Question 24 Chapter 6 – Unimax Class 12 Part 1 – 2021
24. A, B and C carry on business sharing profits and losses in proportions 1/2, 1/3 and 1/6 respectively. The Balance Sheet of the firm as on 31st March, 2021 was as follows :
| Liabilities | Amount | Assets | Amount | |
| Sundry Creditors | 12600 | Cash at Bank | 4100 | |
| Provident Fund | 3000 | Debtors | 30000 | |
| Capital | Less : Provision | 1000 | 29000 | |
| A | 40000 | Stock | 25000 | |
| B | 36500 | Investments | 10000 | |
| C | 20000 | Patents | 5000 | |
| Reserve fund | 9000 | Plant and Machinery | 48000 | |
| 121000 | 121000 |
C retired on the above date on the following terms :
- Goodwill of firm was valued at Rs. 27000.
- Value of patents was to be reduced by 20% and that of Plant and Machinery by 10%.
- Provision for doubtful debts was to be raised by 6%.
- C took over investment at a value of Rs. 15800.
- Liability on account of provident fund was only Rs. 2500.
Show the necessary journal entries for treatment of goodwill, prepare Revaluation Account, Capital Accounts of Partners and Balance Sheet of A and B after C’s retirement.
The solution of Question 24 Chapter 6 – Unimax Class 12 Part 1: –
Journal
| Date | Particulars | Debit | Credit | ||
| A’s Capital a/c | Dr. | 4,000 | |||
| C’s Capital a/c | Dr. | 6,000 | |||
| To B’s Capital a/c | 10,000 | ||||
| (Being retiring partner C compensated by A and B in gaining ratio) |
Revaluation A/c
| Particulars | Rs. | Particulars | Rs. | |
| To Patents a/c | 1,000 | By Investment a/c | 5,800 | |
| To Plant and Machinery a/c | 4,800 | By Provident Fund | 500 | |
| To Provision for doubtful debts | 800 | By Loss on revaluation | ||
| A | 150 | |||
| B | 100 | |||
| C | 50 | 300 | ||
| 6,600 | 6,600 |
Capital Accounts
| Particulars | A | B | C | Particulars | A | B | C |
| To C’s Capital a/c | 2,700 | 1,800 | By Balance b/d | 40,000 | 36,500 | 20,000 | |
| To Rev. (Loss) a/c | 150 | 100 | 50 | By A’s Capital a/c | ` | 2,700 | |
| To Investment | 15,800 | By B’s Capital a/c | 1,800 | ||||
| To C’s Loan | 10,150 | By Reserve | 4,500 | 3,000 | 1,500 | ||
| To Balance c/d | 41,650 | 37,600 | |||||
| 44,500 | 39,500 | 26,000 | 44,500 | 39,500 | 26,000 |
Balance Sheet (After Retirement)
| Liabilities | Rs. | Assets | Rs. | ||
| Sundry Creditors | 12,600 | Bank | 4,100 | ||
| Capital Accounts | Debtors | 30,000 | |||
| A | 41,650 | Less : Provision | 1,800 | 28,200 | |
| B | 37,600 | Stock | 25,000 | ||
| C’s Loan a/c | 10,150 | Patents | 4,000 | ||
| Provident Fund | 2,500 | Plant and Machinery | 43,200 | ||
| 1,04,500 | 1,04,500 |
Retirement of a Partner – Explained with Illustration
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T.S. Grewal’s Double Entry Book Keeping +2 (Vol. I: Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organizations and Partnership Firms)
- Chapter No. 1 – Financial Statement of Not-For-Profit Organisations
- Chapter No. 2 – Accounting for Partnership Firms – Fundamentals
- Chapter No. 3 – Goodwill: Nature and Valuation
- Chapter No. 4 – Change in Profit-Sharing Ratio Among the Existing Partners
- Chapter No. 5 – Admission of a Partner
- Chapter No. 6 – Retirement/Death of a Partner
- Chapter No. 7 – Dissolution of a Partnership Firm
T.S. Grewal’s Double Entry Book Keeping (Vol. II: Accounting for Companies)
- Chapter No. 8 – Company Accounts – Accounting for Share Capital
- Chapter No. 9 – Company Accounts – Issue of Debentures
- Chapter No. 10 – Redemption of Debentures
T.S. Grewal’s Double Entry Book Keeping (Vol. II: Accounting for Companies)
- Chapter No. 1 – Financial Statements of a Company
- Chapter No. 2 – Financial Statement Analysis
- Chapter No. 3 – Tools of Financial Statement Analysis – Comparative Statements and Common- Size Statements
- Chapter No. 4 – Accounting Ratios
- Chapter No. 5 – Cash Flow Statement
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