Reconstitution Of Partnership Admission Of A Partner Important Questions

Unit 2:

Reconstitution of partnership admission of a partner:

• On what occasions does the need for valuation of goodwill arise?
• Why is it necessary to revalue assets and liabilities at the time of admission of a new partner?
• What is meant by sacrificing ratio?
• State two occasions when sacrificing ratio may be applied.
• A business has earned average profit of Rs. 60,000 during the last few years. The assets of the business are Rs. 5,40,000 and its external liabilities are Rs. 80,000. The normal rate of return is 10%. Calculate the value of goodwill on the basis of capitalisation of super profits.
• The capital of a firm of Arpit and Prajwal is Rs. 10,00,000. The market rate of return is 15% and the goodwill of the firm has been valued Rs. 1,80,000 at two years purchase of super profits. Find the average profits of the firm.
• The average profits for last 5 years of a firm are Rs. 20,000 and goodwill has been worked out Rs. 24,000 calculated at 3 years purchase of super profits. Calculate the amount of capital employed assuming the normal rate of interest is 8 %.
• Rahul and Sahil are partners sharing profits together in the ratio of 4:3. They admit Kamal as a new partner. Rahul surrenders 1/4th of his share and Sahil surrenders 1/3rd of his share in favour of Kamal. Calculate the new profit sharing ratio.
• Ajay and Naveen are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 5:3. Surinder is admitted in to the firm for 1/4th share in the profit which he acquires from Ajay and Naveen in the ratio of 2:1. Calculate the new profit sharing ratio.
• A and B were partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3:2. A surrenders 1/6th of his share and B surrenders 1/4th of his share in favour of C, a new partner. What is the new ratio and the sacrificing ratio.
• Aarti and Bharti are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 5:3. They admit Shital for 1/4th share and agree to share between them in the ratio of 2:1 in future. Calculate new and sacrificing ratio.
• X and Y divide profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2. Z is admitted in the firm as a new partner with 1/6th share, which he acquires from X and Y in the ratio of 1:1. Calculate the new profit sharing ratio of all partners.
• Rakhi and Parul are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3:1. Neha is admitted as a partner. The new profit sharing ratio among Rakhi, Parul and Neha is 2:3:2. Find out the sacrificing ratio.
• X and Y are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 5:4. They admit Z in the firm for 1/3rd profit, which he takes 2/9th from X and 1/9th from Y and brings Rs. 1500 as premium. Pass the necessary Journal entries on Z‘s admission.
• Ranzeet and Priya are two partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3:2. They admit Nilu as a partner, who pays Rs. 60,000 as capital. The new ratio is fixed as 3:1:1. The value of goodwill of the firm was determined at Rs. 50,000. Show journal entries if Nilu brings goodwill for her share in cash.
• A and B are partners sharing profits equally. They admit C into partnership, C paying only Rs. 1000 for premium out of his share of premium of Rs. 1800 for 1/4th share of profit. Goodwill account appears in the books at Rs. 6000. All the partners have decided that goodwill should not appear in the new firms books.
• A and B are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3:2. Their books showed goodwill at Rs. 2000. C is admitted with 1/4th share of profits and brings Rs. 10,000 as his capital but is not ableto bring in cash goodwill Rs. 3000. Give necessary Journal entries.
• Piyush and Deepika are partners sharing in the ratio of 7:3. they admit Seema as a new partner. The new ratio being 5:3:2. Pass journal entries.
• A and B are partners with capital of Rs. 26,000 and Rs. 22,000 respectively. They admit C as partner with 1/4th share in the profits of the firm. C brings Rs. 26,000 as his share of capital. Give journal entry to record goodwill on C‘s admission.
• A and B are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3:2. They admit C into partnership for 1/4th share. C is unable to bring his share of goodwill in cash. The goodwill of the firm is valued at Rs. 21,000. give journal entry for the treatment of goodwill on C‘s admission.
• A and B are partners with capitals of Rs. 13,000 and Rs. 9000 respectively. They admit C as a partner with 1/5th share in the profits of the firm. C brings Rs. 8000 as his capital. Give journal entries to record goodwill.
• A, B and C were partners in the ratio of 5:4:1. On 31st Dec. 2006 their balance sheet showed a reserve fund of Rs. 65,000, P&L A/C (Loss) of Rs. 45,000. On 1st January, 2007, the partners decided to change their profit sharing ratio to 9:6:5. For this purpose goodwill was valued at Rs. 1,50,000. The partners do not want to distribute reserves and losses and also do not want to record goodwill. You are required to pass single journal entry for the above.
• A and B were partners in the ratio of 3:2. They admit C for 3/13th share. New profit ratio after C‘s admission will be 5:5:3. C brought some assets in the form of his capital and for the share of his goodwill. Following were the assets: Assets Rs. Stock 2,44,000 Building 2,40,000 Plant and Machinery 1,40,000. At the time of admission of C goodwill of the firm was valued at Rs. 12,48,000. Pass necessary journal entries.
• X, Y and Z are sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2. They decide to share future profits and losses in the ratio of 2:3:5 with effect from 1st April, 2002. They also decide to record the effect of the reserves without affecting their book figures, by passing a single adjusting entry. Book Figure General Reserve Rs. 40,000 Profit & loss A/C Rs. 10,000 Advertisement Suspense A/C Rs. 20,000. Pass the necessary single adjusting entry.