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Goodwill is the value of a firm’s reputation and its good brand name in the market. It is an intangible asset that plays a crucial role for any firm to survive and compete in the market. In other words, goodwill is a result of past efforts made by the firm that helps them in earning higher profits in the present and in future as well.
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State any three circumstances other than (i) admission of a new partner; (ii) retirement of a partner and (iii) death of a partner, when need for valuation of goodwill of a firm may arise.
How does the nature of business affect the value of goodwill of a firm?
State 'True' or 'False'
When goodwill is paid privately, no entry in the books of account is required.
State 'True' or 'False'
The goodwill brought in by the new partner is shared by all partners.
State 'True' or 'False'
The new partner must pay his share of goodwill in cash only.
State ‘True’ or ‘False’:
If the goodwill account raised up, goodwill account is debited.
Verma and Sharma are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5 : 3. They admitted Ghosh as a new partner for 1/5th share of profits. Ghosh is to bring in ₹ 20,000 as capital and ₹ 4,000 as his share of goodwill premium. Give the necessary Journal entries:
(a) When the amount of goodwill is retained in the business.
(b) When the amount of goodwill is fully withdrawn.
(c) When 50% of the amount of goodwill is withdrawn.
(d) When goodwill is paid privately.
Mohan and Sohan were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. They admitted Ram for 1/4th share on 1st April, 2019. It was agreed that goodwill of the firm will be valued at 3 years' purchase of the average profit of last 4 years ended 31st March, were ₹ 50,000 for 2015-16, ₹ 60,000 for 2016-17, ₹ 90,000 for 2017-18 and ₹ 70,000 for 2018-19. Ram did not bring his share of goodwill premium in cash. Record the necessary Journal entries in the books of the firm on Ram's admission when:
(a) Goodwill appears in the books at ₹ 2,02,500.
(b) Goodwill appears in the books at ₹ 2,500.
(c) Goodwill appears in the books at ₹ 2,05,000.
Anu and Bhagwan were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 1. Goodwill appeared in the books at ₹ 4,40,000. Raja was admitted to the partnership. The new profit-sharing ratio among Anu, Bhagwan and Raja was 2 : 2 : 1. Raja brought ₹ 1,00,000 for his capital and necessary cash for his goodwill premium. Goodwill of the firm was valued at ₹ 2,50,000. Record necessary Journal entries in the books of the firm for the above transactions.
M and J are partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. They admit R as a new partner. The new profit-sharing ratio between M, J and R will be 5 : 3 : 2. R brought in ₹ 25,000 for his share of premium for goodwill. Pass necessary Journal entries for the treatment of goodwill.
Write a word/phrase/term which can substitute the following statement.
Method under which calculation of goodwill is done on the basis of extra profit earned above the normal profit.
State True or False with reason.
Cash/ Bank Account is credited when goodwill is withdrawn by the old partners.
Why is a new partner admitted?
State the ratio in which the old partner’s Capital A/c will be credited for goodwill when the new partner does not bring his share of goodwill in cash?
Which items may appear on the credit side of the partner's current account?
Amount of old goodwill already appearing in the books will be written off:
Which method is followed when the new partner does not bring in his share of goodwill in cash.
Goodwill is a/an ______ asset.
When the incoming partner brings his share of premium for goodwill in cash, it is adjusted by crediting to ______.
Govind, Hari and Pratap are partners. On the retirement of Govind, the goodwill already appears on the Balance Sheet at ₹24,000. The goodwill will be written off ______
How is Goodwill of the firm created?
A and B were partners in a firm sharing profits equally. Their capitals were : A ₹ 1,20,000 and B ₹ 80,000. The annual rate of interest is 20%. The profits of the firm for the last three years were ₹ 34,000; ₹ 38,000 and ₹ 30,000. They admitted C as a new partner. On C's admission the goodwill of the firm was valued at 2 years purchase of the super profits.
Calculate the value of goodwill of the firm on C's admission.
Aayush and Aarushi are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. They admitted Naveen into partnership for 1/4th share. Goodwill of the firm was to be valued at three years' purchase of super profits. Average net profit of the firm was ₹ 20,000. Capital investment in the business was ₹ 50,000 and Normal Rate of Return was 10%. Calculate the amount of Goodwill premium brought by Naveen.
G, S and T were partners sharing profits in the ratio 3:2:1. G retired and his dues towards the firm including Capital balance, Accumulated profits and losses share, Revaluation Gain amounted to ₹ 5,80,000. G was being paid ₹ 7,00,000 in full settlement. For giving that additional amount of ₹ 1,20,000, S was debited for ₹ 40,000. Determine goodwill of the firm.
Calculate goodwill of a firm on the basis of three years purchases of the Weighted Average Profits of the last four years. The profits of the last four years were:
| Years (ending 31st march) | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Amount | 28,000 | 27,000 | 46,900 | 53,810 |
- On 1st April, 2020 a major plant repair was undertaken for ₹ 10,000 which was charged to revenue. The said sum is to be capitalized for goodwill calculation subject to adjustment of depreciation of 10% on reducing balance method.
- For the purpose of calculating Goodwill the company decided that the years ending 31.03.2020 and 31.03.2021 be weighted as 1 each (being COVID affected) and for year ending 31.03.2022 and 31.03.2023 weights be taken as 2 and 3 respectively.
______ = Average profit x No. of years of purchase
