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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:

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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
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:

  1. 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.
  2. Debtors of ₹ 1,000 proved bad.
  3. Sita took over the stock at a discount of 20%.
  4. Realisation expenses of ₹ 1,100 were paid by the firm.

You are required to prepare the Realisation Account.

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Dr. Realisation Account Cr.
Particulars Amount (₹) Particulars (₹) Amount (₹)
To Land and Building 29,000 By Provision for
Doubtful Debts
  400
To Plant & Machinery 20,000 By Sundry Creditors   40,000
To Stock 3,000 By Sita's Son's Loan   2,000
To Debtors 26,400 By Sita's capital A/c (stock)   2,400
To Bank (Creditors paid) 22,000 By Bank:    
To Bank (Expenses) 1,100 Debtors 25,400 25,400
To Bank (Sita's son's loan) 2,000 By Loss Transferred to:    
    Mita's Capital A/c 22,200 33,300
    Sita's Capital A/c 11,100
  1,03,500     1,03,500

Amount payable to creditors = 40,000 - (20,000 - (20,000 × 10%))

= 40,000 - 18,000

= ₹ 22,000

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Liabilities Rs Assets Rs

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Prachi

Ritika

 

 

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30,000

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Uday and Prabhakar are partners sharing profits and losses in the proportion of 3/5 and 2/5 respectively. They dissolved their partnership firm on 31st March 2012 when their financial position was as under
Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2012
Liabilities Amount (Rs) Assets Amount (Rs)
Sundry Creditors 15,000 Cash at bank 3,000
Uday’s Wife’s Loan 30,000      Debtors       67,500  
Capital A/c       (–) R.D.D.       7,500 60,000
  Uday 1,38,000 Stock 135000
  Prabhakar 90,000 Machinery 45000
    Furniture 30000
  2,73,000   2,73,000

The assets were realised as under:
Goodwill Rs. 15,000, Stock Rs. 1,20,000 and Debtors Rs. 54,000.
Machinery was taken over by Prabhakar at Rs. 40,000 and furniture by Uday at book value.
Uday agreed to discharge his wife’s loan.
The creditors were paid at a rebate of Rs. 3,000
The expenses of dissolution amounted to Rs. 6,000
Pass necessary Journal Entries in the books of the firm.


Answer in one Sentence only.
Why is Realisation Account opened?


State whether the following statement is ‘True’ or ‘False’
On dissolution, cash or bank account is closed automatically.


Write the word/term/phrase, which can substitute each of the following statements.

"Liability likely to arise in future on happening of certain events".


At the time of dissolution, all assets are transferred to Realisation Account at their ______.


Distinguish between 'Dissolution of Partnership' and 'Dissolution of Partnership Firm' on the basis of Termination of business.


Complete the table.

Creditors Bills Payable Third-Party
Liabilities
₹ 16,000 ₹ 12,000 ?

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.


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