ACCTG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Intangible Asset, Capital Account, Weighted Arithmetic Mean

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Recording the formation of a partnership capital interest each partner to receive should be recorded in partnership agreement. Noncash are properly recorded at fair value on date of investment, also liabilities assumed are at fair value. Journal entry to record initial investment (wright and young agree capital interest = fair value of. Write na invested = ,000; young na invested = ,000. A problem results if fair value of na given does not equal agreed upon capital interest. 2 methods can be used to record formation: Are saying wright has something additional that he/she is contributing but reluctant to recognize an intangible asset or a value for it can"t be determined objectively. Recognize goodwill of ,000 and corresponding increase in wright"s capital account. Unless the intangible can be specifically identified like a patent, probably should not be recognized. It is difficult to justify recognition of an unspecified intangible such as goodwill on books of new partnership with no earnings record.

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