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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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The gradual and permanent decrease in the value of fixed assets due to any cause.
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.
Account which is opened to record the gains and losses on revaluation.
Select the most appropriate answer from the alternative given below and rewrite the sentence.
Account is debited when unrecorded liability is brought into business.
______ is credited when an unrecorded asset is brought into the business.
Write a word/phrase/term which can substitute the following statement.
An account that is debited when the partner takes over the asset.
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.
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.
Complete the following Table:
Normal Profit = __________ `xx "NRR"/ 100`
The stock showed in Balance Sheet → Stock undervalued by 20% → Cost of Stock
₹1,60,000 → __________→ __________
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. Kishor & Mr. Lal were in partnership sharing profits & losses in the proportion of 3/4 and 1/4 respectively.
| Balance Sheet as on 31 March 2018 | |||||
| Liabilities | Amt (₹) |
Amt (₹) |
Assets | Amt (₹) |
Amt (₹) |
| Creditors | 1,20,000 | Land and Building | 75,000 | ||
| General Reserve | 12,000 | Furniture | 6,000 | ||
| Capital A/c: | Stock | 60,000 | |||
| Kishor | 90,000 | Debtors | 60,000 | ||
| Lal | 48,000 | 1,38,000 | Bills Receivable | 39,000 | |
| Cash at Bank | 30,000 | ||||
| 2,70,000 | 2,70,000 | ||||
They decided to admit Ram on 1 April 2018 on following terms:
- He should be given 1/5th share in profit and for that he brought in ₹ 60,000 as capital through RTGS.
- Goodwill should be raised at ₹ 60,000.
- Appreciate Land and Building by 20%.
- Furniture and Stock are to be depreciated by 10%.
- The Capitals of all partners should be adjusted in their new profit sharing ratio through Bank A/c.
Pass necessary Journal Entries in the books of the Partnership firm and a Balance sheet of the new firm.
The balance sheet of Medha and Radha who share profit and loss in the ratio 3: 1 is as follows:
| Balance Sheet as on 31 March 2018 | |||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Sundry Creditors | 80,000 | Cash | 78,000 |
| Bills Payable | 20,000 | Sundry debtors | 64,000 |
| Bank overdraft | 20,000 | Stock | 40,000 |
| Capital A/c: | Plant and Machinery | 60,000 | |
| Medha | 1,20,000 | Furniture | 22,000 |
| Radha | 40,000 | Land and Building | 32,000 |
| General reserve | 16,000 | ||
| 2,96,000 | 2,96,000 | ||
They decided to admit Krutika on 1st April 2018 on the following terms:
- Krutika is taken as partner on 1st April 2017. She will pay 40,000 as her capital for 1/5th share in future profits and Rs. 2,500 as goodwill.
- A 5% provision for bad and doubtful debt be created on debtors.
- Furniture be depreciated by 20%.
- Stocks be appreciated by 5% and plant and machinery by 20%.
- The Capital accounts of all partners be adjusted in their new profit sharing ratio by adjusting the amount through current account.
- The new profit sharing ratio will be 3/5:1/5:1/5 respectively.
You are required to prepare profit and loss adjustment A/c, Partner’s Capital A/c, Balance Sheet of the new firm.
Mr. Amit and Baban 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 | 1,40,000 | Cash | 110,000 |
| Capital: | Land and Building | 50,000 | |
| Amit | 100,000 | Plant | 60,000 |
| Baban | 100,000 | Furniture | 4,000 |
| Stock | 100,000 | ||
| Debtors | 16,000 | ||
| 3,40,000 | 3,40,000 | ||
They agreed decided to admit Kamal on 1st April 2018 on the following terms:
1. Kamal shall have 1/4th share in future profits.
2. They agreed to admit Kamal as a partner on 1st April 2018 on the following terms:
3. She shall bring 50,000 as her capital and 40,000 as her share of goodwill.
4. Land and building to be valued at 60,000 and furniture to be depreciated by 10%
5. Provision for bad and doubtful debts is to be maintained at 5% on the sundry debtors.
6. Stocks to be valued 1,10,000 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 A/c, Capital A/cs, and New Balance Sheet.
Revaluation A/c is a _________.
At the time of admission, the goodwill brought by the new partner may be credited to the capital accounts of __________.
State whether the following will be debited or credited in the revaluation account.
- Depreciation on assets
- Unrecorded liability
- Provision for outstanding expenses
- Appreciation of assets
What are the journal entries to be passed on revaluation of assets and liabilities?
Sai and Shankar are partners, sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5 : 3. The firm’s balance sheet as on 31st December, 2017, was as follows:
| Liabilities | ₹ | ₹ | Assets | ₹ | ₹ |
| Capital accounts: | Building | 34,000 | |||
| Sai | 48,000 | Furniture | 6,000 | ||
| Shankar | 40,000 | 88,000 | Investment | 20,000 | |
| Creditors | 37,000 | Debtors | 40,000 | ||
| Outstanding wages | 8,000 | Less: Provision for bad debts | 3,000 | 37,000 | |
| Bills receivable | 12,000 | ||||
| Stock | 16,000 | ||||
| Bank | 8,000 | ||||
| 1,33,000 | 1,33,000 |
On 31st December, 2017 Shanmugam was admitted into the partnership for 1/4 share of profit with ₹ 12,000 as capital subject to the following adjustments.
- Furniture is to be revalued at ₹ 5,000 and building is to be revalued at ₹ 50,000.
- Provision for doubtful debts is to be increased to ₹ 5,500
- An unrecorded investment of ₹ 6,000 is to be brought into account
- An unrecorded liability ₹ 2,500 has to be recorded now.
Pass journal entries and prepare the Revaluation Account and capital account of partners after admission.
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.
The following is the balance sheet of James and Justina as on 1.1.2017. They share the profits and losses equally
| Liabilities | ₹ | ₹ | Assets | ₹ |
| Capital accounts: | Building | 70,000 | ||
| James | 40,000 | Stock | 30,000 | |
| Justina | 50,000 | 90,000 | Debtors | 20,000 |
| Creditors | 35,000 | Bank | 15,000 | |
| Reserve fund | 15,000 | Prepaid insurance | 5,000 | |
| 1,40,000 | 1,40,000 |
On the above date, Balan is admitted as a partner with a 1/5 share in future profits. Following are the terms for his admission:
- Balan brings ₹ 25,000 as capital.
- His share of goodwill is ₹ 10,000 and he brings cash for it.
- The assets are to be valued as under:
Building ₹ 80,000; Debtors ₹ 18,000; Stock ₹ 33,000
Prepare necessary ledger accounts and the balance sheet after admission.
Anbu and Shankar are partners in a business sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 7 : 5. The balance sheet of the partners on 31.03.2018 is as follows:
| Liabilities | ₹ | ₹ | Assets | ₹ |
| Capital accounts: | Computer | 40,000 | ||
| Anbu | 4,00,000 | Motor car | 1,60,000 | |
| Shankar | 3,00,000 | 7,00,000 | Stock | 4,00,000 |
| Profit and loss | 1,20,000 | Debtors | 3,60,000 | |
| Creditors | 1,20,000 | Bank | 40,000 | |
| Workmen compensation fund | 60,000 | |||
| 10,00,000 | 10,00,000 |
Rajesh is admitted for 1/5 share on the following terms:
- Goodwill of the firm is valued at ₹ 80,000 and Rajesh brought cash ₹ 6,000 for his share of goodwill.
- Rajesh is to bring ₹ 1,50,000 as his capital.
- Motor car is valued at ₹ 2,00,000; stock at ₹ 3,80,000 and debtors at ₹ 3,50,000.
- Anticipated claim on workmen compensation fund is ₹ 10,000
- Unrecorded investment of ₹ 5,000 has to be brought into account.
Prepare revaluation account, capital accounts and balance sheet after Rajesh’s 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?
A revaluation account is operated to find out the gain or loss at the time of ______
If at the time of admission, there is some unrecorded liability, it will be:
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.
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?
A, B and C who were sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 4:3:2 decided to share the future profits and losses in the ratio to 2:3:4 with effect from 1st April 2023. An extract of their Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2023 is:
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Workmen Compensation Reserve | 65,000 |
At the time of reconstitution, a certain amount of Claim on workmen compensation was determined for which B’s share of loss amounted to ₹ 5,000. The Claim for workmen compensation would be:
X and Y are partners in a firm with capital of ₹ 18,000 and ₹ 20,000. Z brings ₹ 10,000 for his share of goodwill, and he is required to bring proportionate capital for `1/3`rd share in profits. The capital contribution of Z will be ______.
Hansa and Kavya share profits and losses in the ratio of 3: 2 respectively. Their Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2023 was as under:
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2023 | |||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Bills Payable | 90,000 | Cash at Bank | 1,500 |
| Reserve fund | 60,000 | Sundry Debtors | 1,33,500 |
| Capital A/c: | Stock | 51,000 | |
| Hansa | 2,16,000 | Furniture | 72,000 |
| Kavya | 1,44,000 | Plant | 1,80,000 |
| Building | 72,000 | ||
| 5,10,000 | 5,10,000 | ||
They admit Munir into partnership on 1-4-2023. The terms being that:
(1) He shall have to bring in ₹ 1,20,000 as his Capital for 1/4th share in future profits.
(2) Value of Goodwill of the firm is to be fixed at the average profits for the last three years.
The Profits were:
| 2019-20 | ₹ 96,000 |
| 2020-21 | ₹ 1,62,000 |
| 2021-22 | ₹ 1,47,000 |
(3) Reserve for Doubtful debts is to be created at ₹ 3,000.
(4) Closing stock is valued at ₹ 45,000.
(5) Plant and Building is to be depreciated by 5%.
Prepare Profit and Loss Adjustment Alc, Capital Accounts of Partners and Balance Sheet of the new firm.
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.
