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Accounting for Partnership Firms - Fundamentals
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1.
Give two points of difference between Profit and Loss and Profit and loss appropriation A/c.
2.
List the items that may appear on the debit side and credit siode of a partner's fluctuating capital account.
3.
A, B, C and D are partners sharing profits and losses in the ration of 4 : 3 : 3 : 2. Their fixed capitals on 31.03.2010 were Rs. 60,000, Rs. 90,000, Rs. 1,20,000 and Rs. 90,000 respectively. After preparing the final accounts for the year ended 31.03.2010 it was discovered that interest on capital @ 12% p.a. was not allowed and interest on drawings amounting to Rs. 2,000, Rs. 2,500, Rs. 1,500 and Rs. 1,000 respectively was also not charged. Pass the necessary adjustment journal entry showing your working clearly.
4.
A, B and C were partners in a firm having capitals of Rs. 60,000; Rs. 60,000 and Rs. 80,000 respectively. Their Current Account balances were A : Rs, 10,000; B : Rs 5,000 and C : Rs, 2,000 (Dr.). According to the partnership deed the partners were entitled to interest on capital @ 50% p.a. C being the working partner was also entitled to a salary of Rs. 6,000 p.a.
The profits were to be divided as follows:
(a) The first Rs. 20,000 in proportion to their capitals.
(b) Next Rs. 30,000 in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2.
(c) Remaining profits to be shared equally.
The firm made a profit of Rs. 1,56,000 before charging any of the above items. Prepare the Profit & Loss Appropriation Account and pass necessary journal entry for appropriation of profit.
5.
D, E and F were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 5 : 7 : 8. Their fixed capitals were D Rs. 5,00,000, E Rs. 7,00,000. and F Rs. 8,00,000. Their partnership deed provided for the following :
(i) Interest on capital @ 10% p.a
(ii) Salary of Rs, 10,000 per month of F.
(iii) Interest on drawings @ 12% p.a.
D withdrew Rs. 40,000 on 31st January, 2009; E withdrew Rs. 50,000 on 31st March, 2009 and F withdrew Rs. 30,000 on 31st December, 2009.
During the year ended on 31st December, 2009 the firm earned a profit of Rs. 3,50,000.
Prepare the Profit and Loss Appropriation Account for the year ended 31st December, 2009.
6.
Sharma and Verma were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 4 : 1. Their capitals on 01- 04 -2006 were Sharma Rs. 5,00,000 and Verma Rs. 1,00,000. The partnership deed provided that Sharma will get a commission of 10% on the profit after allowing a salary Rs. 5,000 per month to Verma. The profit of the firm for the year ended 31st March, 2007 was Rs. 2,80,000.
Prepare Profit and Loss Appropriation Account of Sharma and Verma for the year ended 31.03.2007.
7.
What is meant by ' average profit ' ?
8.
State the nature of business afftect the value of goodwill of a firm ?
9.
Define goodwill.
10.
State one difference between fixed capital account and fluctuating capital account of partners.
11.
Ram and Mohan are partners in a firm without any partnership deed. Their capitals are Ram Rs. 8,00,000 and Mohan Rs. 6,00,000. Ram is an active partner and looks after the business. Ram wants that profit should be shared in proportion of capitals. State with reason whether his claim is valid or not.
12.
J and L started business on 1st January, 2017 with the capitals of Rs.1,20,000 and Rs.80,000. respectively. J introduced Rs.50,000 to the firm on 1s July, 2017 as additional capital and on the same date he withdrew. His drawing for the year were Rs.20,000 from his capital. Calculate interest on capital payable to J and L, if interest is allowed @15% per annum.
13.
X and Y, two partners, drew for private use Rs 2,40,000 and Rs 1,60,000. Interest is chargeable @6% per annum on the drawings. What is the total interest?
14.
Dinesh, Yasmine and Faria are partners in a firm, sharing profits and losses in 11 : 7 : 2 respectively. The Balance Sheet of the firm as on 31st Dec. 2001 was as follows:
| Liabilities | Rs. | Assets | Rs. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sundry Creditors | 800 | Factory | 7,350 |
| Public Deposits | 1,190 | Plant & Machinery | 1,800 |
| Reserve fund | 900 | Furniture | 2,600 |
| Capital A/c | stock | 1,450 | |
| Dinesh | 5,100 | Debtors Rs.1,500 | |
| Yasmine | 3,000 | Less: bad debits Rs. | 1,200 |
| 300 provisions | |||
| Faria | 5,000 | Cash in hand | 1,590 |
| 15,900 | 15,900 |
On the same date, Annie is admitted as a partner for on-sixth share in the profits with Capital of Rs.4,500 and necessary amount for his share of goodwill on the following items:-
a. Furniture of Rs.2,400 were to be taken over by Dinesh, Yashmine and Faria equally.
b. A Liability of Rs.1,670 be created against Bills discounted.
c. Goodwill of the firm is to be valued at 2.5 years purchase of average profits of 2 years. The profits are as under.
2000 - Rs.2,000 and 2001 - Rs.6,000
d. Drawings of Dinesh, Yasmine, and Faria were Rs.2,750; Rs.1,750; and Rs.500 Respectively.
e. Machinery and Public Deposits are revalued to Rs.2,000 and Rs.1,000 respectively
Prepare Revaluation Account, Partners Capital Accounts and Balance Sheet of the new firm.
15.
Which is not a method to calculate the goodwill?
Average Profit Method
super profit method
Regular profit method
Capitalization method
16.
Who should compensate to whom in case of change in profit sharing ratio of existing partners?
gaining partner to sacrificing partner
sacrificing partner to gaining partner
both (i) and (ii)
None of the above
17.
Goodwill is a/an :
Current asset
Tangible asset
Intangible asset
Fictitious asset
18.
Interest on partner’s capital is :
a gain
a loss
an appropriation
None of these
19.
A partnership deed is silent for the payment of interest on partners’s loan but there was a loss instead of profits during the year 2013-14. At what rate will the interest on partner’s loan be allowed?
6 % p.a even if the firm incurs loss
As per the partnership deed
No interest will be provided
None of these.
20.
Loss is distributed among the partners:
Equally
As per the partnership deed
Ratio of capitals
None of these.
1.
| Profit & Loss A/c. | Profit & Loss Appropriation A/c |
| i) Profit and Loss A/c is prepared to ascertain net profit or net loss of the business for an accounting year. | i) In case of partnership firms, profit and loss appropriate/ distribute the profit of the year among partners. |
| ii) It is prepared by all the business firms. | ii) Only partnership firms and companies prepare profit and loss appropriation A/c. |
2.
On debit side: Drawing, interest on drawing, share of loss, closing credit balance of the capital.
On credit side: Opening credit balance of capital, additional capital introduced, share of profit, interest on capital, salary to a Partner, commission to a Partner.
3.
Dr. A's Current A/c, Rs. 6,867 and B's Current A/c Rs. 750, Cr.C's Current A/c Rs. 3,850 and D's Current A/c Rs. 3,767.
4.
| Particulars | Amt (Rs.) | Amt (Rs.) | Particulars | Amt (Rs.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Interest on Capital | By Net Profit as per Profit and Loss Nc | 1,56,000 | ||
| A's Current A/c | 3,000 | |||
| B's Current A/c | 3,000 | |||
| C's Current A/c | 4,000 | 10,000 | ||
| To Salary | ||||
| C's Current A/c | 6,000 | |||
| To Profit Transferred to | ||||
| A's Current A/c | 51,000 | |||
| B's Current A/c | 45,000 | |||
| C's Current A/c | 44,000 | 1,40,000 | ||
| 1,56,000 | 1,56,000 |
Journal
| Date | Particulars | LF | Amt (Dr) | Amt (Cr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit and Loss Appropriation A/c Dr | 1,40,000 | |||
| To A's Current A/c | 51,000 | |||
| To B's Current A/c | 45,000 | |||
| To C's Current A/c | 44,000 | |||
| (Being profit distributed among the partners) |
Working Note
1. Calculation of Interest on Capital
\(A=60,000 \times \frac{5}{100}=Rs. 3,000 ; B=60,000 \times \frac{5}{100}=Rs. 3,000 ; C=80,000 \times \frac{5}{100}=Rs. 4,000\)
2. Capital ratio of A, Band C =60,000 : 60,000 : 80,000, i.e. 3 : 3 : 4.
3.
| Divisible Profit Rs. 1,40,000 viz., |
A Rs. |
B Rs. |
C Rs. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Rs. 20,000 in 3 : 3 : 4 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 8,000 |
| Next Rs. 30,000 in 5 : 3 : 2 | 15,000 | 9,000 | 6,000 |
| Remaining profit Rs. 90,000 equally i.e. 1 : 1 : 1 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 51,000 | 45,000 | 44,000 |
5.
Interest on Drawing D Rs. 4,400, E Rs 4,500 and F Nil; Divisible Profit Rs. 38,900 transferred to D's current A/c Rs 9,725, E's Current A/c Rs 13,615 and F's Current A/c Rs 15,560.
6.
Divisible Profit Rs.1,98,000 transferred to Sharma's Capital Rs.1.58,400 and Verma's Capital Rs.39,600.
7.
( )
Average profit is the average of the profits of past few years.
8.
( )
A business which products best quality of products or have a stable demand is likely to earn more profits and therefore, has more value of goodwill.
9.
( )
Goodwill is the value of the reputation of a firm in respect of profits expected in furture over and above the normal profits earned by other firms in the same business.
10.
( )
The fixed capital account of partners always shows a credit balance whereas the fluctuating capital of partners may sometimes show a debit balance.
11.
( )
As in the absence of partnership deed, if any partner apart from his share of capital advances money to the firm as a loan, he is entitled to interest on such loans @ 6% p.a., so Chander's claim is not valid.
12.
J = Rs.20,520 L = Rs.12,000
13.
X = Rs. 7,200 and Y = Rs. 4,800
14.
| Particulars | Rs. | Assets | Rs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Bills Discounted A/c | 1670 | By Public deposits A/c | 190 | |
| By Machinary A/c | 200 | |||
| By Loss transfered to | ||||
| Dinesh's capital A/c | 704 | |||
| Yasmine's Capital A/c | 448 | |||
| Faria's Capital A/c | 128 | 1280 | ||
| 1670 | 1670 |
| Particulars | Dinesh Rs. |
Yasmine Rs. |
Faria Rs. |
Annie Rs. |
Particulars | Dinesh Rs. |
Yashmine Rs. |
Faria Rs. |
Annie Rs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Revaluation | By Balance b/d | 5100 | 3000 | 5000 | - | ||||
| A/c (Loss) | 704 | 448 | 128 | - | By Reserve F A/c | 495 | 315 | 90 | - |
| To Furniture A/c | 800 | 800 | 800 | - | By cash A/c | - | - | - | 4500 |
| To Drawing | 2750 | 1750 | 500 | - | By Premium A/c | 917 | 583 | 167 | - |
| A/c | |||||||||
| To Balance c/d | 2258 | 900 | 3829 | 4500 | |||||
| 6512 | 3898 | 5257 | 4500 | ||||||
| By Balance b/d | 2258 | 900 | 3829 | 4500 |
| Particulars | Rs. | Assets | Rs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundry Creditors | 800 | Cash in Hand | 2757 | ||
| Public Deposits | 1000 | Factory Buildings | 7350 | ||
| Capitals: Dinesh | 2258 | Machinary | 2000 | ||
| Furniture | 200 | ||||
| Yashmine | 900 | Stock | 1450 | ||
| Faria | 3829 | Debtors | 1500 | ||
| Annie | 4500 | 11487 | Less: Provision | 300 | 1200 |
| Bill Discounted | 1670 | ||||
| 14957 | 14957 |
15.
(a)
Average Profit Method
16.
(a)
gaining partner to sacrificing partner
17.
(c)
Intangible asset
18.
(c)
an appropriation
19.
(a)
6 % p.a even if the firm incurs loss
20.
(b)
As per the partnership deed
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