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Select the most appropriate alternative from those given below :
Partnership is compulsorily dissolved when the partners of the firm become ____________
Options
Solvent
Insolvent
Creditor
None of these
Solution
Partnership is compulsorily dissolved when the partners of the firm become insolvent.
Explanation: When the partners of a firm become insolvent, it implies that the assets of the firm have decreased in comparison to the liabilities. Moreover, the partners do not have enough funds to make payment to the creditors; hence, the partnership is compulsorily dissolved as per the order of a court of justice.
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Balance Sheet as on
31st March, 2012
Liabilities | Amount(Rs.) | Assets | Amount(Rs.) |
Sundry Creditors | 16000 | Cash in hand | 500 |
Capital A/c Aaba Baba |
2000 2000 |
Stock | 4500 |
Debtors | 4000 | ||
Plant and machinery | 5000 | ||
Furniture | 2000 | ||
Land and Building | 4000 | ||
20000 | 20000 |
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Realisation expenses amounted to Rs. 500.
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(a) A creditor for Rs.1,40,000 accepted building valued at Rs.1, 80,000 and paid to the firm Rs.40,000.
(b) A second creditor for Rs.30,000 accepted machinery valued at Rs.28,000 in full settlement of his claim.
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(a) A creditor for Rs 2 00,000 accepted building of Rs 2,80,000 at Rs 2,20,000 and paid the firm Rs 20,000.
(b) A second creditor for Rs 75,000 accepted furniture at Rs 60,000 in full settlement of his claim.
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(a) A creditor for Rs 3, 00,000 accepted building valued Rs 3, 75,000 and paid the firm Rs 75,000.
(b) A second creditor for Rs 93,000 accepted stock valued at Rs 90,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(c) A third creditor amounting to Rs 60,000 accepted Rs 37,000 in cash and investments of the book value of Rs 40,000 in full settlement of his claim.
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(a) Subh, a creditor for Rs 4,90,000 accepted building at Rs 6,50,000 and paid the balance to the firm by a cheque.
(b) Sudha, a second creditor for Rs 1, 80,000 accepted machinery of the book value of Rs 1,80,000 at Rs 1,76,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(c) Sudhir, a third creditor for Rs 2,00,000 accepted investments of Rs 1,20,000 and a bank draft of Rs 79,000 in full settlement of his claim.
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2) Joney, a partner, agreed to bear the dissolution expenses for a commission of 750. Actual dissolution expenses 650 were paid by Joney
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Balance Sheet as on 31.03.2013 | |||
Liabilities | Amount Rs | Assets | Amount Rs. |
Sundry Creditor | 12,500 | Debtors 56,250 | |
Bank Overdraft | 10,000 | Less: R.D.D. 6,250 | 50000 |
Reserve Fund | 15,000 | Stock | 112500 |
Capital Accounts: | Furniture | 25000 | |
Devendra 1,15,000 | Motor Car | 37500 | |
Ganesh 75,000 | Cash in hand | 2500 | |
227500 | 227500 |
(1) Debtors Rs. 45,000, stock Rs. 1,00,000 and goodwill Rs. 12,500
(2) The motor car was taken over by Devendra for Rs. 35,000 and furniture by Ganesh for Rs. 30,000.
(3) The creditors were paid Rs. 11,250 in full settlement.
(4) The realisation expenses were Rs. 5,000.
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On second call Rs 20
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Ganesh and Chandan were partners sharing profits and losses in the proportion of 3:2. They dissolve the partnership firm on 31st March, 2011 when their position was as follows:
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2011
Liabilities | Amount (Rs) |
Assets | Amount (Rs) | |
Sundry Creditors | 25000 | Debtors | 112500 | 100000 |
Bank overdraft | 20000 | Less : R.D.D | 12500 | |
Reserve Fund | 30000 | Stock | 225000 | |
Capital Accounts: | Furniture | 50000 | ||
Ganesh | 230000 | Motor Car | 75000 | |
Chandan | 150000 | Cash in hand | 5000 | |
455000 | 455000 |
The Assets realised as follows: Debtors Rs 90,000, Stock Rs 2,00,000, and Goodwill Rs 25,000, Motor Car was taken over by Ganesh for Rs 70,000 and Furniture by Chandan for Rs 60,000.
The Creditors were paid Rs 22,500 in full settlement. The expenses of realisation amounted to Rs 10,000.
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Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2009 | |||
Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) |
Capital Account: | Bank | 30,000 | |
Anil | 50,000 | Stock | 25,000 |
Sunil | 30,000 | Debtors | 70,000 |
Current Account: | Plant | 45,000 | |
Anil | 15,000 | Building | 35,000 |
Sunil | 10,000 | ||
Creditors | 87,000 | ||
Bills payable | 13,000 | ||
2,05,000 | 2,05,000 |
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1) Stock Rs 20,000, Debtors Rs 60,000, Plant Rs 40,000 and Building Rs 30,000.
2) Anil agreed to pay off the bills payable.
3) Creditors were paid in full.
4) Dissolution expenses were Rs 7,000.
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(i) Realisation Account
(ii) Bank Account
(iii) Current Account and Capital Account of the partners.
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Rahul, Rohit and Ramesh were partners in a firm sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 2:2:1 respectively.The Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2012 was as follows:
Balance Sheet as on 31st December, 2011
Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) | |
Sundry Creditors | 20000 | Cash at Bank | 8000 | |
Bills payable | 5000 | Stock | 20000 | |
General Reserve | 6000 | Debtors | 16000 | 15000 |
Rahul’s Loan A/c | 16000 | Less : R.D.D | 1000 | |
Capital Account | Plant and Machinery | 30000 | ||
Rahul | 25000 | Furniture | 6000 | |
Rohit | 10000 | Ramesh’s Capital A/c | 3000 | |
82000 | 82000 |
The firm was dissolved on the above date:
- The Assets realised as follows:
Debtors Rs 9,000, Plant and Machinery Rs 26,000, Stock Rs 14,000 and Furniture Rs 3,000. - The Creditors were paid Rs 18,000 in full settlement and the bills payable were paid in full.
- The realisation expenses amounted to Rs 3,000.
- Ramesh become insolvent and was able to bring in only Rs 1,800 from his private estate.
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- Realisation A/c
- Bank A/c and
- Partner’s Capital A/c
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Shiv, Sadashiv and Sadanand are Partners in a firm sharing Profit and Losses equally whose Balance-sheet as on 31st December, 2011 stood as follows:
Balance Sheet as on 31st December, 2011
Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) |
Capital Accounts | Sadanand’s Capital A/c | 2000 | |
Shiv | 6000 | Buildings | 18300 |
Sadashiv | 4000 |
Machinery |
12700 |
Parvati’s Loan | 10000 |
Debtors |
9100 |
Sundry Creditors | 30000 |
Bank |
7900 |
50000 | 50000 |
Shiv, Sadashiv and Sadanand were declared bankrupt and hence the firm was dissolved as on that date:
(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.
You are required to close the books of the firm.
Ganga, Yamuna and Godavari are in Partnership sharing profits and losses equally. Their Balance sheet as on 31st December, 2011 was as follows:
Balance Sheet as on 31st December, 2011
Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) |
Capital Accounts | Currnet Accounts | ||
Ganga | 25000 | Yamuna | 20000 |
Yamuna | 10000 | Godavari | 4000 |
Godavari | 5000 | Premises | 17200 |
Ganga’s Currnet A/c | 3000 | Machinery | 10800 |
Sundry Creditors | 4000 | Debtors | 9600 |
Bank loan | 3000 | Cash | 6400 |
50000 | 50000 |
Godavari was declared insolvent and hence the firm was dissolved as on that date. Premises was sold at Rs 14,800, Machinery realised Rs 6,400. Bad debts and discount allowed to Debtors amounted to Rs 1,600. Sundry creditors agreed to receive 80 paise in a rupee (Rs) in full satisfaction of their claim. Bank Loan was settled at 60% of book value. During the course of dissolution a liability under an action for damages was settled for Rs 1,400 against Rs 2,100 provided in the books of the firm. The expenses of realisation amounted to Rs 900. Goodwill contributed Rs 1,900 from her private Property.
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Explain the process of dissolution of a partnership firm?
Land and Building (book value) ₹ 1,60,000 sold for ₹ 3,00,000 through a broker who charged 2% commission on the deal. Journalise the transaction, at the time of dissolution of the firm.
State whether the following statement is True or False.
At the time of disolution of a partnership firm all assets should be transfered to realiasation account.
Give the word/term/phrase which can substitute the following statement.
Debit balance of Realisation account.
Give the word/term/phrase which can substitute the following statement.
Credit balance of realisation Account.
Write the word/phrase/term/ which can substitute the following statement.
Expenses incurred on dissolution of firm.
State whether the following statement is True or False with reason.
A solvent partner having debit balance to his Capital Account does not share the deficiency of insolvent partner Capital Account.
State whether the following statement is True or False with reason.
At the time of dissolution, a loan from the partner will be transferred to Realisation Account.
Seeta and Geeta are partners in the firm sharing Profits and Losses in the ratio of 4:1. They decided to dissolve the partnership on 31st March 2020 on which date their Balance Sheet stood as follows.
Balance Sheets as on 31st March 2020 | ||||
Liabilities | Amount ₹ | Assets | Amount ₹ | |
Capital | Furniture | 14,000 | ||
Seeta | 90,000 | Plant | 65,000 | |
Geeta | 40,000 | Trademark | 8,000 | |
Sundry Creditors | 35,000 | Sundry Debtors | 48,000 | |
Bank Loan | 15,000 | Less - R. D. D | 3,000 | 45,000 |
Stock | 30,000 | |||
Cash in hand | 10,000 | |||
Advertisement Suspense | 8,000 | |||
1,80,000 | 1,80,000 |
Additional Information :
1. Plant and Stock taken over by Seeta ₹ 78,000, and ₹ 22,000 respectively
2. Debtors Realised 90% of the Book Value and Trademark at ₹ 5,000. and Goodwill was realised for ₹ 7,000.
3. Unrecorded assets estimated ₹4,500 was sold for ₹1,500.
4. ₹ 1,000 Discount were allowed by creditors while paying their claim.
5. The Realisation Expenses amounted to ₹ 3,500
You are required to prepare Realisation A/c, Cash A/c, and Partners Capital A/c
Kalpana and Bela were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3: 2. Their Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2019 was as follows:
Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2019 | |||
Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
Capital Accounts: | Building | 14,000 | |
Kalpana | 20,000 | Plant | 18,000 |
Bela | 12,000 | Debtors | 28,000 |
Current Accounts: | Stock | 10,000 | |
Kalpana | 6,000 | Bank | 12,000 |
Bela | 4,000 | ||
Creditors | 34,800 | ||
Bills Payable | 5,200 | ||
82,000 | 82,000 |
The firm was dissolved on the above date and the assets realised as under:
(1) Plant ₹ 16,000, Building ₹ 12,000, Stock ₹ 8,000 and Debtors ₹ 24,000.
(2) Kalpana agreed to pay off the Bill Payable.
(3) Creditors were paid in full.
(4) Dissolution expenses were ₹ 2,800.
Prepare: Realisation A/c, Partner's current A/c, Partner's Capital A/c and Bank A/c.
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.
Consider the following statements
Statement 1: "On dissolution Cash or Bank Account is closed automatically".
Statement 2: This is done because of the double- entry system of book-keeping.
In the event of dissolution of the firm, the partner's assets are first used for payment of the following:
At the time of the firm's dissolution, the balance of General Reserve shown in the Balance Sheet is credited to ______.
On dissolution of the firm, ______ will be debited to the Realisation Account.
At the time of dissolution of a firm, Creditors are ₹ 70,000; Firm’s Capital is ₹ 1,20,000; Cash Balance is ₹ 10,000. Other assets realised ₹ 1,50,000. Gain/Loss in the realisation account will be ______.
Charu, Dhwani, Iknoor and Paavni were partners in a firm. They had entered into partnership firm last year only, through a verbal agreement. They contributed Capitals in the firm and to meet other financial requirements, few partners also provided loan to the firm. Within a year, their conflicts arisen due to certain disagreements and they decided to dissolve the firm. The firm had appointed Ms. Kavya, who is a financial advisor and legal consultant, to carry on the dissolution process. In the first instance, Ms. Kavya had transferred various assets and external liabilities to Realisation A/c. Due to her busy schedule; Ms. Kavya has delegated this assignment to you, being an intern in her firm. On the date of dissolution, you have observed the following transactions:
- Dhwani’s Loan of ₹ 50,000 to the firm was settled by paying ₹ 42,000.
- Paavni’s Loan of ₹ 40,000 was settled by giving an unrecorded asset of ₹ 45,000.
- Loan to Charu of ₹ 60,000 was settled by payment to Charu’s brother loan of the same amount.
- Iknoor’s Loan of ₹ 80,000 to the firm and she took over Machinery of ₹ 60,000 as part payment.
You are required to pass necessary entries for all the above-mentioned transactions.
Mandar and Prasad are partners in a firm sharing profit & losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. The following is their balance sheet as on 31st March, 2019.
Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | |
Capital A/c: | Building | 72,000 | ||
Mandar | 95,000 | Plant & Machinery | 60,000 | |
Prasad | 1,00,000 | Furniture | 10,000 | |
Creditors | 4,000 | Debtors | 42,000 | 40,000 |
Bills Payable | 3,000 | Less: RDD | 2,000 | |
Bank | 20000 | |||
2,02,000 | 2,02,000 |
On 1st April, 2019 Shubham is admitted for 1/2 share on the following terms:
- He paid ₹ 1,00,000 as Capital ₹ 40,000 as his shares of goodwill by RTGS.
- Plant & Machinery revalued at ₹ 48,000.
- Building is taken over by Mandar at ₹ 100,000.
- Reserve for Doubtful Debts (RDD) to be increased upto ₹ 4,000.
- The old partners decided to retain half of the amount of goodwill in the business.
- The old partners decided to sacrifice equally.
Prepare Partners' Capital Account Only and show your working clearly.
Riddhi and Siddhi are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:1. The following is their balance sheet as on 31st March, 2019.
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2019 | ||||
Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | |
Capital A/c: | Building | 60,000 | ||
Riddhi | 80,000 | Furniture | 24,000 | |
Siddhi | 60,000 | Machinery | 20,000 | |
Reserve Fund | 16,000 | Debtors | 17,600 | 16,000 |
Siddhi's Loan A/c | 4,000 | Less: RDD | 1,600 | |
Creditors | 30,000 | Stock | 40,000 | |
Investment | 8,000 | |||
Interest Receivable | 2,000 | |||
Bank | 20,000 | |||
1,90,000 | 1,90,000 |
The firm was dissolved on 31st March 2019.
- The assets realised were: Machinery ₹ 22,000, Building ₹ 28,000, Stock ₹ 38,000 and Debtors ₹ 15,000.
- Riddhi took over the Investment at ₹ 10,000 and Furniture at book value.
- Siddhi agreed to accept ₹ 3,000 in full settlement of her Loan Account.
- Dissolution expenses amounted to ₹ 4,000.
- Interest receivable could not be recovered.
Prepare Realisation Account, Partners' Capital Account, Siddhi's Loan Account and Bank Account.
Total assets of a partnership firm, which was dissolved were ₹ 30,00,000 and its total liabilities were ₹ 6,00,000. Assets were realised at 80% and liabilities were settled at 5% less. If dissolution expenses were ₹ 30,000 the profit or loss on dissolution was ______.
Pass the necessary journal entries for the following transactions on the dissolution of the partnership firm of Tanay and Mehak after various assets (other than cash) and external liabilities have been transferred to Realisation Account:
- Creditors of ₹ 60,000 accepted stock valued at ₹ 59,000 in full settlement of their claim.
- Tanay agreed to pay off his wife's loan of ₹ 12,000.
- The firm had a debit balance of ₹ 18,000 in the profit and loss account on the date of dissolution.
- An unrecorded liability of ₹ 20,000 was paid by partner, Mehak, at a discount of 10%.
- Tanay's loan of ₹ 4,000 was paid through a cheque.
- Expenses on dissolution amounted to ₹ 11,000 which were paid by Mehak.
On the day of dissolution of the firm ‘Roop Brothers’ had partner’s capital amounting to ₹ 1,50,000 external liabilities ₹ 35,000, Cash balance ₹ 8,000 and P & L A/c (Dr.) ₹ 7,000. If Realisation expense and loss on Realisation amounted to ₹ 5,000 and ₹ 25,000 respectively, the amount realised by sale of assets is ______.
Amul and Anand are partners in the firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 4 : 1. They decided to dissolve the partnership on 31st March, 2023 on which date their Balance Sheet stood as follows:
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2023 | |||||
Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | Amount (₹) |
Capital: | Furniture | 19,600 | |||
Amul | 1,26,000 | 1,82,000 | Plant | 91,000 | |
Anand | 56,000 | Trademark | 11,200 | ||
Sundry Creditors | 49,000 | Sundry Debtors | 67,200 | ||
Bank Loan | 21 ,000 | Less: R.D.D. | 4,200 | 63,000 | |
Stock | 42,000 | ||||
Cash in Hand | 14,000 | ||||
Advertisement Suspense | 11,200 | ||||
2,52,000 | 2,52,000 |
Additional Information:
(1) Plant and Stock taken over by Amul at ₹ 1,09,200 and ₹ 30,800 respectively.
(2) Debtors realised 90% of the book value and Trademark at ₹ 7,000 and Goodwill was realised for ₹ 37,800.
(3) Unrecorded assets estimated ₹ 6,300 was sold for ₹ 2,100.
( 4) ₹ 1,400 Discount were allowed by creditors while paying their claim.
(5) The Realisation expenses amounted to ₹ 4,900.
You are required to prepare Realisation A/c, Cash A/c and Partner's Capital A/cs.
Assertion: A revaluation account is prepared at the time of dissolution of a partnership.
Reason: A revaluation account is prepared to determine the net gain/loss on realisation of assets and settlement of liabilities.
Which one of the following is correct?