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During a liquidation, if a partner’s capital account balance drops below zero, what Should Happen?
- The other partners file a legal suit against the partner with the deficit balance.
- The partner with the highest capital balance contributes sufficient assets to eliminate the deficit.
- The deficit balance is removed from the accounting records with only the remaining partners sharing in future gains and losses.
- The partner with a deficit contributes enough assets to offset the deficit balance.
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