Answer:
The cash distribution is subtracted from the investor's partnership basis
Explanation:
When partners wish to distribute more money than their earnings, then the amount of money distributed above the earnings' distribution must be subtracted from the partners' capital accounts.
For example, 3 partners each invested $50,000 in a partnership. The current year's profit is only $10,000, but the partners wish to distribute $25,000. The difference between the distribution and the profit = $15,000 which will be subtracted from the capital account (= $150,000 - $15,000 = $135,000).