
Question 60 Chapter 6 of +2-A
60. X, Y and Z were partners in a firm. Z died on 31st May 2018. His share of profit from the closure of the last accounting year till the date of death was to be calculated on the basis of the average of three completed 19,000 and 17,000 respectively. Calculate Z's share of profit till his death and pass necessary Journal entry for the same when:
a there is no change in the profit-sharing ratio of remaining partners, and
b there is the change in the profit-sharing ratio of remaining partners, the new ratio being 3: 2.
| Date | Particulars |
L.F. | Debit | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | Profit & Loss Suspense A/c | Dr. | 1,000 | ||
| To Z’s Capital A/c | 1,000 | ||||
| (Being Proportionate profit dispensed to deceased partner) | |||||
| b | X’s Capital A/c | Dr. | 800 | ||
| Y’s Capital A/c | Dr. | 200 | |||
| To Z’s Capital A/c | 1,000 | ||||
| (Being Proportionate profit dispensed to deceased partner) | |||||
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