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Question
How are accumulated profits and losses distributed among the partners at the time of admission of a new partner?
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Solution
Profits and losses of previous years which are not distributed to the partners are called accumulated profit and losses. This belongs to the old partners and hence these should be distributed to the old partners in the old profit sharing ratio.
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