Question

Newland and Palermo form a partnership. Newland contributes land with a book value of $50,000 and a fair value of $60,000. Newland also contributes equipment with a book value of $52,000 and a fair value of $57,000. The partnership assumes a $20,000 mortgage on the land. What should be the balance in Newland’s capital account upon formation of the partnership?

Answer 1

$97,000

Explanation:

The computation of capital account balance is shown below:-

capital account balance = Fair market value of Land + Equipment fair market value - Mortgage on the land

Capital account balance = $60,000 + $57,000 - $20,000

= $97,000

Therefore for computing the balance of capital account we simply added the fair market value of land and equipment fair market value and deduct the mortgage on the land and we ignore the book values as its not relevant to compute the balance of capital account.