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Question
If the number of partners in a firm falls below two, the firm stands_________.
Options
dissolved
established
realisation
None of these
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Solution
If the number of partners in a firm falls below two, the firm stands dissolved.
Explanation:
As per the Indian Partnership Act of 1932, at least two people are required to form a partnership firm. Thus, if the minimum number of members falls below two, then the partnership firm gets automatically dissolved.
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| Liabilities | Rs | Assets | Rs |
|
Creditors Investment Fluctuation Fund Capitals Prachi Ritika |
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|
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|
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| Sundry Creditors | 21000 | Plant and Machinery | 20000 | |
| Y’s loan | 5000 | Investment | 8000 | |
| Reserve fund | 20000 | Stock | ||
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| X | 20000 | Less : R.D.D | 1000 | |
| Y | 10000 | Cash in hand | 2000 | |
| Z | 4000 | Cash at Bank | 3000 | |
| 80000 | 80000 | |||
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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 | |||
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Balance Sheet as on 31st December, 2011
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) | |
| Sundry Creditors | 20000 | Cash at Bank | 8000 | |
| Bills payable | 5000 | Stock | 20000 | |
| General Reserve | 6000 | Debtors | 16000 | 15000 |
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| Capital Account | Plant and Machinery | 30000 | ||
| Rahul | 25000 | Furniture | 6000 | |
| Rohit | 10000 | Ramesh’s Capital A/c | 3000 | |
| 82000 | 82000 | |||
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Balance Sheet as on 31st December, 2011
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) |
| Capital Accounts | Sadanand’s Capital A/c | 2000 | |
| Shiv | 6000 | Buildings | 18300 |
| Sadashiv | 4000 |
Machinery |
12700 |
| Parvati’s Loan | 10000 |
Debtors |
9100 |
| Sundry Creditors | 30000 |
Bank |
7900 |
| 50000 | 50000 |
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| Liabilities | Amount (Rs.) |
Assets | Amount (Rs.) |
| Capital A/c : | Machinery | 2,00,000 | |
| Ram | 2,40,000 | Stock | 80,000 |
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| 6,72,000 | 6,72,000 |
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| Machinery | Rs. 1,80,000 |
| Stock | Rs. 72,000 |
| Investments | Rs. 84,000 |
| Debtors | Rs. 1,80,000 |
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(1) Realisation Account
(2) Partner's Capital Account
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Balance sheet as on 31st MArch 2016
| Liabilities | Amount | Assets | Assets | |
| Capital A/cs : | Cash at bank | 18000 | ||
| Jay | 150000 | Stock | 75000 | |
| Ajay | 150000 | Furniture | 90000 | |
| Reserve fund | 30000 | Investment | 30000 | |
| Loan from Jay | 3000 | Machinery | 90000 | |
| Bills payable | 6000 | Buildings | 45000 | |
| Creditors | 30000 | Debtors | 24000 | 21000 |
| Less : R.D.D | 3000 | |||
| 369000 | 369000 | |||
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(1) Jay look over the investment at ₹ 27600 and Ajay took over the furniture at ₹ 84000.
(2) The assets were realised as follows :
Stock 73500 ;
Debtors 22500 ;
Machinery 84000 ;
Building 42000
(3) The creditors were paid off at a discount of 900 and other liabilities were paid in full.
(4) Dissolution expenses were 4200
(5) Jay and Ajay were sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2.
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1) Realisation Account
2) Capital Account of all partners
3) Bank Account
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| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | |
| Capital A/c: | Building | 72,000 | ||
| Mandar | 95,000 | Plant & Machinery | 60,000 | |
| Prasad | 1,00,000 | Furniture | 10,000 | |
| Creditors | 4,000 | Debtors | 42,000 | 40,000 |
| Bills Payable | 3,000 | Less: RDD | 2,000 | |
| Bank | 20000 | |||
| 2,02,000 | 2,02,000 |
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- Plant & Machinery revalued at ₹ 48,000.
- Building is taken over by Mandar at ₹ 100,000.
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- The old partners decided to retain half of the amount of goodwill in the business.
- The old partners decided to sacrifice equally.
Prepare Partners' Capital Account Only and show your working clearly.
Complete the table.
| Debit side total of Realisation A/c |
Credit side total of Realisation A/c |
Loss on Realisation |
| ₹ 20,000 | ? | ₹ 4,000 |
Complete the following table:
| Debit side total of Capital A/c |
Credit side total of Capital A/c |
Cash brought by Partner |
| ₹ 51,000 | ? | ₹ 17,000 |
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- 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.
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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.
Insolvent partner Capital A/c debit side total is ₹ 25,000 and credit side total is ₹ 10,000. Calculate deficiency.
Vinay, Premal and Monil were in partnership sharing profits and losses in the ratio 2 : 2 : 1. They decided to dissolve their partnership firm on 31st March, 2023 and their Balance Sheet on that date stood as:
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2023 | |||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | Amount (₹) |
| Capital : | Plant | 2,40,000 | |||
| Vinay | 1,80,000 | 3,60,000 | Debtors | 90,000 | |
| Premal | 1,20,000 | Stock | 1,50,000 | ||
| Monil | 60,000 | ||||
| Loan | 24,000 | ||||
| Sundry Creditors | 18,000 | ||||
| Bank Overdraft | 78,000 | ||||
| 4,80,000 | 4,80,000 | ||||
It was agreed that:
(1) Vinay to discharge Loan and to take Debtors at book value.
(2) Plant realised ₹ 2, 70,000.
(3) Stock realised ₹1,44,000.
( 4) Creditors were paid off at a discount of ₹ 90.
Show Realisation Account, Partner's Capital Accounts and Bank Account.
Mita and Sita, sharing profits in, the ratio 2 : 1, decided to dissolve their partnership firm on 31st March, 2022, on which date their Balance Sheet was as under:
| Balance Sheet of Mita and Sita as on 31st March, 2022 |
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| Liabilities | (₹) | Assets | (₹) | ||
| Sundry Creditors | 40,000 | Land & Building | 29,000 | ||
| Sita's Son's Loan | 2,000 | Plant & Machinery | 20,000 | ||
| Bank Overdraft | 8,000 | Stock | 3,000 | ||
| Capital Accounts: | Debtors | 26,400 | 26,000 | ||
| Mita | 20,000 | 30,000 | Less: Provision for Doubtful Debts |
400 | |
| Sita | 10,000 | Bank | 2,000 | ||
| 80,000 | 80,000 | ||||
The partnership firm was dissolved on the date of the Balance Sheet subject to the following adjustments:
- Trade creditors accepted plant and machinery at an agreed valuation of 10% less than the book value and the balance in cash in full settlement of their claims.
- Debtors of ₹ 1,000 proved bad.
- Sita took over the stock at a discount of 20%.
- Realisation expenses of ₹ 1,100 were paid by the firm.
You are required to prepare the Realisation Account.
Read the following hypothetical situation and answer question on the basis of the same.
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Nitya, Shreya and Ishita are partners in a firm. They share profit in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. Their fixed capital are ₹1,80,000; ₹1,60,000 and ₹2,00,000 respectively. For the year ending 31st March, 2022, Nitya withdrew ₹7,500 at the end of every quarter. |
The partnership deed provide that interest on capital will be allowed @10% p.a. The amount of interest on Ishita's capital will be:
Assertion: A revaluation account is prepared at the time of dissolution of a partnership.
Reason: A revaluation account is prepared to determine the net gain/loss on realisation of assets and settlement of liabilities.
Which one of the following is correct?
