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प्रश्न
State the difference between dissolution of partnership and dissolution of partnership firm.
Mention two differences between dissolution of a partnership and dissolution of a firm.
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उत्तर
| Basis of Difference | Dissolution of Partnership | Dissolution of Partnership firm |
| Meaning | It means change in the partnership deed (or the agreement) among the partners. | It means that the business is wound up and the firm is dissolved. |
| Discontinuation | Business is not discontinued. | Business is discontinued, as the firm is dissolved. |
| Closure of Books of Accounts | Books of accounts are not closed, as there is only change in the existing agreement between the partners. | Books of accounts are closed, as the business is discontinued. |
| Assets and Liabilities | In this case, the assets and liabilities are revalued. | In this case, all the assets are sold off in order to pay the liabilities of the business. |
| Role of Court | There is no intervention by the court. | Dissolution of a partnership firm may be done with the consent of the court. |
| Nature | It is voluntary in nature. | It may be voluntary (as per the discretion of the partners) or compulsory (as per the order of the court). |
| Effect | It may or may not involve dissolution of the firm. | It necessarily involves dissolution of both the partnership as well as of the partnership firm. |
Notes
Students should refer to the answer according to their questions.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Dissolution expenses are credited to ______.
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.
Mr. Aaba and Mr. Baba are equal partners whose Balance Sheet as on 31 st March, 2012 was as under:
Balance Sheet as on
31st March, 2012
| Liabilities | Amount(Rs.) | Assets | Amount(Rs.) |
| Sundry Creditors | 16000 | Cash in hand | 500 |
|
Capital A/c Aaba Baba |
2000 2000 |
Stock | 4500 |
| Debtors | 4000 | ||
| Plant and machinery | 5000 | ||
| Furniture | 2000 | ||
| Land and Building | 4000 | ||
| 20000 | 20000 |
Due to weak financial position of the partners the firm is dissolved.
Aaba and Baba are not able to contribute anything from their private estate, hence they are declared insolvent.
The assets are realised as follows :-
Stock Rs. 3,000, Plant and Machinery Rs. 3,000, Furniture Rs. 1,000, Land and Building Rs. 2,000 and Debtors Rs. 1,000 only.
Realisation expenses amounted to Rs. 500.
You are required to prepare necessary Ledger Accounts to close the books of the firm.
An account opened to find out the profit or loss on sale of assets and settlement of liabilities.
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Liabilities
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Amount
(Rs. )
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Assets
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Amount
(Rs.)
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Amount
(Rs.)
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Capital Account
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Machinery
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25,000
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||
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A
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30,000
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Stock
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10,000
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B
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10,000
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Debtors
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27,500
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C
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10,000
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Less: R.D.D.
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1,500
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26,000
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General Reserve
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3,000
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Investment
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12,000
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Creditors
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20,000
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Profit and Loss A/c
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9,000
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A’s Loan Account
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4,000
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Bank
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2,000
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Bills Payable
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7,000
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|||
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84,000
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84,000
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On the above date, the partners decide to dissolve the firm.(1) Assets were realised as -
Machinery Rs. 22,500, Stock Rs. 9,000, Investment Rs. 10,500, Debtors Rs. 22,500
(2) Dissolution expenses were Rs. 1,500.
(3) Goodwill of the firm realised Rs. 12,000
Pass the necessary journal entries int he books of the firm.
Distinguish between 'Dissolution of Partnership' and 'Dissolution of Partnership Firm on the basis of 'Economic Relationship'.
Lal and Pal were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3: 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) A creditor of Rs.3,60,000 accepted machinery valued at Rs.5,00,000 and paid to the firm Rs.1,40,000.
(b) A Second creditor for Rs.50,000 accepted stock at Rs.45,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(c) A third creditor amounting to Rs.90,000 accepted Rs.45,000 in cash and investments worth Rs.43,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(d) Loss on dissolution was Rs.15,000.
Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of firm assuming that all payments were made by cheque.
R and L were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 13:7. On 4-3-2016 their firm was dissolved. After transferring assets (other than cash) and outsiders liabilities to the realization account, you are given the following information :
(a) Subh, a creditor for Rs 4,90,000 accepted building at Rs 6,50,000 and paid the balance to the firm by a cheque.
(b) Sudha, a second creditor for Rs 1, 80,000 accepted machinery of the book value of Rs 1,80,000 at Rs 1,76,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(c) Sudhir, a third creditor for Rs 2,00,000 accepted investments of Rs 1,20,000 and a bank draft of Rs 79,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(d) Loss on dissolution was Rs 30,000. Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of the firm
Assets and liabilities are transferred to Realisation Account at their ______ value.
Akbar and Birbal were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2 respectively. Their balance sheet as on 31st march , 2013 was as follows :
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2013
| Liabilities | Amount | Assets | Amount | |
| Capital A/c’s: | Plant and Machinery | 40,000 | ||
| Akbar | 60,000 | Furniture | 12,000 | |
| Birbal | 40,000 | Sundry debtors | 61,000 | 60,000 |
| General reserve | 20,000 | Less: R.D.D. | 1,000 | |
| Sundry creditors | 39,700 | Stock | 28,300 | |
| Bank | 19,400 | |||
| 1,59,700 | 1,59,700 | |||
On the above date, the firm was dissolved and the assets realised were as follows :
Plant and machinery ₹ 30,000.
Sundry debtors ₹ 58,000.
Furniture was taken over by Akbar for ₹ 10,000 and stock by Birbal for 27,000.
Sundry creditors were paid ₹ 38,000 in full settlement of their claim.
Realisation expenses amounted to ₹ 2,000.
Prepare :
(1) Realisation Account
(2) Partners’ Capital Accounts
(3) Bank Account
Answer in one sentence only.
Who should bear the capital deficiency of an insolvent partner?
Write the word / term / phrase, which can substitute the following statement.
Debit balance of an insolvent Partner’s Capital Account.
State whether the following statement is True or False.
On dissolution Bank Overdraft is transferred to Realisation Account.
State whether the following statements is True or False.
A Solvent partner having debit balance to his Capital Account does not share the deficiency of Insolvent Partner’s Capital Account.
In case of dissolution assets and liabilities are transferred to ______ A/c.
Anil and Sunil were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3: 2. Their Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2009.
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2009 | |||
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) |
| Capital Account: | Bank | 30,000 | |
| Anil | 50,000 | Stock | 25,000 |
| Sunil | 30,000 | Debtors | 70,000 |
| Current Account: | Plant | 45,000 | |
| Anil | 15,000 | Building | 35,000 |
| Sunil | 10,000 | ||
| Creditors | 87,000 | ||
| Bills payable | 13,000 | ||
| 2,05,000 | 2,05,000 | ||
The firm was dissolved on the above date and the assets realised as under:
1) Stock Rs 20,000, Debtors Rs 60,000, Plant Rs 40,000 and Building Rs 30,000.
2) Anil agreed to pay off the bills payable.
3) Creditors were paid in full.
4) Dissolution expenses were Rs 7,000.
Prepare:
(i) Realisation Account
(ii) Bank Account
(iii) Current Account and Capital Account of the partners.
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
Distinguish between firm’s debts and partner’s private debts.
What is a Realisation Account?
Rahul, Rohit and Ramesh were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:2:1 respectively. The Balance Sheet as on 31.03.2013 was as follows :
Balance Sheet as on 31st Mar, 2013
| Liabilities |
Amount
(Rs.)
|
Assets |
Amount
(Rs.)
|
Amount
(Rs.)
|
| Sundry Creditors | 20,000 | Cash at Bank | 8000 | |
| Bills Payable | 5,000 |
Debtors
|
16000 | |
| General Reserve | 6,000 | Less : R.D.D. | (1000) | 15,000 |
| Rahul’s Loan A/c | 16,000 | Stock | 20,000 | |
| Capital Account | Plant and Machinery | 30,000 | ||
| Rahul | 25,000 | Furniture | 6,000 | |
| Rohit | 10,000 | Ramesh’s Capital Account | 3,000 | |
| 82000 | 82000 |
All activities of partnership firm cease on _________ of firm.
Give the word/term/phrase which can substitute the following statement.
Debit balance of Realisation account.
Give the word/term/phrase which can substitute the following statement.
An account opened to find out the Profit or Loss on realisation of Assets and settlement of Liabilities.
State whether the following statement is True or False with reason.
The firm must be dissolved on the retirement of a partner.
State whether the following statement is True or False with reason.
At the time of the dissolution of partnership, all assets should be transferred to Realisation Account.
Realisation profit of a firm is ₹ 6,000, partners share Profit & Loss in the ratio of 3: 2: 1. Calculate the amount of Realisation Profit to be credited to Partners Capital A/c.
Leela, Manda, and Kunda are partners in the firm ‘Janki Stores’ sharing Profits and Losses in the ratio of 3:2:1 respectively. On 31st March 2018, they decided to dissolve the firm when their Balance Sheet was as under.
| Balance Sheets as on 31st March 2018. | |||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Creditors | 28,800 | Building | 1,02,000 |
| Bills Payable | 21,600 | Machinery | 73,000 |
| Capital A/c’s | Motor Car | 1,67,600 | |
| Leela | 2,27,160 | Goodwill | 45,600 |
| Manda | 1,44,000 | Investment | 62,400 |
| Kunda | 1,08,000 | Debtors | 30,600 |
| Stock | 45,000 | ||
| Bank | 3,360 | ||
| 5,29,560 | 5,29,560 | ||
Leela agreed to take over the Building at ₹ 1,23,600. Manda took over Goodwill, Stock, and Debtors at Book values and agreed to pay Creditors and Bills payable. Motor Car and Machinery realised ₹ 1,51,080 and ₹ 31,680 respectively. Investments were taken by Kunda at an agreed value of ₹ 55,440. Realisation expenses amounted to ₹ 6,800.
Pass necessary entries in the books of ‘Janki Stores.’
The dissolution of partnership may take place in the following ways?
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.
In the event of dissolution of the firm, the partner’s assets are first used for payment of the following:
Which of the following is the characteristic of a partnership firm?
Complete the table.
| Debit side total of Realisation A/c |
Credit side total of Realisation A/c |
Loss on Realisation |
| ₹ 20,000 | ? | ₹ 4,000 |
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
Pass the necessary journal entries for the following transactions on the dissolution of the partnership firm of Tina and Rina after various assets (other than cash) and external liabilities have been transferred to Realisation Account:
- An unrecorded asset of ₹ 18,000 was taken over by Tina at ₹ 16,000.
- Rina agreed to pay her brother's loan of ₹ 23,000.
- Stock of ₹ 30,000 was taken over by a creditor of ₹ 40,000 in full settlement.
- Expenses of dissolution ₹ 40,000 were paid by Rina.
- Creditors were paid ₹ 18,800 in full settlement of their account of ₹ 20,000.
- Tina's loan of ₹ 15,000 was paid through a cheque.
Pass necessary Journal Entries for the following transactions on the dissolution of a partnership firm of Mita and Sonu on 31st March, 2022 after the various assets other than cash and third party liabilities have been transferred to the Realisation Account.
- Creditors of ₹ 90,000 took over Land and Building of ₹ 2,00,000 in full settlement of their claim.
- Sonu took over debtors amounting to ₹ 50,000 at ₹ 40,000.
- Realisation expenses ₹ 1,800 were paid by Sonu.
- A machine which was not recorded in the books was taken over by Mita at ₹ 11,000 while its expected market value was ₹ 15,000.
- Sortu agreed to pay off his wife's loan of ₹ 20,000.
- Profit on dissolution amounted at ₹ 50,000.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
On dissolution, cash/bank account is closed automatically.
Complete the following table:
| Debit side total of Realisation A/c | Credit side total of Realisation A/c | Loss on Realisation |
| ₹ 30,000 | ? | ₹ 24,000 |
| ? | ₹ 10,000 | ₹ 40,000 |
Following is the Balance sheet of Ram, Shyam and Murari as on 31st March, 2023.
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Capital | Furniture | 10,800 | |
| Ram | 18,000 | Debtors | 72,000 |
| Shyam | 10,800 | Stocks | 86,400 |
| Creditors | 1,44,000 | Cash | 3,600 |
| Ram's Loan | 36,000 | 3,600 | 36,000 |
| 2,08,800 | 2,08,800 |
Due to the inability to pay the creditors, the firm is dissolved, Shyam and Murari cannot pay anything. Ram can contribute only ₹ 5,400 from his private estate. Stock realised ₹ 54,000. Debtors realised ₹ 57,600 and Furniture is sold for ₹ 3,600. Realisation Expenses amounted to ₹ 10,800.
Prepare necessary Ledger account to close the books of the firm.
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.
A firm having a debtor of ₹ 30,000 from whom the amount was due on 30th June, 2023, gets dissolved on 31st March, 2023. The debtor cleared his dues on the date of dissolution of the firm at a discount of 4% per annum.
Give the journal entry passed by the firm to realise the payment from the debtor.
Ira (a partner in a firm) was allowed to retain the whole of the stock as her remuneration for services rendered by her in the course of dissolution of the firm. The value of stock was ₹ 10,000 which had been transferred to the Realisation Account.
Complying with the accounting principle of full disclosure, record the above transaction in the books of the partnership firm at the time of its dissolution.
