Prepare a liquidation schedule for the given partnership

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Installment liquidation, premature distributions, insolvent partners. Green Acres Enterprises is a partnership that constructs and sells assisted living facilities for the elderly. The ?rm has been in existence for seven years, and the partners have decided that the market for such facilities has become saturated and that the partnership should be liquidated. The partners Dvorak, Kelsen, and Morgan share pro?ts and losses 30%, 30%, and 40%, respectively. The following information, presented in chronological order, is relevant to the liquidation of the partnership.

a. The following balances existed prior to the commencement of the liquidation:

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Assets		Liabilities and Capital
Cash	$ 15,000	Accounts payable . .	$ 80,000
Accounts receivable	60,000	Note payable-mortgage . .	450,000
Inventory	90,000	Note payable-Kelsen .	40,000
Prepaid assets . .	12,000	Contingent liability .	83,000
Furniture and ?xtures (net) . .	150,000	Dvorak, capital .	20,000
Of?ce equipment (net) . .	30,000	Kelsen, capital . .	47,000
Vehicles (net)	30,000	Morgan, capital	17,000
Assisted living home (net) . .	350,000
Total assets	$737,000	Total liabilities and capital	$737,000

b. Accounts receivable with a book value of $40,000 were collected in the amount of $30,000. The inventory was sold for $60,000.

c. All the prepaid amounts were refunded to the company with the exception of $2,000 that was forfeited.

d. The partners agreed that any additional available cash should be used to pay off the accounts payable rather than the contingent liability.

e. Of?ce equipment with a book value of $15,000 and a fair value of $12,000 was distributed to Morgan. A vehicle with a book value of $10,000 and a fair value of $8,000 was distributed to Dvorak.

f. The of?ce equipment and vehicles were sold for 80% of their book value.

g. The contingent liability was settled for $43,000.

h. The partners agreed that 90% of any available cash should be distributed to the partners in as safe a manner as possible. At this time it was assumed that the value of noncash assets would be at least adequate to pay off the remaining liabilities.

i. The furniture and ?xtures were consigned to a broker who sold them for net proceeds of $120,000.

j. The balance of the accounts receivable had been turned over to a collection agency, and the partnership received $5,000 upon ?nal settlement of all accounts.

k. The assisted living home proved dif?cult to dispose of and was ?nally sold for $400,000. Furthermore, legal fees and brokers' commissions totaling $25,000 were incurred in connec- tion with the sale. The note payable-mortgage was paid off in full in addition to previously unrecorded interest in the amount of $5,000.

l. Prior to distributing the remaining cash, partners with de?cit balances were required to make the necessary contribution from net personal assets. At that time, the net assets (liabilities) of the partners were as follows: Dvorak, ($8,000); Kelsen, $140,000; and Morgan, $10,000.

m. All available cash was distributed to the partners.

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1. Prepare a liquidation schedule for the above partnership.

2. Determine whether the distributions of of?ce equipment and vehicles to the individual partners were, in fact, ''safe'' distributions.

3. What is the nature of the claim solvent partners have against a partner who is not able to satisfy a de?cit capital balance?

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