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

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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

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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.


Ramesh and Umesh were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of their capitals. On 31st March, 2013 their Balance Sheet was as follows:On the above data the firm was dissolved. 

            Balance Sheet of Ramesh and Umesh as on                            31st March, 2013

Liabilities

Amount

Rs

Assets

Amount

Rs

Creditors

1,70,000

Bank

1,10,000

Workmen’s Compensation Fund

2,10,000

Debtors

2,40,000

General Reserve

2,00,000

Stock

1,30,000

Ramesh’s Current Account

80,000

Furniture

2,00,000

Capitals:

 

Machinery

9,30,000

Ramesh

7,00,000

 

Umesh’s Current Account

50,000

Umesh

3,00,000

10,00,000

 

 

 

16,60,000

 

16,60,000

 

 

 

(i) Ramesh took over 50% of stock at Rs 10,000 less than book value. The remaining stock was sold at a loss of Rs 15,000. Debtors were realised at a discount of 5%.
(ii) Furniture was taken over by Umesh for Rs 50,000 and machinery was sold for Rs 4,50,000.
(iii) Creditors were paid in full.
(iv) There was an unrecorded bill for repairs for Rs 1,60,000 which was settled at Rs 1,40,000.

Prepare Realisation Account.


Answer in one sentence only.

What is revaluation account?


Write the word/term or phrase which can substitute the following statement.
The account which shows change in the values of assets.


Write the word/term or phrase which can substitute the following statement.  
Account which is opened to record the gains and losses on revaluation.


Select the most appropriate answer from the alternative given below and rewrite the sentence.

Account is debited when unrecorded liability is brought into business.


Answer the following question in one sentence.
What shows credit balance of revaluation account ?


Write a word/phrase/term which can substitute the following statement.

Profit and Loss Account balance appearing on the liability side of the Balance Sheet.


Complete the following Table:

Normal Profit = __________ `xx "NRR"/ 100`


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.


Amalendu and Sameer share profits and losses in the ratio 3:2 respectively Their balance sheet as on 31st March 2017 was as under.

Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2017

Liabilities Amount (₹) Assets Amount (₹)
Sundry Creditors 10,000 Cash at bank 12,000
Amlendu capital 60,000 Sundry debtors 24,000
Sameer capital 40,000 Land & Building 50,000
General reserve 20,000 Stock 16,000
    Plant and machinery 20,000
    Furniture & fixture 8,000
  1,30,000   1,30,000

On 1st April 2017, they admit Paresh into partnership. The term being that:

  1. He shall pay ₹16,000 as his share of Goodwill 50% amount of Goodwill shall be withdrawn by the old partners.
  2. He shall have to bring in ₹ 20,000 as his Capital for 1/4 share in future profits.
  3. For the purpose of Paresh’s admission, it was agreed that the assets would be revalued as follows.

A) Land and Building is to be valued at ₹ 60,000
B) Plant and Machinery to be valued at ₹ 16,000
C) Stock valued at ₹ 20,000 and Furniture and Fixtures at ₹ 4,000.
D) A Provision of 5% on Debtors would be made for Doubtful Debts.

Pass the necessary Journal Entries in the Books of a New Firm.


Mr. Deep & Mr. Karan were in Partnership sharing Profits & Losses in the proportion of 3:1 respectively. Their Balance Sheet On 31st March 2018 Stood as follows.

Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2018
Liabilities Amount (₹) Amount (₹) Assets Amount (₹) Amount (₹)
Sundry Creditors   40,000 Cash   40,000
Bill Payable   10,000 Sundry debtors   32,000
Bank Overdraft   11,000 Land & Building   16,000
Capital A/c:     Stock   20,000
Deep 60,000   Plant and machinery   30,000
Karan 20,000 80,000 Furniture   11,000
General Reserve   8,000      
    1,49,000     1,49,000

They admit Shubham into Partnership on 1 April 2018 The term being that:

  1. He shall have to bring in ₹ 20,000 as his capital for 1/5 Share in future profits & 10,000 as his share of Goodwill.
  2. A Provision for 5% doubtful debts to be created on Sundry Debtors.
  3. Furniture to be depreciated by 20%
  4. Stock should be appreciated by 5% and Building be appreciated by 20%
  5. Capital A/c of all partners be adjusted in their new profit sharing ratio through cash account.

Prepare Profit and Loss Adjustment A/c, Partner’s Capital A/c, Balance sheet of the new firm.


Mr. Amit and Baban 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 1,40,000 Cash 110,000
Capital:   Land and Building 50,000
Amit 100,000 Plant 60,000
Baban 100,000 Furniture 4,000
    Stock 100,000
    Debtors 16,000
  3,40,000   3,40,000

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

1. Kamal shall have 1/4th share in future profits.

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

3. She shall bring 50,000 as her capital and 40,000 as her share of goodwill.

4. Land and building to be valued at 60,000 and furniture to be depreciated by 10%

5. Provision for bad and doubtful debts is to be maintained at 5% on the sundry debtors.

6. Stocks to be valued 1,10,000 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 A/c, Capital A/cs, and New Balance Sheet.


State whether the following will be debited or credited in the revaluation account.

  1. Depreciation on assets
  2. Unrecorded liability
  3. Provision for outstanding expenses
  4. Appreciation of assets

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.


At the time of admission of a partner, what will be the effect of the following information?

Balance in Workmen compensation reserve ₹40,000. Claim for workmen compensation ₹45,000.


The account which is prepared to adjust the increase or decrease in the value of assets at the time of admission of a partner is called:


If at the time of admission, there is some unrecorded liability, it will be:


Ram and Shyam were in partnership sharing profits and Losses in the proportion of 3 : 1 respectively. Their Balance sheet as on 31st March, 2020 stood as follows:

Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2020
Liabilities Amount (₹) Assets Amount (₹)
Sundry Creditors   80,000 Cash 80,000
Bills Payable   42,000 Sundry Debtors 64,000
Capital Accounts:     Land and Building 32,000
Ram 1,20,000 1,60,000 Stock 40,000
Shyam 40,000 Plant and Machinery 60,000
General Reserve   16,000 Furniture 22,000
    2,98,000   2,98,000

They admit Bharat into partnership on 1st April 2020. The term is that

  1. He shall have to bring in cash ₹ 40,000 as his Capital for 1/5th share in future profit and ₹ 20,000 as his share of Goodwill.
  2. A provision for 5% doubtful debts to be created on sundry debtors.
  3. Stock should be appreciated by 5% and Land and Building be appreciated by 20%.
  4. Furniture to be depreciated by 20%.
  5. Capital Accounts of all partners be adjusted in their new profit-sharing ratio through Cash Account.

Prepare:

  1. Profit and Loss Adjustment Account
  2. Partners' Capital Account
  3. Balance Sheet of the new firm.

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