- 82 - W & A Payroll Service On July 1, 1986, Fred and Bruce organized and promoted W & A Payroll Service (W & A) as a general partnership. BBPA prepared a schedule for cash receipts of W & A through March 31, 1988, and a schedule of W & A's cash disbursements through June 30, 1988. BBPA made adjusting journal entries as of January 1, 1987, and January 1, 1988. W & A was in substance similar to the earlier partnerships. There were, however, some notable differences, chiefly the absence of any checks or notes in the partnership's financial transactions. As with the previous partnerships, W & A used the calendar year as its tax year and the cash method of accounting from its inception until December 31, 1987. It also had the same address as BBPA. W & A had a bank account at the First Jersey Bank/South (First Jersey) Bank, which was the payroll account. Andrew Bryen, Fred's brother and a partner in W & A, was an authorized signatory on the W & A payroll account at the First Jersey Bank. Andrew has an eighth-grade education. He owns half of a meat company, of which Fred was the vice president. With respect to Fred's financial directives, Andrew "trusted anything Fred said, and if he told me--if he sent something over for me to sign, I'd sign it. I wouldn't even look at it. I'd just sign it." AndrewPage: Previous 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 Next
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