Accounting
Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337272094
Author: WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 12, Problem 12.1CP
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Ethical Case Study

Case Summary:

Dr. B and Dr. R are sole owners of two medical practices that operate in the same medical building. The two doctors agree to combine assets and liabilities of the two businesses to form a partnership. As per the partnership agreement the income will be divided equally between two doctors. After several months of partnership a conversation took place between the two partners, where Dr. B said Dr. R that he had noticed that the patient load of Dr. R has dropped over the last couple of months. When they formed partnership they both were seeing same number of patients per week, but the present patient record of Dr. R shows that he is seeing half as many as patients seeing by Dr. B. So Dr. B enquired if there is any issue with Dr. R which he should be aware of. Dr. R responded that there was no issue and one of his reasons of joining partnership was that he wanted to enjoy his life little more and scale back a little bit. To which Dr. B said that he is working as hard as when he was on his own, but making less money than previously. He said both of them sharing half of each other billings, and as Dr. R is working less than him so he is ending up on the short end of the bargain. Dr. R responded that it’s the agreement, and partnership is based on 50/50 split. To which Dr. B replied that it should be applied to the effort end of the equation as that is applied to the income end.

To discuss: If Dr. R is acting in ethical manner and how Dr. B can renegotiate the partnership agreement to avoid the dispute?

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Chapter 12 Solutions

Accounting

Ch. 12 - Prob. 12.1APECh. 12 - Prob. 12.1BPECh. 12 - Prob. 12.2APECh. 12 - Prob. 12.2BPECh. 12 - Prob. 12.3APECh. 12 - Prob. 12.3BPECh. 12 - Prob. 12.4APECh. 12 - Prob. 12.4BPECh. 12 - Liquidating partnerships Prior to liquidating...Ch. 12 - Prob. 12.5BPECh. 12 - Prob. 12.6APECh. 12 - Prob. 12.6BPECh. 12 - Revenue per employee Niles and Cohen, CPAs earned ...Ch. 12 - Prob. 12.7BPECh. 12 - Prob. 12.1EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.2EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.3EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.4EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.5EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.6EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.7EXCh. 12 - LLC net income and statement of members equity...Ch. 12 - Prob. 12.9EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.10EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.11EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.12EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.13EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.14EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.15EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.16EXCh. 12 - Statement of members' equity, admitting new member...Ch. 12 - Distribution of cash upon liquidation Hewitt and...Ch. 12 - Distribution of cash upon liquidation David Oliver...Ch. 12 - Prob. 12.20EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.21EXCh. 12 - Liquidating partnershipscapital deficiency...Ch. 12 - Prob. 12.23EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.24EXCh. 12 - Prob. 12.25EXCh. 12 - Revenue per professional staff The accounting firm...Ch. 12 - Revenue per employee Superior Cleaning Services,...Ch. 12 - Prob. 12.1APRCh. 12 - Prob. 12.2APRCh. 12 - Prob. 12.3APRCh. 12 - Prob. 12.4APRCh. 12 - Prob. 12.5APRCh. 12 - Prob. 12.6APRCh. 12 - Prob. 12.1BPRCh. 12 - Prob. 12.2BPRCh. 12 - Prob. 12.3BPRCh. 12 - Prob. 12.4BPRCh. 12 - Prob. 12.5BPRCh. 12 - Statement of partnership liquidation On August 3,...Ch. 12 - Prob. 12.1CPCh. 12 - Prob. 12.3CPCh. 12 - Prob. 12.4CP
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