
Question 45 Chapter 6 of +2-A
45. Amit, Balan, and Chander were partners in a firm sharing profits in the proportion of 1/2, 1/3, and 1/6 respectively. Chander retired on 1st April 2014. The Balance Sheet of the firm on the date of Chander's retirement was as follows
| Liabilities | Amount | Assets | Amount | ||
| Sundry Creditors | 12,600 | Bank | 50,000 | ||
| Provident Fund | 3,000 | Debtors | 30,000 | ||
| General Reserve | 9,000 | Less: Provision | 1,000 | 29,000 | |
| Partner’s Capital A/cs: | Stock | 25,000 | |||
| Amit's Capital | 40,000 | Investments | 10,000 | ||
| Balan's Capital | 36,500 | Patents | 5,000 | ||
| Chander's Capital | 20,000 | 96,500 | Machinery | 48,000 | |
| 1,21,100 | 1,21,100 | ||||
It was agreed that:
Prepare Revaluation Account and Partners' Capital Accounts on Chander's retirement.
Revaluation Account
| Particular |
Amount | Particular | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Machinery A/c | 4,800 | By Investments A/c | 5,800 | ||
| To Patents | 1,000 | By Provident Fund A/c | 600 | ||
| To Profit transferred to: | |||||
| Amit’s Capital A/c | 300 | ||||
| Balan’s Capital A/c | 200 | ||||
| Chander’s Capital A/c | 100 | 600 | |||
| 6,400 | 6,400 | ||||
Partners’ Capital Account
| Part. | Amit | Balan | Chander |
Part. |
Amit | Balan | Chander |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Investments A/c | - | - | 15,800 | By Balance B/d | 40,000 | 36,500 | 20,000 |
| To Chander’s Capital A/c | 2,700 | 1,800 | - | By Revaluation (Profit)A/c | 300 | 200 | 100 |
| To Chander’s Loan A/c | - | - | 10,300 | By General Reserve A/c | 4,500 | 3,000 | 1,500 |
| To Balan's Current A/c | - | 5,900 | - | By Amit’s Capital A/c | - | - | 2,700 |
| By Balan’s Capital A/c | - | - | 1,800 | ||||
| By Current A/c | 5,900 | - | - | ||||
| 50,700 | 39,700 | 26,100 | 50,700 | 39,700 | 26,100 |
Old Ratio of Amit, Balan, and Chander = 1/2: 1/3: 1/6
= 3/6:2/6:1/6 (make base equal)
Chander retires from the firm.
New or Gaining Ratio of Amit and Balan,= 3:2 (as per old ratio)
Goodwill of the firm = Rs 27,000
| Chander's Share of Goodwill | = | Firm's Goodwill | X | Chander's share |
| = | 27,000 | X | 1 | |
| 6 | ||||
| = | Rs 4,500 |
| Amit will pay | = | Chander’s Goodwill | X |
Share of Amit |
| = | 4,500 | X | 3 | |
| 5 | ||||
| = | Rs 2,700 |
| Balan will pay | = | Chander’s Goodwill | X | Share of Balan |
| = | 4,500 | X | 2 | |
| 5 | ||||
| = | Rs 1,800 |
| Balance of Capital Amount after all adjustments | = | Opening Balance of Capital Account | + | All Credits | - | All Debits | |
| Balance of Amit’s Capital Amount after all adjustments | = | 40,000 | + | 300 | + | 4,500 | - | 2,700 | |
| = | 42,100/- | ||||||||
| Balance of Balan's Capital Amount after all adjustments | = | 36,500 | + | 200 | + | 3,000 | - | (1,800) | |
| = | 37,900 | ||||||||
| Total Capital of the firm | = | Amit's Capital Balance | + | Balan's Capital Balance |
| = | 42,100 | + | 37,900 | |
| = | 80,000 |
The total capital of the Firm= Rs 80,000
| Amit's New Capital | = | Firm’s new Capital | X |
Share of Amit |
| = | 80,000 | X | 3 | |
| 5 | ||||
| = | Rs 48,000 |
| Balan New Capital | = | Firm’s new Capital | X | Share of Balan |
| = | 80,000 | X | 2 | |
| 5 | ||||
| = | Rs 32,000 |
Calculation of Addition/withdrawal of Capital by the Amit and Balan
|
Addition/withdrawal by Amit's in/from Capital A/c |
= | New Capital Amount | - | Balance of Capital Amount after all adjustments |
| = | 48,000 | - | 42,100 | |
| = | 5,900/- |
| Addition/withdrawal by Balan's in/from Capital A/c | = | New Capital Amount | - | Balance of Capital Amount after all adjustments |
| = | 32,000 | - | 37,900 | |
| = | 5,900/- |
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