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Why does a firm revaluate its assets and reassess its liabilities on retirement or death of a partner?

उत्तर

The retiring or the deceased partner may be benefited or may bear loss due to change in the values of assets and liabilities.Therefore, the revaluation of the assets and reassessment of  the liabilities is necessary in order to ascertain the true profit or loss that is to be divided among all the partners in their old profit sharing ratio. For this purpose,an account in the name of Revaluation Account is prepared to ascertain the profits or losses of the firm.

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Admission of a Partner - Revaluation of Assets and Liabilities
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2013-2014 (March) Foreign Set 1

संबंधित प्रश्न

Anil and Sunil were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:1 respectively. Their Balance Sheet was as follows:

Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2010
Liabilities Amount (Rs) Assets Amount (Rs)
Capital A/c   Cash at Bank 4,000
Anil 24,000 Debtors 15,000
Sunil 16,000 Stock 23,500
Trade Creditors 26,000 Furniture 5,000
Anil’s Loan A/c 6,500 Building 25,000
  72,500   72,500

On 1st April 2010, Ram is admitted in the partnership on the following terms:
(1) Ram should bring in cash of Rs. 12,000 as capital for 1/5th share in future profit.
(2) Goodwill A/c is raised in the books of the firm for Rs. 4,500.
(3) A building is revalued at Rs. 28,000 and the value of stock be reduced by Rs. 1,500.
(4) Reserve for doubtful debts is provided at 5% on debtors.

Prepare:
(a) Profit and Loss Adjustment account.
(b) Capital Accounts of partners.
(c) Balance Sheet of the new firm.


Shanti, Samadhan and Sangarsh were sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 7: 5: 4. Their balance sheet as on 31st .03.2013 was as follows:

Balance Sheet as on 31st March,2013.
Liabilities
Amount
Assets
Amount
Capitals:
 
Furniture
17000
Shanti
23000
Machinery
18000
Samadhan
15000
Building
16000
Sangharsh
12000
Cash
37000
Bills Payable
4000
   
Creditors
8000
   
Loan
10000
   
General Reserve
16000
   
       
 
88000
 
88000
Sangharsh died on 30 th June, 2013, and the following adjustments were agreed as per deed.
 
(1) Furniture, Machinery and Building are to be revalued at Rs. 16,700, Rs. 16,200, Rs. 30,100 respectively.
 
(2) Sangharsh’s share in goodwill is to be valued from firm’s goodwill which was valued at two times of the average profit of last three years.
Profits of the last three years - Rs. 30,000, Rs. 25,000, Rs. 20,000.
 
(3) His profit up to the date of death is to be calculated on the basis of profit of last year.
 
(4) Sagharsh was entitled to get a salary of Rs. 800 per month.
 
(5) Interest on capital at 10% to be allowed.
 
(6) Sangharsh’s drawing up to the date of death was Rs. 600 per month.
 
Prepare : (i) Sangarsh’s capital account showing amount payable to his executor.
 
(ii) Give working notes for share of goodwill and profit.

A and B are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 1:1. C is admitted. A surrenders `1/4`th share and B surrenders `1/5`th of his share in favor of C. Calculate the new profit sharing ratio.


_____________ =`"Total profit"/"Number of years"`


Vikram and Pradnya share profits and losses in the ratio 2:3 respectively. Their balance sheet as on 31st March 2018 was as under.

Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2018

Liabilities Amount (₹) Assets Amount (₹)
Creditors 1,05,000 Cash 7,500
Capitals:   Land & Building 37,500
Vikram 75,000 Plant 45,000
Pradnya 75,000 Furniture 3,000
    Stock 75,000
    Debtors 87,000
  2,55,000   2,55,000

They agreed to admit Avani as a partner on 1st April 2018 on the following terms:

  1. Avani shall have 1/4th share in future profits.
  2. He shall bring ₹ 37,500 as his capital and ₹ 30,000 as his share of goodwill.
  3. Land and building to be valued at ₹ 45,000 and furniture to be depreciated by 10%.
  4. Provision for bad and doubtful debts is to be maintained at 5% on the Sundry Debtors.
  5. Stocks to be valued ₹ 82,500.

The capital A/c of all partners to be adjusted in their new profit and loss ratio and excess amount be transferred to their loan accounts.

Prepare Profit and Loss Adjustment Account, Capital Accounts, and New Balance Sheet.


Mr. Kishor & Mr. Lal were in partnership sharing profits & losses in the proportion of 3/4 and 1/4 respectively.

Balance Sheet as on 31 March 2018
Liabilities Amt
(₹)
Amt
(₹)
Assets Amt
(₹)
Amt
(₹)
Creditors   1,20,000 Land and Building   75,000
General Reserve   12,000 Furniture   6,000
Capital A/c:     Stock   60,000
Kishor 90,000   Debtors   60,000
Lal 48,000 1,38,000 Bills Receivable   39,000
      Cash at Bank   30,000
    2,70,000     2,70,000

They decided to admit Ram on 1 April 2018 on following terms:

1. He should be given 1/5th share in profit and for that he brought in ₹ 60,000 as capital through RTGS.

2. Goodwill should be raised at ₹ 60,000

3. Appreciate Land and Building by 20%

4. Furniture and Stock are to be depreciated by 10%

5. The Capitals of all partners should be adjusted in their new profit sharing ratio through Bank A/c.

Pass necessary Journal Entries in the books of the Partnership firm and a Balance sheet of the new firm.


The balance sheet of Medha and Radha who share profit and loss in the ratio 3: 1 is as follows:

Balance Sheet as on 31 March 2018
Liabilities Amount (₹) Assets Amount (₹)
Sundry Creditors 80,000 Cash 78,000
Bills Payable 20,000 Sundry debtors 64,000
Bank overdraft 20,000 Stock 40,000
Capital A/c:   Plant and Machinery 60,000
Medha 1,20,000 Furniture 22,000
Radha 40,000 Land and Building 32,000
General reserve 16,000    
  2,96,000   2,96,000

 They decided to admit krutika on 1st April 2018 on the following terms:

  1. Krutika is taken as partner on 1st April 2017. She will pay 40,000 as her capital for 1/5th share in future profits and Rs. 2,500 as goodwill.
  2. A 5% provision for bad and doubtful debt be created on debtors.
  3. Furniture be depreciated by 20%.
  4. Stocks be appreciated by 5% and plant and machinery by 20%.
  5. The Capital accounts of all partners be adjusted in their new profit sharing ratio by adjusting the amount through current account.
  6. The new profit sharing ratio will be 3/5: 1/5: 1/5 respectively.

You are required to prepare profit and loss adjustment A/c, Partner’s Capital A/c, Balance Sheet of the new firm.


The following is the Balance Sheet of Om and Jay on 31st March 2018, they share profits and losses in the ratio 3:2

Balance Sheet As On 31st March 2018
Liabilities Amount (₹) Assets Amount (₹)
Creditors 30,000 Cash 3,000
Capital A/c   Building 15,000
Om 21,000 Machinery 21,000
Jay 21,000 Furniture 900
Current A/c   Stock 12,300
Om 3,750 Debtors 27,000
Jay 3,450    
  79,200   79,200

They take Jagdish into partnership on 1st April 2018 the terms being

1. Jagdish should pay 3,000 as his share of Goodwill. 50% of goodwill withdrawn by partners in cash.

2. He should bring 9,000 as capital for 1/4th share in future profits.

3. Building to be valued at 18,000, Machinery and Furniture to be reduced by 10%

4. A Provision of 5% on debtors to be made for doubtful debts.

5. Stock is to be taken at a value of 15,000.

Prepare profit and loss A/c, Partner’s Current A/c, Balance Sheet of the new firm


The following is the balance sheet of James and Justina as on 1.1.2017. They share the profits and losses equally

Liabilities Assets
Capital accounts:     Building 70,000
James 40,000   Stock 30,000
Justina 50,000 90,000 Debtors 20,000
Creditors   35,000 Bank 15,000
Reserve fund   15,000 Prepaid insurance 5,000
    1,40,000   1,40,000

On the above date, Balan is admitted as a partner with a 1/5 share in future profits. Following are the terms for his admission:

  1. Balan brings ₹ 25,000 as capital.
  2. His share of goodwill is ₹ 10,000 and he brings cash for it.
  3. The assets are to be valued as under:
    Building ₹ 80,000; Debtors ₹ 18,000; Stock ₹ 33,000

Prepare necessary ledger accounts and the balance sheet after admission.


Anbu and Shankar are partners in a business sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 7 : 5. The balance sheet of the partners on 31.03.2018 is as follows:

Liabilities Assets
Capital accounts:     Computer 40,000
Anbu 4,00,000   Motor car 1,60,000
Shankar 3,00,000 7,00,000 Stock 4,00,000
Profit and loss   1,20,000 Debtors 3,60,000
Creditors   1,20,000 Bank 40,000
Workmen compensation fund   60,000    
    10,00,000   10,00,000

Rajesh is admitted for 1/5 share on the following terms:

  1. Goodwill of the firm is valued at ₹ 80,000 and Rajesh brought cash ₹ 6,000 for his share of goodwill.
  2. Rajesh is to bring ₹ 1,50,000 as his capital.
  3. Motor car is valued at ₹ 2,00,000; stock at ₹ 3,80,000 and debtors at ₹ 3,50,000.
  4. Anticipated claim on workmen compensation fund is ₹ 10,000
  5. Unrecorded investment of ₹ 5,000 has to be brought into account.

Prepare revaluation account, capital accounts and balance sheet after Rajesh’s admission.


Balance in the Investment Fluctuation Reserve, after meeting the loss on revaluation of Investments, at the time of admission of a partner will be transferred to:


Karan and Saran are partners in a partnership. They admitted Mohit as a new partner for `1/4`th share in profits.

Balance Sheet [Extract]
Liabilities Amount
(₹)
Assets Amount
(₹)
Creditors 25,000    

If 5% of creditors are not likely to claim their dues, what amount of creditors will be shown in the Balance Sheet on Mohit's admission?


Ganga and Jamuna are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 2 : 1. They admit Saraswati for 1/5th share in future profits. On the date of admission, Ganga’s capital was ₹ 1,02,000 and Jamuna’s capital was ₹ 73,000. Saraswati brings ₹  25,000 as her share of goodwill and she agrees to contribute proportionate capital to the new firm. How much capital will be brought by Saraswati?


Following is the Balance Sheet of Mukesh and Anil sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 3:2 as on 31st March, 2019.

Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2019
Liabilities   Amount (₹) Assets   Amount (₹)
Capital A/c:     Building   72,000
Mukesh 80,000 1,80,000 Plant & Machinery   60,000
Anil 1,00,000 Stock   48,000
Sundry Creditors   60,000 Debtors 42,000 40,000
Bills Payable   10,000 Less: RDD 2,000
      Bank   20,000
      Furniture   10,000
    2,50,000     2,50,000

On 1st April, 2019 Neeta is admitted on the following terms:

  1. She will pay ₹ 1,00,000 of her capital and ₹ 40,000 as her share of Goodwill.
  2. The new profit sharing ratio is to be 5 : 3 : 2.
  3. The assets are to be revalued as under: Building ₹ 1,00,000, Plant & Machinery ₹ 48,000.
  4. RDD to be increased up to ₹ 4,000.
  5. The old partners decided to retain half of the amount of goodwill in the business.
  6. Sundry creditors should be revalued at ₹ 66,000.

Give Revaluation Account, Capitals Accounts and Balance Sheet of New firm.


Indu, Vijay and Pawan were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 3. They admitted Subhash into partnership with effect from 1st April, 2022. New profit sharing ratio among Indu, Vijay, Pawan and Subhash will be 3: 3: 2: 2. An extract of their Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2022 is given below:

Liabilities Amount (₹) Assets Amount (₹)
Investment
Fluctuation Reserve
80,000 Investment (Market
Value ₹ 80,000)
90,000

Which of the following is the correct accounting treatment of 'investment fluctuation reserve' at the time of Subhash's admission?


The following is the Balance Sheet of Vivaan and Vihaan sharing Profits and Losses in the ratio of 3 : 2 as on 31 March, 2023.

Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2023
Liabilities Amount (₹) Assets Amount (₹) Amount (₹)
Capital Accounts:   Building   1,08,000
Vivaan 1,20,000 Plant and Machinery   90,000
Vihaan 1,50,000 Stock   72,000
Sundry Creditors 90,000 Debtors 63,000 60,000
Bank Overdraft 15,000 Less: R.D .D. 3,000
    Bank   30,000
    Investments   15,000
  3,75,000     3,75,000

On 1-4-2023, Prihaan is admitted on the following terms:

(1) He is to pay ₹ 1,50,000 as his capital and ₹ 60,000 as his share of Goodwill.

(2) The new profit sharing ratio is to be 5 : 3 : 2.

(3) The assets are to be revalued as under:
Building ₹ 1,50,000, Plant and Machinery ₹ 72,000.

(4) R.D.D. to be increased up to ₹ 6,000

(5) The old partners decided to keep half of the amount of goodwill in the business.

(6) Sundry creditors are to be revalued at ₹ 99,000.

Prepare Revaluation Account, Capital Accounts of Partners and Balance Sheet of new [um.


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