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Why does a firm revaluate its assets and reassess its liabilities on retirement or death of a partner?
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Solution
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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Anil and Sunil were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:1 respectively. Their Balance Sheet was as follows:
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2010 | |||
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) |
| Capital A/c | Cash at Bank | 4,000 | |
| Anil | 24,000 | Debtors | 15,000 |
| Sunil | 16,000 | Stock | 23,500 |
| Trade Creditors | 26,000 | Furniture | 5,000 |
| Anil’s Loan A/c | 6,500 | Building | 25,000 |
| 72,500 | 72,500 | ||
On 1st April 2010, Ram is admitted in the partnership on the following terms:
(1) Ram should bring in cash of Rs. 12,000 as capital for 1/5th share in future profit.
(2) Goodwill A/c is raised in the books of the firm for Rs. 4,500.
(3) A building is revalued at Rs. 28,000 and the value of stock be reduced by Rs. 1,500.
(4) Reserve for doubtful debts is provided at 5% on debtors.
Prepare:
(a) Profit and Loss Adjustment account.
(b) Capital Accounts of partners.
(c) Balance Sheet of the new firm.
Ramesh and Umesh were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of their capitals. On 31st March, 2013 their Balance Sheet was as follows:On the above data the firm was dissolved.
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Balance Sheet of Ramesh and Umesh as on 31st March, 2013 |
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Liabilities |
Amount Rs |
Assets |
Amount Rs |
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Creditors |
1,70,000 |
Bank |
1,10,000 |
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Workmen’s Compensation Fund |
2,10,000 |
Debtors |
2,40,000 |
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General Reserve |
2,00,000 |
Stock |
1,30,000 |
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Ramesh’s Current Account |
80,000 |
Furniture |
2,00,000 |
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Capitals: |
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Machinery |
9,30,000 |
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Ramesh |
7,00,000 |
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Umesh’s Current Account |
50,000 |
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Umesh |
3,00,000 |
10,00,000 |
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16,60,000 |
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16,60,000 |
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(i) Ramesh took over 50% of stock at Rs 10,000 less than book value. The remaining stock was sold at a loss of Rs 15,000. Debtors were realised at a discount of 5%.
(ii) Furniture was taken over by Umesh for Rs 50,000 and machinery was sold for Rs 4,50,000.
(iii) Creditors were paid in full.
(iv) There was an unrecorded bill for repairs for Rs 1,60,000 which was settled at Rs 1,40,000.
Prepare Realisation Account.
Select the most appropriate answer from the alternative given below and rewrite the sentence.
Account is debited when unrecorded liability is brought into business.
State 'True' or 'False'
Profit on revaluation account is distributed between the old partners on admission of a partner.
State 'True' or 'False'.
The credit balance of revaluation account means loss on revaluation account.
Answer the following question in one sentence.
What shows credit balance of revaluation account ?
Write a word/phrase/term which can substitute the following statement.
An account opened to adjust the value of assets and liabilities at the time of admission of a partner.
Write a word/phrase/term which can substitute the following statement.
Profit and Loss Account balance appearing on the liability side of the Balance Sheet.
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.
Vikram and Pradnya 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 | 1,05,000 | Cash | 7,500 |
| Capitals: | Land & Building | 37,500 | |
| Vikram | 75,000 | Plant | 45,000 |
| Pradnya | 75,000 | Furniture | 3,000 |
| Stock | 75,000 | ||
| Debtors | 87,000 | ||
| 2,55,000 | 2,55,000 |
They agreed to admit Avani as a partner on 1st April 2018 on the following terms:
- Avani shall have 1/4th share in future profits.
- He shall bring ₹ 37,500 as his capital and ₹ 30,000 as his share of goodwill.
- Land and building to be valued at ₹ 45,000 and furniture to be depreciated by 10%.
- Provision for bad and doubtful debts is to be maintained at 5% on the Sundry Debtors.
- Stocks to be valued ₹ 82,500.
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 Account, Capital Accounts, and New Balance Sheet.
Vrushali and Leena are equal partners in the business. Their Balance sheet as on 31 March 2018 stood as under.
| Balance Sheet as on 31 March 2018 | |||||
| Liabilities | Amt. (₹) | Amt. (₹) | Assets | Amt. (₹) | Amt. (₹) |
| Sundry Creditors | 90,000 | 90,000 | Cash in Bank | 62,000 | |
| Capitals: | Debtors | 31,000 | |||
| Vrushali | 45,000 | 75,000 | Less: R.D.D | 1,000 | 30,000 |
| Leena | 30,000 | Building | 55,000 | ||
| General Reserves | 18,000 | Machinery | 24,000 | ||
| Bills Receivable | 12,000 | ||||
| 1,83,000 | 1,83,000 | ||||
They decided to admit Aparna on 1st April 2018 on the following terms:
1. The Machinery and Building be depreciated by 10%. Reserve for Doubtful Debts to be increased by ₹ 5,000
2. Bills Receivable are taken over by Vrushali at the discount of 10%
3. Aparna should bring Rs. 60,000 as capital for her 1/4th share in future profits.
4. The capital accounts of all the partners be adjusted in proportion to the new profit-sharing ratio by opening the current accounts of the partners.
Prepare Profit and Loss Adjustment A/c, Partner’s Capital A/c, 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 _________.
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?
Seenu and Siva are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5 : 3. In view of Kowsalya admission, they decided
- To increase the value of building by ₹ 40,000.
- To bring into record investments at ₹ 10,000, which have not so far been brought into account.
- To decrease the value of machinery by ₹ 14,000 and furniture by ₹ 12,000.
- To write off sundry creditors by ₹ 16,000.
Pass journal entries and prepare a revaluation account.
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.
Rajan and Selva are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 1. Their balance sheet as on 31st March 2017 is as under:
| Liabilities | ₹ | ₹ | Assets | ₹ |
| Capital accounts: | Building | 25,000 | ||
| Rajan | 30,000 | Furniture | 1,000 | |
| Selva | 16,000 | 46,000 | Stock | 20,000 |
| General reserve | 4,000 | Debtors | 16,000 | |
| Creditors | 37,500 | Bills receivable | 3,000 | |
| Cash at bank | 12,500 | |||
| Profit and loss account | 10,000 | |||
| 87,500 | 87,500 |
On 1.4.2017, they admit Ganesan as a new partner on the following arrangements:
- Ganesan brings ₹ 10,000 as capital for 1/5 share of profit.
- Stock and furniture is to be reduced by 10%, a reserve of 5% on debtors for doubtful debts is to be created.
- Appreciate buildings by 20%.
Prepare revaluation account, partners’ capital account and the balance sheet of the firm after admission.
A revaluation account is operated to find out the gain or loss at the time of ______
Ravi and Gaurav are partners in a firm. They want to admit Dhruv for `1/4`th share in profit. For this, they revalued their machinery from ₹ 30,000 to ₹ 40,000 and creditors from ₹ 1,10,000 to ₹ 1,00,000. What journal entry will be passed:
Balance in the Investment Fluctuation Reserve, after meeting the loss on revaluation of Investments, at the time of admission of a partner will be transferred to:
Which account will be prepared to record the adjusting amount of assets and liabilities?
Karan and Saran are partners in a partnership. They admitted Mohit as a new partner for `1/4`th share in profits.
| Balance Sheet [Extract] | |||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) |
Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Creditors | 25,000 | ||
If 5% of creditors are not likely to claim their dues, what amount of creditors will be shown in the Balance Sheet on Mohit's admission?
Navya and Radhey were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 1. Shreya was admitted for 1/5th share in the profits. Shreya was unable to bring her share of goodwill premium in cash. The journal entry recorded for goodwill premium is given below:
| Date | Particulars | LF | Debit (₹) | Credit (₹) |
| Shreya’s Current A/c ...Dr. | 24,000 | |||
| To Navya’s Capital A/c | 8,000 | |||
| To Radhey’s Capital A/c | 16,000 | |||
| (Being entry for goodwill treatment passed) |
The new profit-sharing ratio of Navya, Radhey and Shreya will be ______.
Ganga and Jamuna are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 2 : 1. They admit Saraswati for 1/5th share in future profits. On the date of admission, Ganga’s capital was ₹ 1,02,000 and Jamuna’s capital was ₹ 73,000. Saraswati brings ₹ 25,000 as her share of goodwill and she agrees to contribute proportionate capital to the new firm. How much capital will be brought by Saraswati?
Following is the Balance Sheet of Mukesh and Anil sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 3:2 as on 31st March, 2019.
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2019 | |||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | ||
| Capital A/c: | Building | 72,000 | |||
| Mukesh | 80,000 | 1,80,000 | Plant & Machinery | 60,000 | |
| Anil | 1,00,000 | Stock | 48,000 | ||
| Sundry Creditors | 60,000 | Debtors | 42,000 | 40,000 | |
| Bills Payable | 10,000 | Less: RDD | 2,000 | ||
| Bank | 20,000 | ||||
| Furniture | 10,000 | ||||
| 2,50,000 | 2,50,000 | ||||
On 1st April, 2019 Neeta is admitted on the following terms:
- She will pay ₹ 1,00,000 of her capital and ₹ 40,000 as her share of Goodwill.
- The new profit sharing ratio is to be 5 : 3 : 2.
- The assets are to be revalued as under: Building ₹ 1,00,000, Plant & Machinery ₹ 48,000.
- RDD to be increased up to ₹ 4,000.
- The old partners decided to retain half of the amount of goodwill in the business.
- Sundry creditors should be revalued at ₹ 66,000.
Give Revaluation Account, Capitals Accounts and Balance Sheet of New firm.
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?
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.
