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प्रश्न
Why does a firm revaluate its assets and reassess its liabilities on retirement or death of a partner?
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उत्तर
The retiring or the deceased partner may be benefited or may bear loss due to change in the values of assets and liabilities.Therefore, the revaluation of the assets and reassessment of the liabilities is necessary in order to ascertain the true profit or loss that is to be divided among all the partners in their old profit sharing ratio. For this purpose,an account in the name of Revaluation Account is prepared to ascertain the profits or losses of the firm.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Mrs Shehal and Mrs Meenal are equal partners in a business. Their balance sheet is as follows.
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2013 | |||
| Liabilities | Amount Rs. | Assets | Amount Rs. |
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Capital A/c's Snehal 80,000 Meenal 45,000 Creditors General reserve
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1,25,000 46,000 20,000
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Premises Investments Equipments Bills Receivable Debtors 1,10,000 ( - ) R.D.D. 11,000 Bank Balance |
20,500 10,500 5,000 18,000
99,000 38,000 |
| 1,91,000 | 1,91,000 | ||
They agreed to admit Mr Komal on 1st April 2013 on the following terms:
(1) Komal should bring Rs. 50,000 towards her capital for one fourth (1/4th) Share in future profit.
(2) Goodwill to be raised in the books of the firm for Rs. 40,000.
(3) R.D.D. to be maintained at 5% on debtors.
(4) Premises to be valued at Rs. 30,000 and equipment to be written off fully.
(5) Creditors allowed a discount of Rs. 1,000 and they were paid off immediately.
Prepare Profit and Loss Adjustment Account, Partner's Capital Accounts and Balance Sheet of the new firm.
Kalpana and Kanika were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. On 1st April, 2013 they admitted Karuna as a new partners for 1/5th share in the profits of the firm. The Balance Sheet of Kalpana and Kanika as on 1st April, 2013, was as follows:
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Balance Sheet of Kalpana and Kanika as on 1st April, 2013 |
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Liabilities |
Amount Rs |
Assets |
Amount Rs |
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Capitals |
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Land and Building |
2,10,000 |
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Kalpana |
4,80,000 |
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Plant |
2,70,000 |
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Kanika |
2,10,000 |
6,90,000 |
Stock |
2,10,000 |
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General Reserve |
60,000 |
Debtors |
1,32,000 |
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Workmen’s Compensation Fund |
1,00,000 |
Less: Provision |
–12,000 |
1,20,000 |
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Creditors |
90,000 |
Cash |
1,30,000 |
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9,40,000 |
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9,40,000 |
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It was agreed that
(i) the value of Land and Building will be appreciated by 20%.
(ii) the value of plant be increased by Rs 60,000.
(iii) Karuna will bring Rs 80,000 for her share of goodwill premium.
(iv) the liabilities of Workmen's Compensation Fund were determined at Rs 60,000.
(v) Karuna will bring in cash as capital to the extent of `1/5`th share of the total capital of the new firm.
Prepare Revaluation Account, Partner's Capital Accounts and Balance Sheet of the new firm.
Write the word/term or phrase which can substitute the following statement.
The account which shows change in the values of assets.
Write the word/term or phrase which can substitute the following statement.
Credit balance on revaluation account.
Select the most appropriate answer from the alternative given below and rewrite the sentence.
Account is debited when unrecorded liability is brought into business.
If the asset is taken over by the partner ______ account is debited.
Find the Odd one.
Find the Odd one.
A and B are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 1:1. C is admitted. A surrenders `1/4`th share and B surrenders `1/5`th of his share in favor of C. Calculate the new profit sharing ratio.
Anika and Radhika are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 5:1. They decide to admit Sanika in the firm for `1/5`th share. calculate the sacrifice ratio of Anika and Radhika
Pramod and Vinod are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2. After the admission of Ramesh the new ratio of Pramod, Vinod and Ramesh is 4:3:2. Find out the sacrifice ratio.
Vikram and Pradnya share profits and losses in the ratio 2:3 respectively. Their balance sheet as on 31st March 2018 was as under.
Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2018
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Creditors | 1,05,000 | Cash | 7,500 |
| Capitals: | Land & Building | 37,500 | |
| Vikram | 75,000 | Plant | 45,000 |
| Pradnya | 75,000 | Furniture | 3,000 |
| Stock | 75,000 | ||
| Debtors | 87,000 | ||
| 2,55,000 | 2,55,000 |
They agreed to admit Avani as a partner on 1st April 2018 on the following terms:
- Avani shall have 1/4th share in future profits.
- He shall bring ₹ 37,500 as his capital and ₹ 30,000 as his share of goodwill.
- Land and building to be valued at ₹ 45,000 and furniture to be depreciated by 10%.
- Provision for bad and doubtful debts is to be maintained at 5% on the Sundry Debtors.
- Stocks to be valued ₹ 82,500.
The capital A/c of all partners to be adjusted in their new profit and loss ratio and excess amount be transferred to their loan accounts.
Prepare Profit and Loss Adjustment Account, Capital Accounts, and New Balance Sheet.
Amalendu and Sameer share profits and losses in the ratio 3:2 respectively Their balance sheet as on 31st March 2017 was as under.
Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2017
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Sundry Creditors | 10,000 | Cash at bank | 12,000 |
| Amlendu capital | 60,000 | Sundry debtors | 24,000 |
| Sameer capital | 40,000 | Land & Building | 50,000 |
| General reserve | 20,000 | Stock | 16,000 |
| Plant and machinery | 20,000 | ||
| Furniture & fixture | 8,000 | ||
| 1,30,000 | 1,30,000 |
On 1st April 2017, they admit Paresh into partnership. The term being that:
- He shall pay ₹16,000 as his share of Goodwill 50% amount of Goodwill shall be withdrawn by the old partners.
- He shall have to bring in ₹ 20,000 as his Capital for 1/4 share in future profits.
- For the purpose of Paresh’s admission, it was agreed that the assets would be revalued as follows.
A) Land and Building is to be valued at ₹ 60,000
B) Plant and Machinery to be valued at ₹ 16,000
C) Stock valued at ₹ 20,000 and Furniture and Fixtures at ₹ 4,000.
D) A Provision of 5% on Debtors would be made for Doubtful Debts.
Pass the necessary Journal Entries in the Books of a New Firm.
Mr. Deep & Mr. Karan were in Partnership sharing Profits & Losses in the proportion of 3:1 respectively. Their Balance Sheet On 31st March 2018 Stood as follows.
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2018 | |||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | Amount (₹) |
| Sundry Creditors | 40,000 | Cash | 40,000 | ||
| Bill Payable | 10,000 | Sundry debtors | 32,000 | ||
| Bank Overdraft | 11,000 | Land & Building | 16,000 | ||
| Capital A/c: | Stock | 20,000 | |||
| Deep | 60,000 | Plant and machinery | 30,000 | ||
| Karan | 20,000 | 80,000 | Furniture | 11,000 | |
| General Reserve | 8,000 | ||||
| 1,49,000 | 1,49,000 | ||||
They admit Shubham into Partnership on 1 April 2018 The term being that:
- He shall have to bring in ₹ 20,000 as his capital for 1/5 Share in future profits & 10,000 as his share of Goodwill.
- A Provision for 5% doubtful debts to be created on Sundry Debtors.
- Furniture to be depreciated by 20%
- Stock should be appreciated by 5% and Building be appreciated by 20%
- Capital A/c of all partners be adjusted in their new profit sharing ratio through cash account.
Prepare Profit and Loss Adjustment A/c, Partner’s Capital A/c, Balance sheet of the new firm.
The following is the Balance Sheet of Om and Jay on 31st March 2018, they share profits and losses in the ratio 3:2
| Balance Sheet As On 31st March 2018 |
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| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Creditors | 30,000 | Cash | 3,000 |
| Capital A/c | Building | 15,000 | |
| Om | 21,000 | Machinery | 21,000 |
| Jay | 21,000 | Furniture | 900 |
| Current A/c | Stock | 12,300 | |
| Om | 3,750 | Debtors | 27,000 |
| Jay | 3,450 | ||
| 79,200 | 79,200 | ||
They take Jagdish into partnership on 1st April 2018 the terms being:
- Jagdish should pay 3,000 as his share of Goodwill. 50% of goodwill withdrawn by partners in cash.
- He should bring 9,000 as capital for 1/4th share in future profits.
- Building to be valued at 18,000, Machinery and Furniture to be reduced by 10%.
- A Provision of 5% on debtors to be made for doubtful debts.
- Stock is to be taken at a value of 15,000.
Prepare profit and loss A/c, Partner’s Current A/c, Balance Sheet of the new firm.
On revaluation, the increase in the value of assets leads to _________.
At the time of admission, the goodwill brought by the new partner may be credited to the capital accounts of __________.
How are accumulated profits and losses distributed among the partners at the time of admission of a new partner?
Seenu and Siva are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5 : 3. In view of Kowsalya admission, they decided
- To increase the value of building by ₹ 40,000.
- To bring into record investments at ₹ 10,000, which have not so far been brought into account.
- To decrease the value of machinery by ₹ 14,000 and furniture by ₹ 12,000.
- To write off sundry creditors by ₹ 16,000.
Pass journal entries and prepare a revaluation account.
Amal and Vimal are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 7 : 5. Their balance sheet as on 31st March, 2019, is as follows:
| Liabilities | ₹ | ₹ | Assets | ₹ |
| Capital accounts: | Land | 80,000 | ||
| Amal | 70,000 | Furniture | 20,000 | |
| Vimal | 50,000 | 1,20,000 | Stock | 25,000 |
| Sundry creditors | 30,000 | Debtors | 30,000 | |
| Profit and loss A/c | 24,000 | Debtors | 19,000 | |
| 1,74,000 | 1,74,000 |
Nirmal is admitted as a new partner on 1.4.2018 by introducing a capital of ₹ 30,000 for 1/3 share in the future profit subject to the following adjustments.
- Stock to be depreciated by ₹ 5,000
- Provision for doubtful debts to be created for ₹ 3,000
- Land to be appreciated by ₹ 20,000
Prepare revaluation account and capital account of partners after admission.
At the time of admission of a partner, what will be the effect of the following information?
Balance in Workmen compensation reserve ₹40,000. Claim for workmen compensation ₹45,000.
What would be the journal entry of when excess capital was withdrawn by the partner?
Balance in the Investment Fluctuation Reserve, after meeting the loss on revaluation of Investments, at the time of admission of a partner will be transferred to:
Assertion (A): At the time of admission of a partner if there is any General Reserve, Reserve Fund or the balance of Profit & Loss Account appearing in the balance sheet, it should be transferred to old partners' capital/current accounts in their old profit sharing ratio.
Reason (R): The General reserve, Reserve Fund or the Balance of Profit and Loss Account are the result of the past profits when the new partner was not admitted.
Ram and Shyam were in partnership sharing profits and Losses in the proportion of 3 : 1 respectively. Their Balance sheet as on 31st March, 2020 stood as follows:
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2020 | ||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | |
| Sundry Creditors | 80,000 | Cash | 80,000 | |
| Bills Payable | 42,000 | Sundry Debtors | 64,000 | |
| Capital Accounts: | Land and Building | 32,000 | ||
| Ram | 1,20,000 | 1,60,000 | Stock | 40,000 |
| Shyam | 40,000 | Plant and Machinery | 60,000 | |
| General Reserve | 16,000 | Furniture | 22,000 | |
| 2,98,000 | 2,98,000 | |||
They admit Bharat into partnership on 1st April 2020. The term is that
- He shall have to bring in cash ₹ 40,000 as his Capital for 1/5th share in future profit and ₹ 20,000 as his share of Goodwill.
- A provision for 5% doubtful debts to be created on sundry debtors.
- Stock should be appreciated by 5% and Land and Building be appreciated by 20%.
- Furniture to be depreciated by 20%.
- Capital Accounts of all partners be adjusted in their new profit-sharing ratio through Cash Account.
Prepare:
- Profit and Loss Adjustment Account
- Partners' Capital Account
- Balance Sheet of the new firm.
Navya and Radhey were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 1. Shreya was admitted for 1/5th share in the profits. Shreya was unable to bring her share of goodwill premium in cash. The journal entry recorded for goodwill premium is given below:
| Date | Particulars | LF | Debit (₹) | Credit (₹) |
| Shreya’s Current A/c ...Dr. | 24,000 | |||
| To Navya’s Capital A/c | 8,000 | |||
| To Radhey’s Capital A/c | 16,000 | |||
| (Being entry for goodwill treatment passed) |
The new profit-sharing ratio of Navya, Radhey and Shreya will be ______.
Following is the Balance Sheet of Mukesh and Anil sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 3:2 as on 31st March, 2019.
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2019 | |||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | ||
| Capital A/c: | Building | 72,000 | |||
| Mukesh | 80,000 | 1,80,000 | Plant & Machinery | 60,000 | |
| Anil | 1,00,000 | Stock | 48,000 | ||
| Sundry Creditors | 60,000 | Debtors | 42,000 | 40,000 | |
| Bills Payable | 10,000 | Less: RDD | 2,000 | ||
| Bank | 20,000 | ||||
| Furniture | 10,000 | ||||
| 2,50,000 | 2,50,000 | ||||
On 1st April, 2019 Neeta is admitted on the following terms:
- She will pay ₹ 1,00,000 of her capital and ₹ 40,000 as her share of Goodwill.
- The new profit sharing ratio is to be 5 : 3 : 2.
- The assets are to be revalued as under: Building ₹ 1,00,000, Plant & Machinery ₹ 48,000.
- RDD to be increased up to ₹ 4,000.
- The old partners decided to retain half of the amount of goodwill in the business.
- Sundry creditors should be revalued at ₹ 66,000.
Give Revaluation Account, Capitals Accounts and Balance Sheet of New firm.
The following is the Balance sheet of partners Aditya and Chaitanya on 31st March, 2019 they share profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2:
Balance sheet as on 31st march 2019
| Liabilities |
Amount ₹ |
Assets | Amount ₹ |
| Creditors | 60,000 | Building | 30,000 |
| Capital Accounts: | Furniture | 1,800 | |
| Aditya | 42,000 | Machinery | 42,000 |
| Chaitanya | 42,000 | Stock | 24,600 |
| Current Accounts: | Debtors | 54,000 | |
| Aditya | 7,500 | Cash | 6,000 |
| Chaitanya | 6,900 | ||
| 1,58,400 | 1,58,400 |
Adjustments:
They admitted Sachin into partnership on 1st April, 2019 on the following terms:
- Building to be valued at ₹ 36,000, machinery and furniture to be reduced by 10%.
- Sachin should pay ₹ 6,000 as his share of Goodwill. 50% of goodwill withdrawn by partners in cash.
- A provision of 5% on debtors to be made for doubtful debts.
- He should bring ₹ 18,000 as capital for 1/4th share in future profit.
- Stock is to be taken at the value of ₹ 30,000.
Prepare:
- Profit and Loss Adjustment Account.
- Partners’ Current Account.
- Balance Sheet of the New Firm.
Indu, Vijay, and Pawan were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 3. They admitted Subhash into partnership with effect from 1st April, 2022. New profit sharing ratio among Indu, Vijay, Pawan, and Subhash will be 3 : 3 : 2 : 2. An extract of their Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2022, is given below:
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Investment Fluctuation Reserve |
80,000 | Investment (Market Value ₹ 80,000) |
90,000 |
Which of the following is the correct accounting treatment of ‘investment fluctuation reserve’ at the time of Subhash’s admission?
Seeta and Geeta share profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2 in Partnership Firm. Their Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2020 was as under:
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2020
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | ||
| Capitals: | 40,500 | Bank | 11,250 | ||
| Seeta | 22,500 | Bills Receivable | 5,700 | ||
| Geeta | 18,000 | Debtors | 31,200 | 30,000 | |
| Creditors | 18,750 | (-) R.D.D. | 1,200 | ||
| Biil Payable | 15,000 | Stock | 18,000 | ||
| Bank Loan | 24,000 | Furniture | 7,050 | ||
| General Reserve | 3,750 | Machinery | 7,500 | ||
| Building | 22,500 | ||||
| 1,02,000 | 1,02,000 |
On 1st April, 2020 they admitted Reeta on the following terms:
- For half (1/2) share in future profit Reeta should bring ₹ 15,000 as capital and ₹ 7,500 for goodwill in cash.
- Furniture should be appreciated up to ₹ 8,025 and building be appreciated by 20%.
- R.D.D. is to be maintained at ₹ 1,500.
- The stock is to be reduced by 10% and machinery depreciated by 5%.
- Half of amount of goodwill is withdrawn by old partners.
Pass the necessary Journal Entries in the books of the firm.
