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Why is a new partner admitted?
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A new partner is admitted to the existing partnership firm to increase the capital resources of the firm and to secure advantages of a new entrant’s skill and business connections, i.e. goodwill.
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On1.4.2014 the Balance Sheet of Anant, Sampat and Gunvant was as follows :
| Liabilities |
Amount Rs |
Assets |
Amount Rs |
|
Sundry Creditors General Reserve Capital Reserve Anant 30,000 Sampat 15,000 Gunvant 15,000 |
9,000 9,600
60,000 |
Bank Bills Receivables Stock Tools Furniture
|
15,600 18,000 18,000 3,000 24,000
|
| 78,600 | 78,600 |
Gunvant died on 30.9.2014. Under the terms of Partnership Deed, the executors of the deceased partner were entitled to:
(a) The amount standing to the credit of partner's capital account.
(b) Interest on capital @12% per annum.
(c) A share of goodwill on the basis of twice the average of past three years profits.
(d) A share of profit from the closing of last financial year to the date of death on the basis of last year's profit.
The profits of the last three years were as follows:
| Year | Profit |
| 2011 - 2012 | 18.000 |
| 2012 - 2013 | 21,000 |
| 2013 - 2014 | 24,000 |
The firm closes its books on 31st March every year. Partners share profits in the ratio of their capitals.
Prepare Gunvant's Capital Account to be presented to his executors
How does the nature of business affect the value of goodwill of a firm?
State 'True' or 'False'
When goodwill is paid privately, no entry in the books of account is required.
State 'True' or 'False'
The goodwill brought in by a new partner is shared by the old partners.
Explain the treatment of goodwill at the time of retirement or on the event of death of a partner?
Asin and Shreyas are partners in a firm. They admit Ajay as a new partner with 1/5th share in the profits of the firm. Ajay brings ₹ 5,00,000 as his share of capital. The value of the total assets of the firm was ₹ 15,00,000 and outside liabilities were valued at ₹ 5,00,000 on that date. Give the necessary Journal entry to record goodwill at the time of Ajay's admission. Also show your workings.
A and B are partners in a firm with capital of ₹ 60,000 and ₹ 1,20,000 respectively. They decide to admit C into the partnership for 1/4th share in the future profits. C is to bring in a sum of ₹ 70,000 as his capital. Calculate amount of goodwill.
Mohan and Sohan were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. They admitted Ram for 1/4th share on 1st April, 2019. It was agreed that goodwill of the firm will be valued at 3 years' purchase of the average profit of last 4 years ended 31st March, were ₹ 50,000 for 2015-16, ₹ 60,000 for 2016-17, ₹ 90,000 for 2017-18 and ₹ 70,000 for 2018-19. Ram did not bring his share of goodwill premium in cash. Record the necessary Journal entries in the books of the firm on Ram's admission when:
(a) Goodwill appears in the books at ₹ 2,02,500.
(b) Goodwill appears in the books at ₹ 2,500.
(c) Goodwill appears in the books at ₹ 2,05,000.
Madan and Gopal are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. They admit Sooraj for 1/3rd share in profits on 1st April, 2019. They also decide to share future profits equally. Goodwill of the firm was valued at ₹ 5,50,000. Goodwill existed in the books of account at ₹ 1,00,000, which the partners decide to carry forward.
Sooraj is unable to bring his share of goodwill. Pass the necessary Journal entries on admission of Sooraj, if:
(a) Goodwill is not to be raised and written off; and
(b) Goodwill is to be raised and written off.
On the admission of Rao, goodwill of Murty and Shah is valued at ₹ 30,000. Rao is to get 1/4th share of profits. Previously Murty and Shah shared profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. Rao is unable to bring amount of goodwill. Give Journal entries in the books of Murty and Shah when:
(a) there is no Goodwill Account and
(b) Goodwill appears in the books at ₹ 10,000.
A and B are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 2 : 1. They admit C for 1/4th share in profits. C brings in ₹ 30,000 for his capital and ₹ 8,000 out of his share of ₹ 10,000 for goodwill. Before admission, goodwill appeared in books at ₹ 18,000. Give Journal entries to give effect to the above arrangement.
Anu and Bhagwan were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 1. Goodwill appeared in the books at ₹ 4,40,000. Raja was admitted to the partnership. The new profit-sharing ratio among Anu, Bhagwan and Raja was 2 : 2 : 1. Raja brought ₹ 1,00,000 for his capital and necessary cash for his goodwill premium. Goodwill of the firm was valued at ₹ 2,50,000. Record necessary Journal entries in the books of the firm for the above transactions.
A and B are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2. They admit C into partnership for 1/5th share. C brings ₹ 30,000 as capital and ₹ 10,000 as goodwill. At the time of admission of C, goodwill appeared in the Balance Sheet of A and B at ₹ 3,000. New profit-sharing ratio of the partners will be 5 : 3 : 2. Pass necessary Journal entries.
A and B are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2 : 1. They take C as a partner for 1/5th share. Goodwill Account appears in the books at ₹ 15,000. For the purpose of C's admission, goodwill of the firm is valued at ₹ 15,000. C is to pay proportionate amount as premium for goodwill which he pays to A and B privately.
Pass necessary entries.
Keith, Bina, and Veena were partners in firm sharing profits and losses equally. Their balance sheet as on 31-3-2019 was as follows:
Balance Sheet of Keith, Bina, and Veena as on 31-3-2019
| Liabilities |
Amount(₹) |
Assets | Amount(₹) |
| Capitals : |
|
Plant and Machinery | 2,40,000 |
| Keith - 1,50,000 | Stock | 60,000 | |
| Bina - 1,00,000 | Sundry debtors | 35,000 | |
| Veena - 75,000 |
3,25,000 |
Cash at bank | 50,000 |
| General Reserve |
30,000 |
||
| Sundry creditors |
30,000 |
||
| 3,85,000 | 3,85,000 |
Veena died on 30th June 2019. According to the partnership deed, the executors of the deceased partner were entitled to :
(a) Balance in the capital account
(b) Salary till the date of death @ ₹ 25,000 per annum.
(c) Share of goodwill calculated on the basis of twice the average profits of the past three years.
(d) Share of profit from the closure of the last accounting year till the date of death on the basis of the average of three completed years profits before death.
(e) Profits for 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 were ₹ 1,20,000, ₹ 90,000 and ₹ 1,50,000 respectively.
Veena withdrew ₹ 15,000 on 1st June 2019 for paying her daughter's school fees.
Prepare Veena's capital account to be rendered to her executors.
Write a word/phrase/term which can substitute the following statement.
Method under which calculation of goodwill is done on the basis of extra profit earned above the normal profit.
Write a word/phrase/term which can substitute the following statement.
Reputation of business measured in terms of money.
State True or False with reason.
When goodwill is paid privately to the partners, it is not recorded in the books.
State True or False with reason.
A new partner always bring his share of goodwill in cash.
Find the Odd one.
What is the super profit method of calculation of goodwill?
In the absence of partnership deed, interest on capital and drawing to be:
Value of reputation of the firm is:
Amount of old goodwill already appearing in the books will be written off:
The amount of goodwill is paid by the new partner:
Suresh, Ramesh and Tushar were partners of a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 6:5:4. Ramesh retired and his capital after making adjustments on account of reserves, revaluation of assets and reassessment of liabilities stood at ₹ 2,50,400. Suresh and Tushar agreed to pay him ₹ 2,90,000 in full settlement of his claim. Pass necessary journal entry for the treatment of goodwill. Show workings clearly.
Gini, Bini and Mini were in partnership sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:2:2. Their Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2021 was as follows:
| Balance Sheet as at 31st March,2021 | |||||
| Liabilities | Amount (₹) | Assets | Amount (₹) | ||
| Sundry Creditors | 56,500 | Cash | 1,17,300 | ||
| Bank Overdraft | 61,500 | Debtors | 38,000 | ||
| Workmen’s Compensation Reserve | 32,000 | Less: Provision For Doubtful Debts | (2,300) | 35,700 | |
| Capitals: | Inventories | 1,34,000 | |||
| Gini | 4,60,000 | Machinery | 1,00,000 | ||
| Bini | 3,00,000 | Furniture | 1,80,000 | ||
| Mini | 2,90,000 | 10,50,000 | Building | 5,70,000 | |
| Goodwill | 63,000 | ||||
| 12,00,000 | 12,00,000 | ||||
On 31st March, 2021, Gini retired from the firm. All the partners agreed to revalue the assets and liabilities on the following basis:
- Bad debts amounted to ₹ 5,000. A provision for doubtful debts was to be maintained at 10% on debtors.
- Partners have decided to write off existing goodwill.
- Goodwill of the firm was valued at ₹ 54,000 and be adjusted into the Capital Accounts of Bini and Mini, who will share profits in future in the ratio of 5:4.
- The assets and liabilities valued as: Inventories ₹1,30,000; Machinery ₹ 82,000; Furniture ₹1,95,000 and Building ₹ 6,00,000.
- Liability of ₹23,000 is to be created on account of Claim for Workmen Compensation.
- There was an unrecorded investment in shares of ₹ 25,000. It was decided to pay off Gini by giving her unrecorded investment in full settlement of her part payment of ₹ 28,000 and remaining amount after two months.
Prepare Revaluation Account and Partners’ Capital Accounts as on 31st March, 2021.
Which method is followed when the new partner does not bring in his share of goodwill in cash.
Hem and Nern are partners in firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3:2. Their capitals were Rs. 80,000 and Rs. 50,000 respectively. They admitted Sam on Jan. 1 2019 as a new partner for 1/5 share in the future profits. Sam brought Rs. 60,000 as his capital. Calculate the value of goodwill of the firm.
What would be the journal entry for revaluation of an increase in the value of an asset?
Jaya, Kirti, Ekta and Shewta are partners in the firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:1:2:1. On Jaya's retirement, the goodwill of the firm is valued at Rs. 36,000. Kirti, Ekta and Shewta decided to share future profits equally. What will be the necessary journal entry for the treatment of goodwill without opening a 'Goodwill Account'.
Harry, Pammy and Sunny are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3:2:1. Goodwill is appearing in the books at a value of Rs. 60, 000. What is the journal entry for the following case?
Excess value of Purchase Consideration over Net Assets at the time of purchase of business is credited to:
Goodwill is a/an ______ asset.
Analyse the case given below and answer the question that follow:
Alia, Karan and Shilpa were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. Goodwill appeared in their books at the value of ₹ 60,000. Karan decided to retire from the firm. On the date of his retirement, goodwill of the firm was valued at ₹ 2,40,000. The new profit sharing ratio decided among Alia and Shilpa was 2 : 3. Give the answer to the question given below:
What amount of goodwill will be transferred to Karan's Capital account?
When the incoming partner brings his share of premium for goodwill in cash, it is adjusted by crediting to ______.
Chaman, Raman, and Suman are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 5:3:2. Raman retires. The new profit-sharing ratio between Chaman and Suman will be 1:1. The goodwill of the firm is valued at ₹1,00,000. Raman's share of goodwill will be adjusted.
Govind, Hari and Pratap are partners. On the retirement of Govind, the goodwill already appears on the Balance Sheet at ₹24,000. The goodwill will be written off ______
When the value of goodwill is not specified at the time of admission of a partner is called ______.
Mohit and Govind were partners in a firm with a ratio of 1:2. They admitted Ravi for 1/5th share in profits. He brought ₹2,50,000 for capital but could not bring goodwill. The goodwill of the firm was valued at ₹3,00,000. What Journal Entry will be passed for the treatment of goodwill?
Doremon, Shinchan and Nobita are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 1. With effect from 1st April, 2022 they agree to share profits equally. For this purpose, goodwill is to be valued at two year’s purchase of the average profit of the last four years which were as follows:
| Year ending on 31st March, 2019 | ₹ 50,000 (Profit) |
| Year ending on 31st March, 2020 | ₹ 1,20,000 (Profit) |
| Year ending on 31st March, 2021 | ₹ 1,80,000 (Profit) |
| Year ending on 31st March, 2022 | ₹ 70,000 (Loss) |
On 1st April, 2021 a Motor Bike costing ₹ 50,000 was purchased and debited to travelling expenses account, on which depreciation is to be charged @ 20% p.a by Straight Line Method. The firm also paid an annual insurance premium of ₹ 20,000 which had already been charged to Profit and Loss Account for all the years.
Journalise the transaction along with the working notes.
Profit for 2015, 2016 & 2017 is ₹ 10,000, ₹ 15,000 & ₹ 25,000. Calculate average profit.
A and B were partners in a firm sharing profits equally. Their capitals were : A ₹ 1,20,000 and B ₹ 80,000. The annual rate of interest is 20%. The profits of the firm for the last three years were ₹ 34,000; ₹ 38,000 and ₹ 30,000. They admitted C as a new partner. On C's admission the goodwill of the firm was valued at 2 years purchase of the super profits.
Calculate the value of goodwill of the firm on C's admission.
Nita and Samar are partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. Their fixed capitals were ₹ 90,000 and ₹ 2,10,000 respectively. They admitted Mitali on April 1, 2022 as a new partner for 1/5th share in future profits. Mitali brought ₹ 1,50,000 as her capital. The value of goodwill of the firm of Mitali's admission was ______.
G, S and T were partners sharing profits in the ratio 3:2:1. G retired and his dues towards the firm including Capital balance, Accumulated profits and losses share, Revaluation Gain amounted to ₹ 5,80,000. G was being paid ₹ 7,00,000 in full settlement. For giving that additional amount of ₹ 1,20,000, S was debited for ₹ 40,000. Determine goodwill of the firm.
Calculate goodwill of a firm on the basis of three years purchases of the Weighted Average Profits of the last four years. The profits of the last four years were:
| Years (ending 31st march) | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Amount | 28,000 | 27,000 | 46,900 | 53,810 |
- On 1st April, 2020 a major plant repair was undertaken for ₹ 10,000 which was charged to revenue. The said sum is to be capitalized for goodwill calculation subject to adjustment of depreciation of 10% on reducing balance method.
- For the purpose of calculating Goodwill the company decided that the years ending 31.03.2020 and 31.03.2021 be weighted as 1 each (being COVID affected) and for year ending 31.03.2022 and 31.03.2023 weights be taken as 2 and 3 respectively.
______ means profit which is earned over and above the normal profit.
______ = Average profit x No. of years of purchase
Choose the components required to calculate goodwill of a firm by Capitalisation of Average Profits Method.
P: The normal profits of a similar firm in the industry
Q: The average profits of the firm
R: The number of years purchase
S: The actual capital employed in the business
Aman and Vinod are partners in a firm. Their Balance Sheet showed:
Gross Debtors: ₹ 1,52,000
Provision for doubtful debts: ₹ 1,000
On Milin’s admission as a new partner, the assets and liabilities are to be revalued as:
- Unaccounted accrued income of ₹ 10,000 to be provided for.
- Bills Payable of ₹ 10,000 which were recorded, to be discharged at a rebate of 10%.
- Debtors of ₹ 2,000 to be irrecoverable.
- Provision for doubtful debts to be provided @ 2% of the debtors.
What is the net effect of revaluation of assets and liabilities?
