
Question 32 Chapter 6 of +2-A
32. The Balance Sheet of X, Y, and Z who were sharing profits in the ratio of their capitals stood as follows on 31st March 2019:
| Liabilities | Amount | Assets | Amount | ||
| Sundry Creditors | 13,800 | Cash at Bank | 11,000 | ||
| Capital A/cs: | Sundry Debtors | 10,000 | |||
| X's Capital | 45,000 | Less: Provision for Doubtful Debts | 200 | 9,800 | |
| Y's Capital | 30,000 | Stock | 16,000 | ||
| Z's Capital | 15,000 | 90,000 | Plant and Machinery | 17,000 | |
| Land and Building | 50,000 | ||||
| 1,03,800 | 1,03,800 | ||||
Y retired on 1st April 2019 and the following terms:
Y's share of goodwill is adjusted to that of X and Z who will share profits in the future in the ratio of 3: 1.
Pass necessary Journal entries and give the Balance Sheet after Y's retirement.
Journal Entries
| Date | Particulars |
L.F. | Debit | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revaluation A/c | Dr. | 4,300 | |||
| To Prov. for Doubtful Debts A/c | 300 | ||||
| To Prov. for O/s Repair Bills A/c | 4,000 | ||||
| (Being provision created transferred to Revaluation Account ) | |||||
| Prepaid Insurance A/c | Dr. | 1,500 | |||
| Land and Building A/c | Dr. | 10,000 | |||
| To Revaluation A/c | 11,500 | ||||
| (Being Increase in the value of assets transferred to revaluation account) | |||||
| Revaluation A/c | Dr. | 7,200 | |||
| To X’s Capital A/c | 3,600 | ||||
| To Y’s Capital A/c | 2,400 | ||||
| To Z’s Capital A/c | 1,200 | ||||
| (Being Profit on revaluation transferred to capital accounts) | |||||
| X’s Capital A/c | Dr. | 1,500 | |||
| Z’s Capital A/c | Dr. | 10,000 | |||
| To Y’s Capital A/c | 11,500 | ||||
| (Being adjustment for goodwill recorded in the books) | |||||
| To Y’s Capital A/c | Dr. | 39,600 | |||
| To Y’s LoanA/c | 39,600 | ||||
| (Being balance of Y’s capital account transferred to Y’s loan account) |
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Balance Sheet
| Liabilities |
Amount | Assets | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundry Creditors | 13,800 | Cash at Bank | 11,000 | ||
| Prov. for O/s Repair Bills | 4,000 | Sundry Debtors | 10,000 | ||
| Y’s Loan A/c | 39,600 | Less: Prov. for D/D | 500 | 9,500 | |
| Capital: | Stock | 16,000 | |||
| Disha’s Capital | 43,200 | Prepaid Insurance | 1,500 | ||
| Kabir’s Capital | 14,400 | 57,600 | Plant and Machinery | 17,000 | |
| Land and Building | 60,000 | ||||
| 1,15,000 | 1,15,000 | ||||
Revaluation Account
| Particular |
Amount | Particular | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Prov. for Doubtful Debts | 300 | By Prepaid Insurance A/c | 1,500 | ||
| To Prov. For O/s Repairs Bills | 4,000 | By Land And Building A/c | 10,000 | ||
| To Profit transferred to | |||||
| X’s Capital | 3,600 | ||||
| Y’s Capital | 2,400 | ||||
| Z’s Capital | 1,200 | 7,200 | |||
| 11,500 | 11,500 | ||||
Partners’ Capital Account
| Part. | X | Y | Z |
Part. |
X | Y | Z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Y’s Capital A/c | 5,400 | - | 1,800 | By Balance B/d | 45,000 | 30,000 | 15,000 |
| To X’s Loan A/c | - | 39,600 | - | By X’s Capital A/c | - | 5,400 | - |
| By Z’s Capital A/c | - | 1,800 | - | ||||
| By Revaluation A/c | 3,600 | 2,400 |
1,200 |
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| To Balance c/d | 43,200 | - | 14,400 | ||||
| 48,600 | 39,600 | 16,200 | 48,600 | 39,600 | 16,200 |
Working Note: -
Old Ratio of X, Y, and Z = In their Capital Share
= 45,000 : 30,000 : 15,000
= 3: 2: 1
New Ratio of X and Z = 3:1
| X's Gain | = | 3 | - | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | |||
| = | 9 | - | 6 | |
| 12 | ||||
| = | 3 | |||
| 12 | ||||
| Y's Gain | = | 1 | - | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | |||
| = | 3 | - | 2 | |
| 12 | ||||
| = | 1 | |||
| 12 | ||||
Gaining Ratio = 3: 1
Goodwill of the firm = Rs 21,600
| Kanika’s Share of Goodwill | = | 21,600 | X | 2 |
| 4 | ||||
| = | Rs 7,200 |
This share of goodwill is to be distributed between X and Z in their gaining ratio i. e. 3:1
| X's Share | = | 7,200 | X | 3 |
| 4 | ||||
| = | Rs 5,400/- |
| Z's Share | = | 7,200 | X | 1 |
| 4 | ||||
| = | Rs 1,800/- |
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