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CPA Partnership Questions with Professor F
Professor F will be discussing CPA questions related to partnerships,
which are covered on the FAR CPA exam and in advanced accounting
courses. The way he teaches on his website is different than a CPA
course, as he teaches assuming no prior knowledge. The session wi ll
cover these questions and their answers in a video from his office
studio, which will be uploaded to YouTube. The interview will be
conducted at 8:30am on Monday.
Understanding Partnership Accounting
Let's take a look at partnership accounting and how to solve for certain
variables. For example, if two partners agree to share profits and losses
equally, and one partner contributes land with a mortgage, the total net
worth of the partnership changes. To solve for the new partnership net
worth, we need to understand the difference between the goodwill and
bonus method. Lectures.com is a great resource for learning about
these methods and their applications.
The bonus method can increase individual partner's accounts
without changing the total net assets of the partnership.
The goodwill method creates an intangible asset that is created
when partners withdraw from the partnership.
It's important to understand these methods before taking the CPA
exam, as questions related to them may come up. For solving for
variables, we'll need to consider the new total net worth of the
partnership, and we can use the full and partial methods for accounting.
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