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Answer in one sentence only.
What is dissolution of partnership firm?
Solution 1
Dissolution means termination of the existing relationship between the partners of a firm. It means that the business will come to an end and the firm will wind up its business. Accordingly, all the assets will be realised and liabilities will be paid off. It can be dissolved either voluntarily by the partners or compulsorily by the order of the court.
Solution 2
Dissolution of the partnership firm means complete closure of business activities and stoppage of partnership relations among all the partners.
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1) Expenses of dissolution Rs 500 were paid by John, a partner.
2) Joney, a partner, agreed to bear the dissolution expenses for a commission of 750. Actual dissolution expenses 650 were paid by Joney
3) Bony, partner agreed to look after the dissolution work for a remuneration of Rs 3,700. He also agreed to bear the dissolution expenses. Actual dissolution expenses Rs 4,200 were paid by Bony from the firm’s cash.
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(ii) Interest on drawing @ 12% p.a.
(iii) Interest on partners' loan @ 6% p.a.
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| Liabilities | Amount | Assets | Amount |
| Sundry creditors | 42,000 | Plant and machinery | 40,000 |
| Bhavin's loan | 10,000 | Investment | 16,000 |
| Reserve fund | 40,000 | Stock | 60,000 |
| Capital accounts : | Debtors 36,000 | ||
| Ashwin | 40,000 | Less : R.D.D 2,000 | |
| Bhavin | 20,000 | Bank | 10,000 |
| Pravin | 8,000 | ||
| 1,96,000 | 1,60,000 |
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1. Investment Rs 10,000. Stock Rs 48,000, and Debtors Rs 30,000
2. Plant and machinery were taken over by Ashwin at book value.
3. Sundry creditors and Bhavin's loan were paid in full.
4. Realisation expenses incurred Rs 2,000.
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(1) Realisation Account
(2) Partners' Capital Account
(3) Bank Account
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Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2010
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) | |
| Sundry Creditors | 15400 | Cash at Bank | 3500 | |
| Bills payable | 3600 | Stock | 19800 | |
| A’s loan A/c | 10000 | Debtors | 15000 | 14000 |
| Capital Account: | Less : Provision | 1000 | ||
| A | 20000 | Join Life Policy | 4000 | |
| B | 16000 | Plant and Machinery | 43700 | |
| C | 8000 | |||
| Reserve Fund | 12000 | |||
| 85000 | 85000 | |||
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1) Join Life Policy was taken over by Mr. A at Rs 5,000.
2) Stock realised Rs 18,000, Debtors realised Rs 14,500, Plant and Machinery was sold for Rs 36,000.
3) Liabilities were paid in full. In addition one bill for Rs 700 under discount was dishonoured and had to be taken up by the firm.
4) There were no realisation expenses.
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Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2008
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) | |
| Capital Accounts: | Machinery | 25000 | ||
| Pannalal | 30000 | Stock | 10000 | |
| Babulal | 10000 | Debtors | 27500 | 26000 |
| Hiralal | 10000 | Less : R.D.D | 1500 | |
| General Reserve | 3000 |
Investment |
12000 | |
| Creditors | 20000 | Profit and Loss A/c | 9000 | |
| Pannalal’s Loan A/c | 4000 | Bank | 2000 | |
| Bills payable | 7000 | |||
| 84000 | 84000 | |||
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1) Assets were realised: Machinery Rs 22,500, Stock Rs 9,000, Investment Rs 10,500, Debtors Rs 22,500.
2) Dissolution expenses were Rs 1,500.
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Balance Sheet as on 31st December, 2011
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) |
| Capital Accounts: | Building | 73,900 | |
| Gautam | 75000 | Furniture | 44,100 |
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| Reserve Fund | 27,000 |
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33,600 |
| Creditors | 48,500 | Cash | 15,000 |
| Bank Loan | 11,500 | Ashwin’s Capital | 15,000 |
| 207000 | 207000 |
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b) Building was sold for Rs 49,800.
c) Furniture was realised by the firm at Rs 23,100 less than the book value.
d) A Customer who owes Rs 14,400 became insolvent and nothing could be recovered from his private estate.
(ii) Creditors were paid for Rs 36,900 in full settlement and Bank Loan was discharged fully.
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Balance Sheet as on 31st December, 2011
| Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) |
| Capital Accounts | Sadanand’s Capital A/c | 2000 | |
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| Sadashiv | 4000 |
Machinery |
12700 |
| Parvati’s Loan | 10000 |
Debtors |
9100 |
| Sundry Creditors | 30000 |
Bank |
7900 |
| 50000 | 50000 |
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(i) The sundry Assets realised as follows:
Building Rs 10,900, Machinery Rs 8,200, Debtors Rs 6,800.
(ii) Realisation expenses amounted to Rs 1,300.
(iii) Sadanand was unable to contribute anything-
Whereas Rs 1,100 and Rs 900 were recovered from the realisation of private estate of Shiv and Sadashiv respectively.
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Application ₹ 5 per share
Allotment ₹ 10 per share
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Second call and
final call ₹ 2 per share
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(i) A machinery with a book value of ₹ 6,00,000 was taken over by Gaurav at 50% and stock worth ₹ 5,000 was taken over by a creditor of ₹ 9,000 in full settlement of his claim.
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Complete the table.
| 1) | Debit side total of Realisaton A/c | Credit side total of Realisation A/c | Loss on Realisations |
| ₹ 20,000 | ? | ₹ 4,000 | |
| 2) | Creditors | Bills Payable | Third-Party Liabilities |
| ₹16,000 | ₹12,000 | ? | |
| 3) | Credit side total Profit ion of Realisaton A/c | Debit side total of Realisation A/c | Profit of realisation |
| ₹ 21,000 | ₹16,000 | ? | |
| 4) | Debit side total of Capital A/c | Credit side total of Capital A/c | Cash brought by partner |
| ₹ 51,000 | ? | ₹ 17,000 | |
| 5) | capital deficiency | Cash brought by Insolvent Partner | Insolvent loss |
| ? | ₹ 7,000 | ₹ 21,000 |
Leela, Manda, and Kunda are partners in the firm ‘Janki Stores’ sharing Profits and Losses in the ratio of 3:2:1 respectively. On 31st March 2018, they decided to dissolve the firm when their Balance Sheet was as under.
| Balance Sheets as on 31st March 2018. | |||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
| Creditors | 28,800 | Building | 1,02,000 |
| Bills Payable | 21,600 | Machinery | 73,000 |
| Capital A/c’s | Motor Car | 1,67,600 | |
| Leela | 2,27,160 | Goodwill | 45,600 |
| Manda | 1,44,000 | Investment | 62,400 |
| Kunda | 1,08,000 | Debtors | 30,600 |
| Stock | 45,000 | ||
| Bank | 3,360 | ||
| 5,29,560 | 5,29,560 | ||
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Pass necessary entries in the books of ‘Janki Stores.’
The dissolution of partnership may take place in the following ways?
Name the account opened to find out the Profit or Loss on Sale of Assets and Settlement of Liabilities?
Consider the following statements
Statement 1: "The firm is dissolved automatically, on the retirement all partners."
Statement 2: A firm dissolves on the retirement of a partner.
On dissolution of a firm, a liability taken over by a partner is credited to ______.
What Journal Entry will be passed on dissolution of partnership firm, when creditors of ₹ 40,000 accepted investments of ₹ 50,000 (Book value)?
At the time of dissolution, all assets are transferred to Realisation Account at their ______.
The court can make an order to dissolve the firm when ______.
Complete the table.
| Creditors | Bills Payable | Third-Party Liabilities |
| ₹ 16,000 | ₹ 12,000 | ? |
Dino, Manu and Ramu are Partners Sharing Profits and Losses in the Ratio 2 : 2 : 1. They decided to dissolved the firm on 31st March, 2020. When their position was as under.
| Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2020 | ||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) |
Assets | Amount (₹) |
|
| Capital A/c: | Building | 78,000 | ||
| Dino | 26,000 | 66,000 | Computer | 45,000 |
| Manu | 22,000 | Debtors | 20,000 | |
| Ramu | 18,000 | Goodwill | 35,000 | |
| Creditors | 80,000 | Bank | 8,000 | |
| Bill Payable | 40,000 | |||
| 1,86,000 | 1,86,000 | |||
The firm was dissolved on above date and the following is the result of realisation.
- The Assets were realised as Building ₹ 40,000, Computer ₹ 30,000, Debtors ₹ 10,000.
- Realisation expenses amounted to ₹ 2,000.
- All partners were insolvent The following amount was recovered from them Dino ₹ 2,000 and Manu ₹ 2,000.
Prepare Necessary ledger account to close the books of the firm.
Complete the following table:
| Debit side total of Capital A/c |
Credit side total of Capital A/c |
Cash brought by Partner |
| ₹ 51,000 | ? | ₹ 17,000 |
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- Rina agreed to pay her brother's loan of ₹ 23,000.
- Stock of ₹ 30,000 was taken over by a creditor of ₹ 40,000 in full settlement.
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| Balance sheet as on 31st March 2020 | ||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | |
| Capital A/c | Machinery | 50,000 | ||
| Lal | 60,000 | Investments | 24,000 | |
| Bal | 20,000 | Debtors | 55,000 | 52,000 |
| Pal | 20,000 | Less: R.D.D. | (3,000) | |
| General Reserve | 6,000 | Stock | 20,000 | |
| Creditors | 48,000 | Profit and loss A/c | 18,000 | |
| Bills Payable | 14,000 | Bank | 4,000 | |
| 168000 | 168000 | |||
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| Machinery | ₹ 45000 |
| Stock | ₹ 18000 |
| Investment | ₹ 21000 |
| Debtors | ₹ 45000 |
(2) Dissolution expenses were ₹ 3000.
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A firm having a debtor of ₹ 30,000 from whom the amount was due on 30th June, 2023, gets dissolved on 31st March, 2023. The debtor cleared his dues on the date of dissolution of the firm at a discount of 4% per annum.
Give the journal entry passed by the firm to realise the payment from the debtor.
Ira (a partner in a firm) was allowed to retain the whole of the stock as her remuneration for services rendered by her in the course of dissolution of the firm. The value of stock was ₹ 10,000 which had been transferred to the Realisation Account.
Complying with the accounting principle of full disclosure, record the above transaction in the books of the partnership firm at the time of its dissolution.
