
Question 45 Chapter 5 - Unimax Class 12 Part 1 - 2021
45. Vimal and Nirmal are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. On 31st December, 2021 the position of the business was as follows :
| Liabilities | Amount | Assets | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sundry Creditors | 20,000 | Cash | 14000 |
| Profit and Loss Account | 10,000 | Debtors | 18,000 |
| Capital Accounts | Plant and Machinery | 50000 | |
| Vimal | 60000 | Stock | 40000 |
| Nirmal | 32000 | ||
| 1,22,000 | 1,22,000 |
On this day, Kailash agrees to join the business on the following terms and conditions :
(i)He will introduce Rs. 40000 as his capital and will pay Rs. 20000 to the existing partners for his share of goodwill.
(ii)The new profit sharing ratio is 2 : 1 : 1 respectively for Vimal, Nirmal and Kailash.
(iii)A revaluation of assets will be made by reducing plant and machinery to Rs. 35000 and stock by 10%. Provision of Rs. 1000 to be created for bad and doubtful debts.
Pass journal entries for the above arrangement and give the Balance Sheet of the newly constituted firm. Also specify the sacrifice ratio.
Journal
| Date | Particulars | L.F. | Debit | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revaluation a/c | Dr. | 20000 | |||
| To Plant and Machinery a/c | 15000 | ||||
| To Stock A/c | 4000 | ||||
| To Provision for bad debts a/c | 1000 | ||||
| (Being value of assets decreased) | |||||
| Vimal’s Capital a/c | Dr. | 12000 | |||
| Nirmal’s Capital a/c | Dr. | 8000 | |||
| To Revaluation A/c | 20000 | ||||
| (Being net loss transferred to old partners capital a/c in old ratio) | |||||
| Cash a/c | Dr. | 60000 | |||
| To Kailash’s capital a/c | 40000 | ||||
| To Premium A/c | 20000 | ||||
| (Being capital and goodwill brought in cash by new partner) | |||||
| Premium a/c | Dr. | 20000 | |||
| To Vimal’s capital a/c | 8000 | ||||
| To Nirmal’s capital a/c | 12000 | ||||
| (Being goodwill credited to old partner’s capital A/c in sacrificing ratio) |
| Date | Particulars | L.F. | Debit | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit and Loss a/c | Dr. | 10000 | |||
| To Vimal’s Capital A/c | 6000 | ||||
| To Nirmal’s Capital A/c | 4000 | ||||
| (Being Profits of the business credited to old partners’s capital a/c in old ratio) |
Revaluation A/c
| Particulars | Rs. | Particulars | Rs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Stock A/c | 4000 | By Loss on Revaluation A/c | ||
| To Plant and Machinery A/c | 15000 | Vimal ( 3 : 2 ) | 12000 | |
| To Provision on doubtful debts A/c | 1000 | Nirmal | 8000 | 20000 |
| 20000 | 20000 |
Capital Accounts
| Particulars | Vimal |
Nirmal |
Kailash |
Particulars | Vimal |
Nirmal |
Kailash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Loss on revaluation A/c | 12000 | 8000 | _ | By Balance b/d | 60000 | 32000 | _ |
| To Balance c/d | 62000 | 40000 | 40000 | By Cash A/c | _ | _ | 40000 |
| By Premium A/c | 8000 | 12000 | _ | ||||
| By Profit and Loss A/c ( 3 : 2) | 6000 | 4000 | _ | ||||
| 74000 | 48000 | 40000 | 74000 | 48000 | 40000 |
Balance Sheet
| Particulars | Rs. | Particulars | Rs. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundry Creditors | 2000 | Cash | 74000 | ||
| Capital Accounts | Stock | 36000 | |||
| Vimal | 62000 | Plant and Machinery | 35000 | ||
| Nirmal | 4000 | Debtors | 18000 | ||
| Kailash | 40000 | 142000 | Less Provision for sacrifice debts | 1000 | 17000 |
| 162000 | 162000 |
Working Note
Old Share – New share
Vimal’s sacrifice = Old share – new share
= 3/5 – 2/4
= 2/20
Nirmal’s sacrifice = 2/5 – 1/4
= 3/20
S.R. = 2 : 3
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