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How would you treat General Reserve on retirement of a partner?
Solution
The amount of general reserve is transferred to the capital accounts of all the partners in their profit sharing ratio. This is done to give the retiring partner his amount of share in the accumulated profits of the firm. Hence, All Partners’ Capital Accounts are credited with their respective shares.
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