Tommy and Gilbert agree to combine their businesses and form a partnership on 3 January...

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Tommy and Gilbert agree to combine their businesses and form a partnership on 3 January 2015. They agree that their opening capital balances in the new partnership should be the same and set the amount at $100 000, and they also agree to use direct method to maintain its bad debts. The fair value and the carrying amount of the assets contributed by each partner and the liabilities assumed by the partnership are shown below:

Tommy Gil
carry amount fair value carry amount fair value
cash at bank 6,200 6,200 5,800 5,800
accounts receivable 13,000 12,800 15,000 11,400
Inventory 22,000 21,500 18,500 18,300
Equipment 72,000 48,000 75,000 32,000
Accumdepreciation (18,600) - (26,500) -
Accounts payable 13,400 13,400 12,800 12,800

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Prepare entries in general journal form to record the formation of the partnership (ignore GST)

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