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Which of the following would not be (True) in the event that a newly admitted partner pays more than book value for his/her investment in a partnership?

a. Assign a bonus to the prior partners
b. Record unrecognized goodwill and allocate it to the prior partners
c. Record no revaluations, bonus, or goodwill
d. Revalue net assets up to market value and allocate to prior partners

Sagot :

Answer:

c. Record no revaluations, bonus, or goodwill

Explanation:

As new incoming partner is giving more than the investment required it means there is some goodwill or revaluations or bonus involved which requires to be treated in the books otherwise it will be assumed that accounts are not properly reported and capital accounts will not be justified. Third option says no revaluations, bonus or goodwill will be recorded which is wrong.