Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Important Questions for Accountancy

W and R are partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. Their Balance Sheet as on 31^st March, 2016 was as follows 

On the above date C was admitted for 16th16th share in the profits on the following terms:

(i) C will bring Rs 30,000 as his capital and Rs 10,000 for his share of goodwill premium, half of which will be withdrawn by W and R.

(ii) Debtors Rs 1,500 will be written off as bad debts and a provision of 5% will be created for bad and doubtful debts.

(iii) Outstanding salary will be paid off.

(iv) Stock will be depreciated by 10%, furniture by Rs 500 and Plant and Machinery by 8%.

(v) Investments Rs 2,500 not mentioned in the balance sheet were to be taken into account.

(vi) A creditor of Rs 2,100 not recorded in the books was to be taken into account. Pass necessary Journal Entries for the above transactions in the books of the firm on C’s admission.

M, N and G were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2. On 31-3-2016 their Balance Sheet was as under: 

M retired on the above date and it was agreed that:

(i) Debtors of Rs 2,000 will be written off as bad debts and a provision of 5% on debtors for bad and doubtful debts will be maintained.

(ii) Patents will be completely written off and stock, machinery and building will be depreciated by 5%.

(iii) An unrecorded creditor of Rs 10,000 will be taken into account.

(iv) N and G will share the future profits in the ratio of 2 : 3.

(v) Goodwill of the firm on M’s retirement was valued at Rs 3,00,000.

Pass necessary Journal Entries for the above transactions in the books of the firm on M’s retirement.

P, Q, R and S were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 1 : 1. On 1^st January, 2017, S retired from the firm. On S's retirement the goodwill of the firm was valued at Rs 4,20,000. The new profit sharing ratio between P, Q and R will be 4 : 3 : 3.
Showing your working notes clearly, pass necessary journal entry for the treatment of goodwill in the books of the firm on S's retirement.

Pankaj and Naresh were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. Their fixed capitals were Rs 5,00,000 and Rs 3,00,000 respectively. On 1.1.2017, Saurabh was admitted as a new partner for `1/5th` share in the profits. Saurabh acquired his share of profit from Pankaj. Saurabh brought Rs 3,00,000 as his capital which was to be kept fixed like the capitals of Pankaj and Naresh.
Calculate the goodwill of the firm on Saurabh's admission and the new profit sharing ratio of Pankaj, Naresh and Saurabh. Also, pass necessary journal entry for the treatment of goodwill.  

Which of the following does not result into reconstitution of a firm?

Raka, Seema, and Mahesh were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5: 3: 2. With effect from 1^st April, 2019, they mutually agreed to share profits and losses in the ratio of 2: 2: 1.
On that date, there was a workmen's compensation fund of ₹ 90,000 in the books of the firm. It was agreed that:
(i) Goodwill of the firm be valued at ₹ 70,000.
(ii) Claim for workmen's compensation amounted to ₹ 40,000.
(iii) Profit on revaluation of assets and re-assessment of liabilities amounted to ₹ 40,000.
Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of the firm.

Total assets of a partnership firm, which was dissolved were ₹ 30,00,000 and its total liabilities were ₹ 6,00,000. Assets were realised at 80% and liabilities were settled at 5% less. If dissolution expenses were ₹ 30,000 the profit or loss on dissolution was ______.

Read the following hypothetical situation and answer the following question on its basis:

How much amount of net profit will be transferred to the Profit and Loss Appropriation A/c?

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. 

Khushi, Namita and Manvi were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:2:3. On 30^th June, 2022, Khushi died. The partnership deed provided that on the death of a partner, her share of profit till the date of death was to be calculated on the basis of average profit of last three years less ₹ 10,000. Profits for the last three years were:

Khushi's share of profit till the date of her death was:

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 1^st 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 31^st March, 2022, is given below:

Which of the following is the correct accounting treatment of ‘investment fluctuation reserve’ at the time of Subhash’s admission?

Aditya, Abhinav and Ankit were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 4: 3 : 3. On 31^st March, 2022, the firm was dissolved. Aditya was appointed to complete the dissolution process for which he was allowed a remuneration of ₹ 42,000. Aditya also agreed to bear dissolution expenses. Actual expenses on dissolution amounted to ₹ 33,000 which were paid by Aditya. Aditya’s Capital Account will be credited by: 

Aayush and Aarushi are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. They admitted Naveen into partnership for 1/4^th 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. 

Read the following hypothetical situation and answer the following question on its basis:

What will the amount of interest on drawings of the partners?

TRK Ltd. issued 767, 9% debentures of Rs.100 each on 1-1-2016. Pass necessary journal entries for the issue of debentures in the following situations:

(a) When debentures were issued at a discount of 3% and were redeemable at a premium of 7%.

(b) When debentures were issued at a premium of 4% and were redeemable at a premium of 9%.

To provide employment to the youth and to develop a backward area of Jharkhand which is near one of the coal mines, Thermal Power Energies Ltd. decided to set-up a Thermal Power Plant of 500 mega watt capacities. The company decided to issue 10,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each at a premium of 70% to finance the project.

Applications for 17,00,000 shares were received. Applications for 5, 00,000 shares were rejected and money refunded. Shares were allotted on pro-rata basis to the remaining applicants. The whole of share money was payable on application.

Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of the company and identify any two values which the company wants to convey to the society.

To provide employment to the youth and to develop the Naxal affected backward areas of Chhattisgarh. X Ltd. decided to set-up a power plant. For raising funds the company decided to issue 7, 50,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each at a premium of 50%. The whole amount was payable on application. Applications for 20,00,000 shares were received. Applications for 50,000 shares were rejected and shares were allotted to the remaining applicants on pro-rata basis.

Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of the company and identify any two values which X Ltd. wants to propagate.

On 2.3.2016 L and B Ltd. issued 635, 9% debentures of Rs.500 each. Pass necessary journal entries for the issue of debentures in the following situations:

(a) When debentures were issued at 5% discount, redeemable at 10% premium.

(b) When debentures were issued at 12% premium, redeemable at 6% premium.

Give the meaning of Debenture?

Give any one purpose for which the amount received as ‘Securities Premium’ may be utilised.