed to Accumulated Profits
and Losses at cost or net book value of the non-cash assets distributed”.
To illustrate:
RFM Corporation owns 3,000 shares in DEF Corporation at a cost of P10 per share. When RFM
declared dividends, these DEF shares were distributed to shareholders instead of its own assets.
These entries to record declaration payment are as follows:
The Accounting Standards provides that, “Treasury Shares may be reissued dividends, in which case the cost
of the shares should be charged to Retained Earnings”.
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Moreover, Corporation Code of the Philippines, Section V, paragraph 3 states that,
“Treasury shares may be declared as property dividends to be issued out of the Retained Earnings
previously used to support their acquisition, provided that the amount of said Retained Earnings has not
been impaired by losses. Any declaration and issuance of treasury shares as property dividends shall be
disclosed and properly designated as property dividends in the books of the corporation and in its financial
statements”.
These are four (4) basic requirements in order for a share to become Treasury Shares.
They are as follows:
1. It should be the corporation’s own share
2. It has been issued and fully paid already
3. It is reacquired by the issuing corporation
4. It is reacquired not for the purpose of cancellation
Treasury Shares, though they are reacquired are not considered as Assets of the issuing corporation because
a corporation cannot own a part of itself. When these treasury shares are in the possession of the issuing
corporation, these have no more voting rights, nor does it have a preemptive right to participate in additional
issuance of shares and not entitled to dividends because a corporation cannot recognize income through dealing
with itself.
If corporation has more than one class of share, the Treasury Share account should indicate the class as
“Treasury Share-Ordinary” or “Treasury Share-Preference”.
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In this example, the corporation can purchase its own shares up to the extent of the Accumulated Profits and
Losses balance of P100,000. If the treasury shares were acquired at a cost of P100,000, the Shareholders’
Equity of Mango Corporation will appear as follows:
Ordinary Shares P500,000
Accumulated Profits and Losses 100,000
Total P600,000
Less Treasury Shares 100,000
Shareholders’ Equity P500,000
After the acquisition of treasury shares, the Accumulated Profits and Losses of P100,000
can no longer be available for dividend declaration, otherwise the legal capital of P500,000 will be reduced to
P400,000 which is violation to the “Trust Fund Concept”.
The cost of treasury shares should be shown in the Statement of Financial Position as a reduction from the
Shareholders’ Equity.
To illustrate:
Let as assume that Silvertown Corporation has the following capital account balances:
Contributed Capital:
Share Capital
Ordinary Share, authorized to issue
1,000 shares, par value, P100 issued 900 shares P90,000
Share Premium 10,000
Accumulated Profits and Losses 50,000
On Septemeber 1 Silvertown Corporation acquire its own shares of 200 at P105.
The Accumulated Profits and Losses of P50,000 is now broken down into:
The amount of P21,000 representing the Appropriated or Restricted portion of Accumulated Profits and Losses
cannot be available for dividend distribution. If there are no other restrictions in the Accumulated Profits and
Losses, P29,000 representing Free or Unrestricted Accumulated Profits and Losses portion is available for
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dividend distribution. The acquisition of the treasury shares did not impair the P90,000 legal capital of the
corporation.
After the acquisition of 200 shares of Treasury Shares, the number of shares outstanding had decreased to 700
shares (900-200). The 200 shares which are already called Treasury Shares have no voting rights and not
included in computing dividends.
The Shareholders’ Equity is composed of Total Contributed Capital and Accumulated Profit and Losses.
Therefore, the Shareholders’ Equity before deducting cost of Treasury Shares is P150,000.
D) If the Treasury Shares are sold, the appropriation of Accumulated Profits and Losses will be
reverted back to unappropriated Accumulated Profits and Losses in an amount equal to the
“cost” of the treasury shares regardless of what price these are sold.
To illustrate:
Assuming that of 200 Shares of the treasury shares, 150 shares were sold, to revert the Appropriated
back to unappropriated, the journal entry is:
Accumulated Profits and Losses
Appropriated for Treasury Shares P15,750
Accumulated Profit and Losses P15,750
To revert appropriation of Accumulated Profits
and Losses to Free. (150 shares x P105).
If the balance of 50 shares in the treasury will be sold, another entry to revert the appropriation is done in the
amount of P5,250 (50 shares x P105). By this time, the whole amount of P21,000 (P15,750 plus P5,250) is
reverted to Unappropriated or Free Accumulated Profits and Losses. Hence, can already be declared as
dividends.
The corporation may sell its treasury shares at any price or even below par provided it is reasonable price
approved by the Board of Directors. The distinction between Unissued Shares and Treasury Shares is of great
importance when shares are sold because Treasury Share can be sold at a discount while the Unissued Shares
cannot.
The Accounting Standards provides:
“Upon resale (Reissuance) of the treasury shares, the Treasury Share account is credited for cost. Gains
on such sales shall be credited to or Share Premium on Treasury Shares transactions for that class of
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share. Losses shall be charged against Share Premium but only to the extent of previous net gains from
sales or charges to Accumulated Profits and Losses. Gains and Losses of Treasury share should not be
credited or charged to income”
To have an easy understanding and clearer picture of the sale of treasury shares transaction, let us continue
with the use of the same illustrative problem, Silvertown Corporation.
To illustrate:
Silvertown Corporation has acquired 200 shares of treasury shares at P105 when the par value
was P100 per share. The cost of treasury shares is P21,000 (200 shares x P105). The 200 shares
were sold as follows:
30 shares for P105 (at cost)
70 shares for P120 (above cost)
100 shares for P100 (below cost)
A – Sold at cost – 30 shares were sold for P105
Cash P3,150
Treasury Shares P3,150
To record 30 shares of Treasury Shares sold
for P105 per share.
B – Sold above cost – 70 shares were sold for P120
Cash P8,400
Treasury Shares P7,350
Share Premium – Treasury Share Transaction 1,050
To record 70 shares of Treasury Shares sold
P120 per share computed as follows:
The loss was debited to Share Premium – Treasury Share Transaction because the gain was credited to the
said account. The amount of Share Premium that will be shown in the Shareholders’ Equity will be P550 as
shown in the T-account below:
Share Premium – Treasury Share
P 550
In an event wherein the amount of loss will be bigger than the amount of gain, the amount of difference is charge
to Accumulated Profits and Losses.
Computation:
Proceeds from sale (100 shares x P80) P8,000
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Less: Cost of Treasury Shares (100 shares x P105) 10,500
Loss P2,500
Journal Entry:
Cash P8,000
Share Premium – Treasury Share transactions 1,050
Accumulated Profits and Losses 1,450
Treasury Shares P10,500
shares for P80 per share
Since the amount of loss is P2,500 and net gain is P1,050, only P1,050 of the P2,500 loss can be charged
against Share Premium-Treasury Share Transaction account. The difference of P1,450 is charged to
Accumulated Profits and Losses. The Share Premium account will be closed while Accumulated Profits and
Losses account balance will be decreased as it is being debited.
Note:
If there are two classes of shares, Ordinary and Preference, the Share Premium account will be shown separately
as “Share Premium – Treasury Share Ordinary” or “Share Premium – Treasury Share Preference”. This is
because the Treasury Share account of each class should also be separately shown in the Shareholders’ Equity.
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Share Premium from Retirement of Share 3,000
DONORS SHARE
Donor Share are treasury shares. These are shares issued by the corporation, were fully paid but
were later given back by shareholders to said corporation in a form of donation. Since these do not
cost anything to the corporation when acquired, the receipt of the donated shares is recorded by a
memorandum entry only in the Treasury Share account in the General Ledger. When sold, the
proforma journal entry is:
Cash Pxx
Share Premium from Donated Capital Pxx
I – Essay
1. What is Accumulated Profits and Losses account? When is it increased? Decreased?
2. What is dividend?
3. Enumerate the important dates in dividend declaration?
4. What are treasury shares?
5. What is the difference between a treasury share and unissued share?
II – True or False
Instruction: Write “T” if the statement is correct and “F” if incorrect.
_____1. The accumulated profit and losses of a corporate entity is called “Accumulated Profits and Losses”
account.
_____2. Accumulated Profits and Losses account has a normal balance of a debt.
_____3. A “deficit” is a debit balance in the Accumulated Profits and Losses account.
_____4. Accumulated Profits and Losses is said to be in “deficit” when the accumulation of losses exceed
the accumulation of profit at the end of the year.
_____5. When accumulation profits and losses “deficit” exceeds the total of other capital account balances,
the caption “Capital Deficiency” instead of “Shareholders’ Equity” is used.
_____6. Deficiency in Accumulated Profits and Losses balance will decrease the Shareholders’ Equity.
_____7. Unappropriated Accumulated Profits and Losses is that portion of Accumulated Profits and
Losses that is appropriated for the purchase of treasury share, plant expansion and other contingencies.
_____8. As legal requirement, the law provides that a corporation should have an adequate amount of
Unappropriated Accumulated Profits and Losses in order to acquire its own shares.
_____9. When treasury shares are reissued or resold, the appropriation is beign reverted back to
Unappropriated Accumulated Profits and Losses which can be available for dividend distribution.
_____10. The dividends that the shareholders may receive representing the corporation’s accumulated
profit from operation is what we referred to as “dividends out of earnings”.
_____11. Cash dividends decrease the Shareholders’ Equity balance.
_____12. Dividends are always distribution of profits.
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_____13. Share corporations are prohibited from retaining surplus profits in excess of 100% of their Paid-
in Share Capital, except when justified by the circumstance.
_____14. The date of declaration is the date when liability “Dividends Payable” is paid and assets decrease
in case of cash or property dividends.
_____15. Subscribed Par Value shares are entitled to receive dividends provided they are no delinquent.
_____16. The Declaration of Share Dividends requires approval of shareholders representing not less than
two-thirds (1/2) of the outstanding share capital at a regular meeting called for the purpose.
_____17. Share dividends payable will result to increase Accumulated Profits and Losses and decreases
share capital.
_____18. In a share dividend distribution, the assets of the corporation are not affected.
_____19. Trust fund doctrine is where legal capital of the corporation is held intact for the protection with
the creditors.
_____20. Treasury share is an asset of the issuing corporation.
III – Problems
1. The Accumulated Profits and Losses account showed a credit balance o P165,000 on January 1, 20B after
closing the books of accounts on December 31, 20A, end of the fiscal year. The following errors were discovered
after closing:
a) Accrued salaries not recorded, P15,000
b) Merchandise Inventory Dec. 31 was understated by P4,000
c) Depreciation was overstated by P2,000
d) Expired portion of Prepaid Insurance not recorded, P5,000.
Required:
1. Compute the corrected Accumulated Profits and Losses balance, January 1, 20B
2. Prepare the necessary adjusting entries to correct the Accumulated Profits and Losses account
2. Bacolod Sugarland Corporation has an Accumulated Profits and Losses balances of P950,000 on January 1,
20A. At the end of 20A, the corporations’ net profit was P170,000. During the early part of 20A, the following
appropriations to Accumulated Profits and Losses were made:
a) For Plant Expansion P260,000
b) For Treasury Share 90,000
A cash dividend of P100,00 was declared and paid during 20A.
Required:
1. Journal entry to close 20A Net Profit to Accumulated Profits and Losses.
2. Journal entry to record Appropriation of Accumulated Profits and Losses.
3. Journal entry to declare and pay dividends.
4. Prepare Schedule of Accumulated Profits and Losses for the year ended December 31, 20A.
5. If the middle part of 20B, the plant expansion is completed, what is the necessary journal entry to return
the Appropriation to Accumulated Profits and Losses, Free or Unappropriated?
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c. a 10% share dividends to be capitalized at P1,200 market value
d. a 20% share dividend to be capitalized at par value
On August 1, 20A, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of P12.00 per share which were paid on
September 1, 20A. On December 1, 20A, the Board declared a 10% (small dividend) and the shares was P130
on December 1, 20A and P140 on December 15, 20A.
Required: Prepare journal entries for these dividend transactions.
5. The following corporate data were taken from the records of Negros Grains, Incorporated.
7% Preference Share, P50 par – 2,000 share were issued.
Ordinary Share, P100 par – 3,000 shares were issued
Accumulated Profits and Losses, P110,000
P80,000 is declared as cash dividends, no dividends were declared in the past two (2) years.
Required:
1. Pro-forma journal entries to record the declaration and payment of cash dividends when there are
two classes of shares being issued.
2. Prepare a Schedule of Cash Dividends Distribution showing the dividends per share assuming
that preference shares are:
a. Non-cumulative and Non-participating
b. Cumulative and Non-participating
c. Non-cumulative and Fully Participating
d. Cumulative and Fully Participating
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