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State whether the following statement is True or False.
At the time of dissolution loan from partner will be transferred to Realisation Account.
Options
True
False
Solution
False
Explanation: Partner’s loan is transferred to a separate account known as Partner’s Loan Account. This is because partner’s loan is not an external (outside) liability. Its payment can be made only after the settlement of external liabilities.
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Lal and Pal were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3: 7. On 1.4.2015 their firm was dissolved. After transferring assets (other than cash) and outsider's liabilities to realisation account, you are given the following information:
(a) A creditor of Rs.3,60,000 accepted machinery valued at Rs.5,00,000 and paid to the firm Rs.1,40,000.
(b) A Second creditor for Rs.50,000 accepted stock at Rs.45,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(c) A third creditor amounting to Rs.90,000 accepted Rs.45,000 in cash and investments worth Rs.43,000 in full settlement of his claim.
(d) Loss on dissolution was Rs.15,000.
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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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Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2012 | |||
Liabilities | Amount (Rs) | Assets | Amount (Rs) |
Sundry Creditors | 15,000 | Cash at bank | 3,000 |
Uday’s Wife’s Loan | 30,000 | Debtors 67,500 | |
Capital A/c | (–) R.D.D. 7,500 | 60,000 | |
Uday | 1,38,000 | Stock | 135000 |
Prabhakar | 90,000 | Machinery | 45000 |
Furniture | 30000 | ||
2,73,000 | 2,73,000 |
The assets were realised as under:
Goodwill Rs. 15,000, Stock Rs. 1,20,000 and Debtors Rs. 54,000.
Machinery was taken over by Prabhakar at Rs. 40,000 and furniture by Uday at book value.
Uday agreed to discharge his wife’s loan.
The creditors were paid at a rebate of Rs. 3,000
The expenses of dissolution amounted to Rs. 6,000
Pass necessary Journal Entries in the books of the firm.
Give the word/term/phrase which can substitute the following statement.
Assets which are not recorded in the books of account.
Give the word/term/phrase which can substitute the following statement.
Winding up of partnership business.
Akbar and Birbal were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2 respectively. Their balance sheet as on 31st march , 2013 was as follows :
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2013
Liabilities | Amount | Assets | Amount | |
Capital A/c’s: | Plant and Machinery | 40,000 | ||
Akbar | 60,000 | Furniture | 12,000 | |
Birbal | 40,000 | Sundry debtors | 61,000 | 60,000 |
General reserve | 20,000 | Less: R.D.D. | 1,000 | |
Sundry creditors | 39,700 | Stock | 28,300 | |
Bank | 19,400 | |||
1,59,700 | 1,59,700 |
On the above date, the firm was dissolved and the assets realised were as follows :
Plant and machinery ₹ 30,000.
Sundry debtors ₹ 58,000.
Furniture was taken over by Akbar for ₹ 10,000 and stock by Birbal for 27,000.
Sundry creditors were paid ₹ 38,000 in full settlement of their claim.
Realisation expenses amounted to ₹ 2,000.
Prepare :
(1) Realisation Account
(2) Partners’ Capital Accounts
(3) Bank Account
Answer in one sentence only.
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Answer in one sentence only.
Who should bear the capital deficiency of an insolvent partner?
Write the word / term / phrase, which can substitute the following statements.
Debit balance in realisation account.
Write the word / term / phrase, which can substitute the following statement.
Debit balance of an insolvent Partner’s Capital Account.
Write the word / term / phrase, which can substitute the following statement.
Liability likely to arise in future on happening of certain events.
State whether the following statement is True or False.
On dissolution Cash or Bank Account is closed automatically.
State whether the following statement is True or False with reason.
The insolvency loss at the time of dissolution of the firm is shared by the solvent partners in their profit sharing ratio.
State whether the following statement is True or False with reason.
Realisation Loss is not transferred to the insolvent partner’s capital account.
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All activities of the partnership firm cease (stop) on ____________ of firm.
Anil and Sunil were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3: 2. Their Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2009.
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 |
The firm was dissolved on the above date and the assets realised as under:
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.
Prepare:
(i) Realisation Account
(ii) Bank Account
(iii) Current Account and Capital Account of the partners.
(When all partners become insolvent)
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.
Prepare necessary ledger accounts in the books of the firm.
Following is the balance sheet as on 31 st march 2016 of M/s . Jay and Ajay :
Balance sheet as on 31st MArch 2016
Liabilities | Amount | Assets | Assets | |
Capital A/cs : | Cash at bank | 18000 | ||
Jay | 150000 | Stock | 75000 | |
Ajay | 150000 | Furniture | 90000 | |
Reserve fund | 30000 | Investment | 30000 | |
Loan from Jay | 3000 | Machinery | 90000 | |
Bills payable | 6000 | Buildings | 45000 | |
Creditors | 30000 | Debtors | 24000 | 21000 |
Less : R.D.D | 3000 | |||
369000 | 369000 |
The firm was dissolved on 31st March , 2016 and the assets realised were as under :
(1) Jay look over the investment at ₹ 27600 and Ajay took over the furniture at ₹ 84000.
(2) The assets were realised as follows :
Stock 73500 ;
Debtors 22500 ;
Machinery 84000 ;
Building 42000
(3) The creditors were paid off at a discount of 900 and other liabilities were paid in full.
(4) Dissolution expenses were 4200
(5) Jay and Ajay were sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2.
Prepare :
1) Realisation Account
2) Capital Account of all partners
3) Bank Account
State whether the following statement is ‘True’ or ‘False’
On dissolution, cash or bank account is closed automatically.
Jay , Ajay and Vijay were partners sharing profits and losses in the proportion of 2 : 2 : 1 . Following is their balance sheet as on 31.03.2013.
Balance sheet as on 31st March 2013
Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | |
Capital A/c | Machinery | 50000 | ||
Jay | 60000 | Stock | 20000 | |
Ajay | 20000 | Debtors | 55000 | 52000 |
Vijay | 20000 | Less : R.D.D. | (3000) | |
General Reserve | 6000 | Investments | 24000 | |
Creditors | 40000 | Profit and loss A/c | 18000 | |
Jay's Loan A/c | 8000 | Bank | 4000 | |
Bills Payable | 14000 | |||
168000 | 168000 |
On the above date the partners decided to dissolve the firm.
(1) Assets were realised as :
Machinery ₹45000 ; Stock ₹ 18000;
Investment ₹ 21000 ; Debtors ₹ 45000
(2) Dissolution expenses were ₹ 3000.
(3) Goodwill of the firm realised ₹ 24000.
Prepare : (1) Realisation Account (2) Partner's Capital Account (3) Bank Account.
Answer the following question:
State any two situations when a partnership firm can be compulsorily dissolved.
Partnership is completely dissolved when the partners of the firm become _________.
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.
State whether the following statement is True or False with reason.
The firm must be dissolved on the retirement of a partner.
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 the dissolution of partnership, all assets should be transferred to Realisation Account.
Insolvent Partner Capital A/c debit side total is ₹ 10,000 and the credit side total is ₹ 6,000. Calculate deficiency.
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 |
Leela agreed to take over the Building at ₹ 1,23,600. Manda took over Goodwill, Stock, and Debtors at Book values and agreed to pay Creditors and Bills payable. Motor Car and Machinery realised ₹ 1,51,080 and ₹ 31,680 respectively. Investments were taken by Kunda at an agreed value of ₹ 55,440. Realisation expenses amounted to ₹ 6,800.
Pass necessary entries in the books of ‘Janki Stores.’
Shailesh and Shashank were partners sharing Profits and Losses in the ratio of 3:2. Their Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2019 was as follows.
Balance Sheets as on 31st December 2019. | |||
Liabilities | Amount ₹ | Assets | Amount ₹ |
Capital Account : | Building | 7000 | |
Shailesh | 10,000 | Plant | 9,000 |
Shashank | 6,000 | Debtors | 14,000 |
Current Account : | Stock | 5,000 | |
Shailesh | 3,000 | Bank | 6,000 |
Shashank | 2,000 | ||
Creditors | 17,400 | ||
Bills payable | 2,600 | ||
41,000 | 41,000 |
The firm was dissolved on the above date and the assets realised as under.
1. Plant ₹ 8,000, Building ₹ 6,000, Stock ₹ 4,000 and Debtors ₹ 12,000.
2. Shailesh agreed to pay of the Bills Payable.
3. Creditors were paid in full.
4. Dissolution expenses were ₹ 1,400
Prepare Realisation A/c, Partners Current A/c, Partners Capital A/c, and Bank 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.
Write the word/term/phrase, which can substitute each of the following statements.
"Liability likely to arise in future on happening of certain events".
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.
A partnership firm is compulsorily dissolved:
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)?
Pick the odd one out.
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.
Asha, Usha and Nisha are partners in the firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 1 respectively. On 31st March, 2019 they decided to dissolve the firm when their Balance Sheet was as under:
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2019 | |||
Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) |
Creditors | 28,800 | Building | 1,02,000 |
Bills Payable | 21,600 | Machinery | 73,000 |
Capitol Accounts: | Motor Car | 1,67,600 | |
Asha | 2,27,160 | Goodwill | 45,600 |
Usha | 1,44,000 | Investment | 62,400 |
Nisha | 1,08,000 | Debtors | 30,600 |
Stock | 45,000 | ||
Bank | 3,360 | ||
5,29,560 | 5,29,560 |
The firm was dissolved on the above date and the assets realised as under:
- Asha agreed to take over the Building at ₹ 1,23,600
- Usha took over Goodwill Stock and Debtors at book value and agreed to pay Creditors and Bills payable.
- Motor car and Machinery realised at ₹ 1,51,080 and ₹ 31,680 respectively.
- Investment were taken by Nisha at an agreed value of ₹ 55,440.
- Realisation Expenses amounted to ₹ 6,800.
Prepare:
- Realisation Account
- Partners' Capital Account
- Bank 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 ______.
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.
A firm consisting of partners Mukund, Sachin and Yuvraj decided to dissolve the partnership They decided to take over certain assets and liabilities and continue the business separately. The Balance Sheet was as under.
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2020 | |||||
Liabilities | Amount (₹) |
Assets | Amount (₹) |
||
Capital A/c: | Furniture | 2,000 | |||
Mukund | 55,000 | 89,000 | Sundry Assets | 34,000 | |
Sachin | 20,000 | Debtors | 48,400 | 46,000 | |
Yuvraj | 14,000 | Less: RDD | 2,400 | ||
Creditors | 12,000 | Stock | 15,600 | ||
Loan | 3,000 | Cash | 6,400 | ||
1,04,000 | 1,04000 |
It was agreed as under:
- Mukund is to take Furniture at ₹ 1,600 and the Debtors amounting to ₹ 40,000 at ₹ 34,400 only. He accepted the Creditors on ₹ 12,000 at that figure.
- Sachin is to take over all Stock at ₹ 14,000 and Sundry Assets worth ₹ 16,000 at ₹ 14,400 only.
- Yuvraj is to take over the remaining Sundry Assets at ₹ 16,000 and assume the responsibility for the discharge of the loan together will accrued interest on a loan of ₹ 60. which has not been recorded in accounts.
- The dissolution expenses were ₹ 540.
- The remaining debtors realised only ₹ 4,200.
- The necessary adjustments were made by partners to settle their accounts.
Prepare Realisation Account, Partners Capital Account, and Cash Account, after giving effect to the above adjustments.
Complete the table.
Debit side total of Realisation A/c |
Credit side total of Realisation A/c |
Loss on Realisation |
₹ 20,000 | ? | ₹ 4,000 |
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.
Pass necessary Journal Entries for the following transactions on the dissolution of a partnership firm of Mita and Sonu on 31st March, 2022 after the various assets other than cash and third party liabilities have been transferred to the Realisation Account.
- Creditors of ₹ 90,000 took over Land and Building of ₹ 2,00,000 in full settlement of their claim.
- Sonu took over debtors amounting to ₹ 50,000 at ₹ 40,000.
- Realisation expenses ₹ 1,800 were paid by Sonu.
- A machine which was not recorded in the books was taken over by Mita at ₹ 11,000 while its expected market value was ₹ 15,000.
- Sortu agreed to pay off his wife's loan of ₹ 20,000.
- Profit on dissolution amounted at ₹ 50,000.
A, B and C are in partnership business. A used ₹ 2,00,000 belonging to the firm without the information to other partners and made a profit of ₹ 35,000 by using this amount. Which decision should be taken by the firm to rectify this situation?
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 ______.
Sun and Kiran are partners sharing profits and losses equally. They decided to dissolve their firm. Assets and Liabilities have been transferred to Realisation Account. Pass necessary Journal entries for the following:
- All partners are agreed that the process of realisation at the time dissolution will be accomplished by Sun for which he will be paid ₹ 10,000 along with the amount of expense which amounted to 2% of total value realised from the Assets on dissolution. Some assets were sold for Cash at a cumulative Value of ₹ 12,00,000 and the remaining were taken over by creditors at a valuation of ₹ 3,00,000.
- Deferred Advertisement Expenditure A/c appeared in the books at ₹ 28,000.
- Out of the Stock of ₹ 1,20,000; Kiran (a partner) took over 1/3 of the stock at a discount of 25% and 50% of remaining stock was took over by a Creditor of ₹ 30,000 in full settlement of his claim. Balance amount of stock realized at ₹ 25,000.
- An outstanding bill for repairs and renewal of ₹ 3,000 was settled through an unrecorded asset which was valued at ₹ 10,000. Balance being settled in Cash.
Read the following hypothetical situation and answer question on the basis of the same.
Nitya, Shreya and Ishita are partners in a firm. They share profit in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. Their fixed capital are ₹1,80,000; ₹1,60,000 and ₹2,00,000 respectively. For the year ending 31st March, 2022, Nitya withdrew ₹7,500 at the end of every quarter. |
The partnership deed provide that interest on capital will be allowed @10% p.a. The amount of interest on Ishita's capital will be:
Nitya, Shreya and Ishita are partners in a firm. They share profits in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. Their fixed capitals are ₹ 1,80,000; ₹ 1,60,000 and ₹ 2,00,000 respectively. For the year ending 31st March, 2022, Nitya withdrew ₹ 7,500 at the end of every quarter. |
The average number of months for which interest on drawings will be calculated, will be:
Choose the correct order in which a partnership firm, at the time of its dissolution, will apply the amount realised from the sale of its assets, including any amount contributed by the partners, towards the payment of:
P: Partners' loan
Q: Firm's debts
R: Balance of partners' capital
S: Surplus divided amongst the partners in their profit-sharing ratio
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.