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प्रश्न
Explain the process of dissolution of a partnership firm?
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उत्तर
Dissolution of partnership firm implies discontinuation of the business of the partnership firm. According to the Section 39 of Partnership Act, dissolution of partnership between all the partners of a firm is called dissolution of partnership firm. Dissolution involves winding up of business, disposal of assets and paying off the liabilities and distribution of any surplus or borne of loss by the partners of the firm. As per the Partnership Act 1932, a partnership firm may be dissolved in the following manners:
1) Dissolution by Agreement :
A firm may be dissolved with:
a) the consent of all the partners, or
b) the contract between the partners
2) Compulsory Dissolution :
A firm may be dissolved by:
a) the adjudication of all the partners or of all partners but one as insolvent
b) happening of an event or change in government policies that make the business unlawful.
3) Dissolution on the happening of Certain Contingencies
Subject to the contract between the partners, a firm is dissolved
a) if formed for a specific period then on the expiry of the period
b) if formed for a specific purpose then on completion of the purpose
c) on the death of partner/partners
d) on insolvency of a partner/partners
4) Dissolution by Notice
If partnership is at will then the partnership firm is dissolved if any partner giving notice in writing to all the other partners expressing his/her intention to dissolve the firm.
5) Dissolution by Court
The court may order to dissolve a partnership firm when:
a) a partner becomes insane or lunatic.
b) a partner becomes permanently incapable of performing the duties.
c) a partner is guilty of misconduct and affects the business activities.
d) a partner repeatedly breaks the terms of agreement .
e) a partner transfers his interest to a third party without the consent of other partners.
f) a business persistently incurs losses.
Besides these above mentioned circumstances, a partnership firm may be dissolved if the court at any stage finds dissolution of the firm to be justified and inevitable.
The following are the rules of settlement of accounts on dissolution as per the Section 48 of Partnership Act 1932.
1. Application of Assets: Amount received by the realisation (sale) of the assets shall be used in the following order:
a) First of all the external liabilities and expenses are to be paid.
b) Then, all loans and advances forwarded by the partners should be paid.
c) Then, the capital of each partners should be paid off. If there remains any surplus after the payment of (a), (b) and (c), then it should be distributed among the partners in their profit sharing ratio.
2.Treatment of Loss: In case of loss and any deficiency of capital, then this should be paid in the following order:
a) First these should be adjusted against firm's profits.
b) Then, against the total capital of the firm.
c) If still there exists any loss and deficiencies, then it should be borne by all the partners individually in their profit sharing ratio.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
State whether the following statement is True or False with reason.
The debit balance of insolvent partner’s Capital Account is known as a capital deficiency.
An account opened to find out the profit or loss on sale of assets and settlement of liabilities.
Distinguish between ‘Dissolution of partnership’ and Dissolution of partnership firm ‘on the basis of closure of Books.
G and H were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 9: 7. On 1.4.2015 their firm was dissolved. After transferring assets (other than cash) and outsider's liabilities to realisation account you are given the following information :
(a) Mohan, a creditor of Rs 2,30,000 accepted debtors of Rs 2,00,000 at a discount of 10% and the balance was paid to him by cheque.
(b) Sohan, a second creditor for Rs 7,00,000 accepted land of the book value of Rs 10,00,000 at Rs 15,00,000 and paid the balance to the firm by cheque.
(c) Ram, a third creditor for Rs 80,000 took over stock of book value of Rs 40,000 at Rs 30,000 and investments of Rs 48,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(d) Loss on dissolution was Rs 48,000.
Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of G and H.
C and D were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3:2. On 28-2-2016 the firm was dissolved. After transferring assets (other than cash) and outsiders' liabilities to realization account you are given the following information :
(a) A creditor for Rs 2 00,000 accepted building of Rs 2,80,000 at Rs 2,20,000 and paid the firm Rs 20,000.
(b) A second creditor for Rs 75,000 accepted furniture at Rs 60,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(c) A third creditor amounting to Rs 80,000 accepted Rs 20,000 in cash and investments of the book value of Rs 65,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(d) Loss on dissolution was Rs 7,500. Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of the firm assuming that all payments were made by cheque.
Prachi, Ritika and Ishita were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5 : 3: 2. In spite of repeated reminders by the authorities, they kept dumping hazardous material into a nearby river. The court ordered for the dissolution of their partnership firm on 31st March 2012. Prachi was deputed to realise the assets and pay the liabilities. She was aid Rs 1,000 as the commission for her services. The financial position of the firm was as follows:
| Liabilities | Rs | Assets | Rs |
|
Creditors Investment Fluctuation Fund Capitals Prachi Ritika |
2,00,000 30,000 30,000 40,000 |
Furniture Stock Investments Cash Ishita's Capital
|
37,000 5,500 15,000 9,000 18,000
|
| 84,500 | 84,500 |
Answer in one sentence only.
What is a capital deficiency?
Answer in one sentence only.
When is Realisation Account opened?
Answer in one sentence only.
Which accounts are not transferred to Realisation account?
Answer in one sentence only.
In what proportion is the balance on Realisation Account transferred to Partners’ Capital / Current Accounts?
Answer in one sentence only.
Which account is debited on payment of dissolution expenses?
Write the word / term / phrase, which can substitute the following statements.
Credit balance in Realisation Account.
Write the word / term / phrase, which can substitute the following statement.
Conversion of assets into cash on dissolution of firm.
Write the word / term / phrase, which can substitute the following statement.
Liability likely to arise in future on happening of certain events.
Write the word / term / phrase, which can substitute the following statement.
Expenses incurred on dissolution of a partnership firm.
State whether the following statement is True or False.
On dissolution Cash or Bank Account is closed automatically.
State whether the following statement is True or False with reason.
The insolvency loss at the time of dissolution of the firm is shared by the solvent partners in their profit sharing ratio.
If the number of partners in a firm falls below two, the firm stands_________.
Select the most appropriate alternative from those given below :
Realisation Account is __________on realisation of assets.
X, Y and Z were carrying on business. They share profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2 respectively. Their Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2010 was as under:
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2010
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) | |
| Sundry Creditors | 21000 | Plant and Machinery | 20000 | |
| Y’s loan | 5000 | Investment | 8000 | |
| Reserve fund | 20000 | Stock | ||
| Capital Account: | Debtors | 18000 | 17000 | |
| X | 20000 | Less : R.D.D | 1000 | |
| Y | 10000 | Cash in hand | 2000 | |
| Z | 4000 | Cash at Bank | 3000 | |
| 80000 | 80000 | |||
On the above date the firm was dissolved and the assets realised as under:
1) Investment Rs 5,000, Stock Rs 24,000 and Debtors Rs 15,000.
2) The Plant and Machinery was taken over by Mr. ‘X’ at book value.
3) Sundry Creditors and Mr. ‘Y’ loan were paid in full.
4) Realisation expenses incurred Rs 1,000.
Prepare Realisation Account, Partner’s Capital Account and Bank Account
A, B and C were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2:1. On 31st March, 2010. Their Balance Sheet was as follows:
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2010
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) | |
| Sundry Creditors | 15400 | Cash at Bank | 3500 | |
| Bills payable | 3600 | Stock | 19800 | |
| A’s loan A/c | 10000 | Debtors | 15000 | 14000 |
| Capital Account: | Less : Provision | 1000 | ||
| A | 20000 | Join Life Policy | 4000 | |
| B | 16000 | Plant and Machinery | 43700 | |
| C | 8000 | |||
| Reserve Fund | 12000 | |||
| 85000 | 85000 | |||
The firm was dissolved on 31st March, 2010 and the assets realised as follows:
1) Join Life Policy was taken over by Mr. A at Rs 5,000.
2) Stock realised Rs 18,000, Debtors realised Rs 14,500, Plant and Machinery was sold for Rs 36,000.
3) Liabilities were paid in full. In addition one bill for Rs 700 under discount was dishonoured and had to be taken up by the firm.
4) There were no realisation expenses.
Give the Journal entries and necessary Ledger Accounts to close the books of the firm.
Gautam, Viral and Ashwin were Partners sharing profits and losses equally. Their Balance sheet as on 31st December, 2011 was as follows:
Balance Sheet as on 31st December, 2011
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) |
| Capital Accounts: | Building | 73,900 | |
| Gautam | 75000 | Furniture | 44,100 |
| Virat | 45000 | Stock | 25,400 |
| Reserve Fund | 27,000 |
Debtors |
33,600 |
| Creditors | 48,500 | Cash | 15,000 |
| Bank Loan | 11,500 | Ashwin’s Capital | 15,000 |
| 207000 | 207000 |
The firm was dissolved due to insolvency of Ashwin and the following was the result.
(i) The realisation of Assets were as follows:
a) The stock was completely damaged and could realise worth Rs 16,500 only.
b) Building was sold for Rs 49,800.
c) Furniture was realised by the firm at Rs 23,100 less than the book value.
d) A Customer who owes Rs 14,400 became insolvent and nothing could be recovered from his private estate.
(ii) Creditors were paid for Rs 36,900 in full settlement and Bank Loan was discharged fully.
(iii) The expenses of realisation Rs 4,100
(iv) Ashwin became insolvent and the firm could recover only Rs 4,000 from his private estate.
Prepare Realisation A/c, Partner’s Capital A/c and cash A/c to close the books of the firm.
State the difference between dissolution of partnership and dissolution of partnership firm.
State whether the following statement is True or False.
At the time of disolution of a partnership firm all assets should be transfered to realiasation account.
Write the word/phrase/term/ which can substitute the following statement.
Expenses incurred on dissolution of firm.
Sangeeta, Anita, and Smita were in partnership sharing Profits and Losses in the ratio 2: 2: 1. Their Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2019 was as under:
| Balance Sheets as on 31st March, 2019 | |||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Capital: | Land | 2,10,000 | |
| Sangeeta | 60,000 | Plant | 20,000 |
| Anita | 40,000 | Goodwill | 15,000 |
| Smita | 30,000 | Debtors | 1,25,000 |
| Sangeeta’s Loan A/c | 1,20,000 | Loans and Advances | 15,000 |
| Sundry Creditors | 1,20,000 | Bank | 5,000 |
| Bills Payable | 20,000 | ||
| 3,90,000 | 3,90,000 | ||
They decided to dissolve the firm as follows:
1. Assets realised as; Land recovered ₹ 1,80,000; Goodwill for ₹ 75,000; Loans and Advances realised ₹ 12,000; 10% of the Debts proved bad;
2. Sangeeta took Plant at book value.
3. Creditors and Bills payable paid at 5% discount.
4. Sangeeta’s Loan was discharged along with ₹ 6,000 as Interest.
5. There was a contingent liability in respect of bills of ₹ 1,00,000 which was under discount. Out of them, a holder of one bill of ₹ 20,000 became insolvent
Show Realisation Account, Partners Capital Account, and Bank Account.
Write the word/term/phrase, which can substitute each of the following statements.
"Liability likely to arise in future on happening of certain events".
Consider the following statements
Statement 1: "On dissolution Cash or Bank Account is closed automatically".
Statement 2: This is done because of the double- entry system of book-keeping.
On the basis of the following data, how much final payment will be made to a partner on firm's dissolution?
Credit balance of capital account of the partner was ₹ 50,000. Share of loss on realisation amounted to ₹ 10,000. Firm's liability taken over by him was for ₹ 8,000.
On dissolution of a firm, a liability taken over by a partner is credited to ______.
What Journal Entry will be passed on dissolution of partnership firm, when creditors of ₹ 40,000 accepted investments of ₹ 50,000 (Book value)?
In the event of dissolution of the firm, the partner’s assets are first used for payment of the following:
At the time of dissolution, all assets are transferred to Realisation Account at their ______.
The court can make an order to dissolve the firm when ______.
Hema, Manisha and Limsy were in partnership firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2. They decided to dissolve their partnership firm on 31st March 2019 and their Balance sheet as on that date stood as:
| Balance sheet as on 31st March,2019 | |||
| Liabilities | Amount ₹ | Assets | Amount ₹ |
| Capital Account: | Machinery | 1,00,000 | |
| Hema | 1,50,000 | Debtors | 50,000 |
| Manisha | 80,000 | Stock | 70,000 |
| Reserve Fund | 10,000 | Cash at Bank | 30,000 |
| Sundry Creditors | 20,000 | Limsy Capital A/c | 20,000 |
| Bills payable | 10,000 | ||
| 2,70,000 | 2,70,000 | ||
The firm was dissolved on 31st March, 2019 and assets were realised as under:
- Machinery realised 60% of its book value.
- Out of debtors, Mr. Jagdish, our customer for ₹ 20,000 was declared insolvent and nothing could be recovered from him. Other debtors are good and recovered and realised.
- Hema took stock at an agreed value of ₹ 50,000.
- Creditors and Bills payable were paid at 10% discount.
- Limsy became insolvent and nothing was recovered from her estate.
Prepare:
- Realisation Account
- Partners’ Capital Account
- Bank Account
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
On dissolution, cash/bank account is closed automatically.
Amul and Anand are partners in the firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 4 : 1. They decided to dissolve the partnership on 31st March, 2023 on which date their Balance Sheet stood as follows:
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2023 | |||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | Amount (₹) |
| Capital: | Furniture | 19,600 | |||
| Amul | 1,26,000 | 1,82,000 | Plant | 91,000 | |
| Anand | 56,000 | Trademark | 11,200 | ||
| Sundry Creditors | 49,000 | Sundry Debtors | 67,200 | ||
| Bank Loan | 21 ,000 | Less: R.D.D. | 4,200 | 63,000 | |
| Stock | 42,000 | ||||
| Cash in Hand | 14,000 | ||||
| Advertisement Suspense | 11,200 | ||||
| 2,52,000 | 2,52,000 | ||||
Additional Information:
(1) Plant and Stock taken over by Amul at ₹ 1,09,200 and ₹ 30,800 respectively.
(2) Debtors realised 90% of the book value and Trademark at ₹ 7,000 and Goodwill was realised for ₹ 37,800.
(3) Unrecorded assets estimated ₹ 6,300 was sold for ₹ 2,100.
( 4) ₹ 1,400 Discount were allowed by creditors while paying their claim.
(5) The Realisation expenses amounted to ₹ 4,900.
You are required to prepare Realisation A/c, Cash A/c and Partner's Capital A/cs.
Lal, Bal and Pal were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2 : 2 : 1. The following is the Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2020.
| Balance sheet as on 31st March 2020 | ||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | |
| Capital A/c | Machinery | 50,000 | ||
| Lal | 60,000 | Investments | 24,000 | |
| Bal | 20,000 | Debtors | 55,000 | 52,000 |
| Pal | 20,000 | Less: R.D.D. | (3,000) | |
| General Reserve | 6,000 | Stock | 20,000 | |
| Creditors | 48,000 | Profit and loss A/c | 18,000 | |
| Bills Payable | 14,000 | Bank | 4,000 | |
| 168000 | 168000 | |||
On the above date the partners decided to dissolve the firm.
(1) Assets were realised as:
| Machinery | ₹ 45000 |
| Stock | ₹ 18000 |
| Investment | ₹ 21000 |
| Debtors | ₹ 45000 |
(2) Dissolution expenses were ₹ 3000.
(3) Goodwill of the firm realised ₹ 24000.
Prepare:
- Realisation Account
- Partner's Capital Account
- Bank Account.
