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प्रश्न
Does partnership firm has a separate legal entity? Give reason in support of your answer.
उत्तर
No, a partnership firm does not have a separate legal entity. This is because the partners’ private assets can be utilized to set off firm’s obligations and liabilities, in case the firm is unable to discharge its liabilities from business assets.
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Naveen, Seerat and Hina were partners in a firm manufacturing blanket. They were sharing profits in the ratio of 5:3:2. Their capitals on 1st April, 2012 were Rs.2,00,000; Rs.3,00,000 and Rs.6,00,000 respectively. After the floods in Uttaranchal, all partners decided to help the flood victims personally. For this Naveen withdrew Rs.10,000 from the firm on 1st September; 2012. Seerat, instead of withdrawing cash from the firm took blankets amounting to Rs.12,000 from the firm and distributed to the flood victims. On the other hand, Hina withdrew Rs.2,00,000 from her capital on 1st January, 2013 and set up a centre to provide medical facilities in the flood affected area.
The partnership deed provides for charging interest on drawings @ 6% p.a. After the Final Accounts were prepared, it was discovered that interest on drawings had not been charged. Give the necessary adjusting journal entry and show the working notes clearly. Also state any two values that the partners wanted to communicate to the society.
In the absence of Partnership Deed, interest on a loan of a partner is allowed :
(1) at 8% per annum
(2) at 6% per annum
(3) no interest is allowed
(4) at 12% per annum
Under which major headings and sub-headings will the following items be shown in the Balance Sheet of a company as per Schedule VI Part I of the Companies Act, 1956 :
(i) A balance of the Statement of Profit and Loss.
(ii) A loan of Rs 1,00,000 payable after three years.
(iii) Short-term deposits payable on demand.
(iv) Loose tools
(v) Trademark
(vi) Land
(vii) Cash at the bank
(viii) Trade payables
What is meant by Partnership deed?
Match the following pairs:
| Group ‘A’ | Group ‘B’ | ||
| (a) | Partnership Deed | (1) | Central Processing Unit |
| (b) | Excess of assets over liabilities | (2) | Purchase price plus installation charges |
| (c) | CPU | (3) | Written agreement |
| (d) | Co-venturer | (4) | Purchase price less Scrap Value |
| (e) | Cost of fixed assets | (5) | Capital |
| (6) | Partner in joint venture | ||
| (7) | Oral agreement | ||
| (8) | Liabilities | ||
Physical devices of computer system are known as ____________.
Answer in one sentence only.
Who is called a nominal partner?
State whether the following statement are True or False.
Partnership agreement must be in written form.
State whether the following statement is True or False.
Receipts and payments account is a real account.
The following information has been provided by M/s Achyut Health Care. You are required to calculate the amount of medicines consumed during the year 2020-21:
| Particulars | Amount(₹) |
| Stock of medicines as on April 1, 2020 | 15,00,000 |
| Creditors for medicines as on April 1,2020 | 3,50,000 |
| Stock of medicines as on March 31,2021 | 10,00,000 |
| Creditors for medicines as on March 31, 2021 | 4,20,000 |
| Cash purchases of medicines during the year 2020-21 | 2,00,000 |
| Credit purchases of medicines during the year 2020-21 | 6,00,000 |
Sohan and Mohan are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:3 with capitals of ₹ 5,00,000 and ₹ 6,00,000 respectively. On 1st January 2022, Sohan and Mohan granted loans of ₹ 20,000 and ₹ 10,000 respectively to the firm. Determine the amount of loss borne by each partner for the year ended 31st March 2022 if the loss before interest for the year amounted to ₹ 2,500.
Ajay, Manish and Sachin were partners sharing profits in the ratio 5:3:2. Their Capitals were ₹ 6,00,000; ₹ 8,00,000 and ₹ 11,00,000 as on April 01, 2021. As per Partnership deed, Interest on Capitals were to be provided @ 10% p.a. For the year ended March 31, 2022, Profits of ₹ 2,00,000 were distributed without providing for Interest on Capitals. Pass an adjustment entry and show the workings clearly.
P, Q and R were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:1:2. Their balance sheet on 31st March, 2022 was as follow:
| Balance sheet of P, Q and R as on 31.3.2022 | |||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | Amount (₹) |
| Creditors | 48,000 | Bank | 25 000 | ||
| Bills Payable | 22,000 | Debtors | 75,000 | ||
| General Reserve | 80,000 | Stock | 2,00,000 | ||
| Profit for 2021-22 | 2,00,000 | Machinery | 3,00,000 | ||
| Capitals: | Land and Building | 10,00,000 | |||
| p | 5,00,000 | 12,50,000 | |||
| Q | 2,50,000 | ||||
| R | 5,00,000 | ||||
| 16,00,000 | 16,00,000 | ||||
On 30th June, 2022, Q died. The partnership deed provided that on the death of a partner his executors will be entitled for the following:
- Balance in his capital account.
- Interest on capital @ 6% p.a.
- His share in the profits of the firm till the date of his death calculated on the basis of last year's profit.
- His share in the goodwill of the firm calculated on the basis of the three years purchase of the average profits of last four years.
Profits for 2018-19 were ₹ 3,00,000, for 2019-20 were ₹ 4,00,000 and for 2020-21 were ₹ 1,00,000.
On 1.6.2022 Q withdrew ₹ 50,000 for meeting his medical expenses.
Prepare Q's Capital account on his death to be presented to his executors.
In the absence of an agreement, partners are entitled to:
- Profit share in capital ratio.
- Commission for making additional sale.
- Interest on Loan & Advances by them to the firm.
- Salary for working extra hours.
- Interest on Capital.
The fixed capital accounts of Shiv, Azeem and Angad, sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2 : 2 : 1, stood at ₹ 4,00,000, ₹ 6,00,000 and ₹ 2,00,000 respectively.
The accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2022, were drawn up and closed and the Current Account balances of the partners were determined to be:
Shiv ₹ 35,000, Azeem ₹ 40,000 and Angad ₹ 25,000.
Subsequently, the following errors were discovered on 1st April, 2022:
- Interest on capital @ 10% per annum had been allowed to the partners, although there was no provision for it in the partnership deed.
- Salary of ₹ 16,000 per annum to Shiv and ₹ 20,000 per annum to Azeem was not allowed to them, despite a provision for salary in the partnership deed.
- Commission of ₹ 24,000 was not allowed to Angad, despite a provision for commission in the partnership deed.
You are required to prepare the adjusted Current Accounts of the partners on 1st April, 2022, to rectify the lapse in accounting.
