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Answer in one sentence only.
What is Partnership?
Solution
A partnership is an agreement between two or more persons to share profits and losses of the firm. According to Section 4 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, “Partnership is the relation between persons who have agreed to share profits of a business carried on by all or any one of them acting for all.
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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 the profits of a firm are divided among the partners :
(a) In the ratio of capital
(b) Equally
(c) In the ratio of time devoted for the firm's business
(d) According to the managerial abilities of the partners
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) Cheques in hand.
(ii) A stock of work-in-progress.
(iii) Copyrights.
(iv) Loose tools.
(v) Provision for bad debts.
(vi) The negative balance is shown by the Statement of Profit and Loss.
(vii) Bonds.
(viii) Unpaid dividend
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
In the absence of partnership agreement, interest on drawings of partners is charged :
(1) at 6% per annum
(2) at 9% per annum
(3) at 12% per annum
(4) no interest is charged
Does partnership firm has a separate legal entity? Give reason in support of your answer.
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State whether the following statement are True or False.
If the partnership deed is silent, partners share profits and losses equally.
State whether the following statement are True or False.
Partnership is an association of two or more persons.
State whether the following statement is True or False.
Receipts and payments account is a real account.
Assertion (A): Partnership is the relation between persons who have agreed to share the profits of the business carried on by all or any of them acting for all.
Reason (R): If a partner carries on any business of the same nature and competing with that of the firm, he/she shall account for and pay to the firm all profit made by him/her in that business.
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.
Read the following hypothetical situation and on its basis:
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Rudra, Dev and Shiv were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. Their fixed capitals were ₹ 6,00,000, ₹ 4,00,000 and ₹ 2,00,000 respectively. Besides his capital Shiv had given a loan of ₹ 75,000 to the firm. Their partnership deed provided for the following:
During the year Rudra withdrew ₹ 50,000 at the end of each quarter; Dev withdrew ₹ 50,000 in the beginning of each half year and Shiv withdrew ₹ 70,000 at the end of each half year. The profit of the firm for the year ended 31-3-2022 before allowing interest on Shiv's loan was ₹ 7,06,750. |
What will the amount of interest on drawings of the partners?
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.
Amit and Iqbal are partners in a business. Their partnership deed contained the following clauses:
- Interest on drawings to be charged @ 6% per annum.
- Amit to get a salary of ₹ 1,000 per month.
- Iqbal to get an annual commission of ₹ 10,000.
- Any partner taking a loan from the firm to be charged interest on it @ 8% per annum.
| Additional Information | Amit (₹) | Iqbal (₹) |
| Drawings made on 1st May, 2022 | 30,000 | |
| Borrowed from the firm on 1st July, 2022 | 10,000 | |
| Capital Balances on 31st March, 2023 | 75,000 | 10,000 (Dr) |
| Divisible profits for the year 2022-23 credited to the Partners' Capital Accounts | 9,000 | 9,000 |
You are required to:
- Give the closing journal entry for interest on loan due from Amit.
- Find the opening capital balance of the partners on 1st April, 2022, by preparing the Partners' Capital Accounts for the year 2022-23.
