As stated in the definition, a
Partnership is a contract of 2 or more
persons..and the contract is known as
the Articles of Co Partnership. The
information that must be shown in the
contract are listed on page 37.
The initial investments or
contributions of the partners may be
in the form of cash, non cash or
property or industry referring to the
special skills or talents of a partner
related to the operation of the
business,
Journal entries to record the
investments/contributions for the
formation of the partnership arepresented on pages 42 to 52,
Cash investments are recorded at
face value,.meaning the peso value
contributed by the partner..if the
partner invested P 100,000, it will be
recorded as P 100,000, When we say it
will be recorded, it means the journal
entry that must be prepared,
For non cash or property invested, it
must be recorded at agreed value, the
value as agreed upon by the partners.
However, in the absence of an
agreement, the said property will be
recorded at fair value at the DATE it
was invested by the partner,A partner who contributed his special
skills or his industry will be recorded
as @ memorandum entry,
Examples on the journal entries about
the different contributions/
investments of the partners are
presented and discussed on pages 42
and 43 ( Illustration A),
The partners will each have a
separate Capital and Drawing
accounts,
The debits (decreases) and credits
(increases) to the capital account and
Drawing account are illustrated using
the T account as presented on page 41,