Distribute the net income of the partnership

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Assignment: The assignment consists of four parts. The main Part ("Part A") requires the preparation and lodgement of an individual ("I") income tax return for Peter Piper ("Peter") using GovReports.

The completion of Part A will require the input of data either contained in the following attachments to this document, or which you determine as a consequence of completing the other three parts of the assignment. :

1. background information and Peter's personal financial transactions for tax purposes;
2. the financial records of his business Peter Piper's Pool ;
3. Peter's share of the net income of the partnership Pool Resources; and
4. the amount distributed to Peter from The Piper Family Trust.

The other three parts of the assignment are:
- Part B - the calculation of the net income for tax purpose of Peter Piper's Pool;
- Part C - the calculation of and the distribution of the net income of Pool Resources; and
- Part D - basically the calculation of the tax payable by the trustee of The Piper Family Trust.

Part A

Background information and Peter Piper's personal financial transactions for tax purposes

Peter Piper is a resident and is employed as a part-time pocket billiards (i.e. pool) instructor. He also owns a business, Peter Piper's Pool, which sells pool tables and equipment, and is a partner with Frank in a lucrative business, Pooled Resources, that buys old pool tables and refurbishes them for resale.

As an instructor Peter was paid a gross salary of $63,000 during the 2014/15 income year. He also made a net capital gain of $30,000 from the sale of an old pool table that he had purchased for himself 2 years ago. He is a shareholder in a company and received a partly franked dividend of $7,000 which had $1,000 of franking credits allocated to it. He is also a beneficiary of The Piper Family Trust. Personally. Peter is entitled to the following deductions: $800 (for the cost of a seminar he attended on Honing Your Pool Skills ), $700 (for the decline in value of a computer he uses for work-related matters), $560 (for repairs to the pool cues he lends to students attending his classes), $540 (for fees charged by his accountant for the preparation of his tax return for the previous income year), and $300 (donation to a charity that is a registered as a deductible gift recipient in payment of which Peter receives 6 tickets in a car raffle). Peter has paid for private health insurance for him and for his wife for the whole income year which cost him $4,000. PAYG withheld on Peter's behalf amounted to $15,500.

Part B

Peter Piper's Pool

In his business Peter uses the accruals basis of accounting. He provides you with the following information for the year ended 30/6/2015. All amounts exclude GST.

Receipts

$

Cash sales

515,000

Debtors (for credit sales, including the $10,000 owing at 30/6/2014)

100,000

Insurance proceeds: damaged stock

7,000

Insurance proceeds: storm damage to broken windows and carpets

13,000

Bank loan to make alterations to the store (Funds were borrowed on 1/10/2014. The loan is due for repayment on 30/9/2019.)

33,000

Bad debt recovered (debt written off in 2013/14)

1,000

Payments

 

Cash purchases

80,000

Creditors (for credit purchases, including the $23,000 owing at 30/6/2014)

215,000

PAYG instalments

41,500

Council rates - business

6,000

Legal expenses in relation to the bank loan

2,000

Entertainment of suppliers and large customers

1,660

Repairs after storm damage to windows and carpets

12,000

Staff wages

80,000

Superannuation for staff

7,600

Alterations to the store (Note 1)

45,000

Cash drawings

90,000

Advertising (Note 3)

7,000

Other deductible expenditure

10,000

Stock on hand at 1/7/2014: $16,000; 30/6/2015: $19,000 Debtors at 1/7/2014: $10,000; 30/6/2015: $6,000 Creditors at 1/7/2014: $23,000; 30/6/2015: $25,000

Note 1: The alterations commenced on 1/9/2014 and were completed on 30/11/2014.

Note 2: Motor vehicle expenses, including decline in value, were $12,800. A log book kept for 12 weeks in 2014 showed business usage of 45%. Peter uses the log book method.

Note 3: Peter's records showed that he had taken cues from stock which had cost $4,170.

Note 4: Peter advertises his store at the local movie-theatre. He entered into an eighteen-month contract on 1/5/2015 that cost $7,000.

The amount pre-paid at 30/6/2014 on a previous contract was $4,000. This contract expired on 31/10/14.

Required:

Showing all workings, calculate the net income of the business

Part C

Pooled Resources

Peter and Frank's business opened on 1 July 2014. The accounting profits and losses are to be shared equally after adjusting for special partnership items. The following transactions were recorded in the partnership's cashbook in the year ended 30 June 2015.

Receipts

$

Cash sales

220,000

Bank loan

55,000

Loan from Frank

45,000

Interest on drawings - Peter

500

Interest on drawings - Frank

750

 

 

Payments

 

Rent of shop and sundry expenses (all deductible)

35,000

Salary of part-time assistant

25,000

Salary of Peter

35,000

Salary of Frank

60,000

Superannuation contributions for assistant

250

Bank loan repayments - principal

2,800

Bank loan repayments - interest

1,500

Interest on capital - Peter

1,000

Interest on capital - Frank

1,000

Interest on loan from Frank

2,500

Drawings - Peter

6,000

Drawings - Frank

12,000

Purchase of trading stock

60,000

The closing stock as at 30 June 2015 amounted to $28,000.

Required:

Showing all workings:

1. Calculate the net income of the partnership for the year ended 30 June 2015; and

2. Distribute the net income of the partnership for the year ended 30 June 2015.

Part D

The Piper Family Trust

The Piper Family Trust (a family trust election having been made by the trustee) was created by Peter some years ago for investment purposes. The Trust Deed provides that all the trust's income may be either retained by the trustee or distributed to the beneficiaries.

In the year 2014/15 the trust derived trust net income of $35,000.

The trustee used his discretion to distribute the following cash amounts to the stated beneficiaries:

Peter Piper

 

$10,000

James Piper

Peter's brother

10,000

Scott Piper

James' 17 year old son

2,000

Jennifer Piper

James' 12 year old daughter

2,000

Oliver Piper

James' 1 year old son

1,000

The trustee also applied some of the remaining net income as follows:

- $3,000 was set aside to pay for any future veterinary care of the two horses "Hammer" and "Tongs" which had belonged to Peter's father, now deceased.
- $2,000 was paid for Scott's university fees, books and a new lap-top computer.
- $1,500 was set aside to help pay for Oliver's day care when he reaches 3 years of age.
- $500 was used to pay James' speeding fines.

Required:

Showing all workings:

1. List any amounts for which there is no present entitlement as at 30 June 2015;

2. Determine the balance retained by the trustee as at 30 June 2015; and

3. Calculate the tax payable by the trustee for the year ended 30 June 2015.

Reference no: EM131055410

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