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Short Answer Type Question:
Q.1 What are the different ways in which a partner can retire from the firm?
ANSWER: The following are the different ways in which a partner can retire from a firm.
i. With the consent of all other partners: A partner must take the consent of all the co-partners of the firm before his/her retirement. Thereafter, the partner can retire from the firm if and only if all the partners agree on the decision of his/her retirement.
ii) With an express agreement by all the partners: In case of written agreement among the partners a partner may retire from the firm by expressing his/her intention of leaving the firm though a notice to the other partners of the firm.
iii) By giving a written notice: If partnership among the partners is at will then a partner may retire by giving notice in writing to all the other partners informing them about his/her intention to retire.
Q.2 Write the various matters that need adjustments at the time of retirement of partner/partners.
ANSWER: The following are the various matters that need to be adjusted at the time of retirement of partners/partner.
1. Calculation of new gaining ratio of all the remaining partners of the firm.
2. Calculation of new ratio of the remaining partners of the firm.
3. Calculation of goodwill of the new firm and its accounting treatment.
4. Revaluation of assets and liabilities of the new firm.
5. Distribution of accumulated profits and losses and reserves among all the partners (including the retiring partner).
6. Treatment of Joint Life Policy
7. Settlement of the amount due to the retiring partner
8. Adjustment of capital accounts of the remaining partners in their new profit sharing ratio.
Q.3 Distinguish between sacrificing ratio and gaining ratio.
ANSWER:
| Basis of Difference | Sacrificing ratio | Gaining Ratio |
| 1. Meaning | It is the ratio in which old partners agree to sacrifice their share of profit in favour of new partners/partner | It is the ratio in which continuing partner acquires the share of profit from outgoing partner/partner |
| 2. Calculation | Sacrificing Ratio = Old Ratio – New Ratio | Gaining Ratio = New Ratio – Old Ratio |
| 3. Time | It is calculated at the time of admission of new partners/partner. | It is calculated at the time of retirement/death of old partners/partner. |
| 4. Objective | It is calculated to ascertain the share of profit and loss given up by the existing partners in favour of new partners/partner. | It is calculated to ascertain the share of profit and loss acquired by the remaining partners (of the new firm in case of retirement) from the retiring or deceased partner. |
| 5. Effect | It reduces the profit share of the existing partners. | It increases the profit share of the remaining partners. |
Q.4 Why do firm revaluate assets and reassess their liabilities on retirement or on the event of death of a partner?
ANSWER: At the time of retirement or death of a partner, it becomes inevitable to revalue the assets and liabilities of the firm for ascertaining their true and fair values. The revaluation is necessary as the value of assets and liabilities may increase or decrease with the passage of time. Further, it may be possible that there are certain assets and liabilities that remained unrecorded in the books of accounts. The retiring or the deceased partner may be benefited or may bear loss due to change in the values of assets and liabilities. Therefore, the revaluation of the assets and liabilities is necessary in order to ascertain the true profit or loss that is to be divided among all the partners in their old profit sharing ratio.
Q.5 Why a retiring/deceased partner is entitled to a share of goodwill of the firm?
ANSWER: Goodwill is an intangible asset of a firm that is earned by the efforts of all the partners of the firm. After the retirement or death of a partner, the fruits of the past performance and reputation will be shared only by the remaining partners. Thus the remaining partners should compensate the retiring or the deceased partner by entitling him/her a share of firm’s goodwill.
Long answer Type Question:
Q.1 Explain the modes of payment to a retiring partner.
ANSWER: Payment to a retiring partner can be made in the following ways
(i) Lump Sum Payment : A lump sum payment can be made to the retiring partner in full settlement. In that case, the following Journal entry will be passed
(ii) Opening the Loan Account Sometimes the amount due to the retiring partner is paid in instalments then the balancing figure of his/her capital account is transferred to his/her loan account, in this case, the retiring partner receives equal instalments along with the interest on the amount outstanding. In that case the following journal entries will be passed for transferring the amount paid to him/her in retiring partner’s loan account.
(iii)Some Payment in Cash and Some in Instalment Sometimes the amount due to the retiring partner is paid partly in cash and partly in equal instalments in that case a certain amount is paid in cash to the retiring partner and the rest amount due to him/her is transferred to his/her loan account. The following necessary journal entry is to be passed.
Q.2 How will you compute the amount payable to a deceased partner?
ANSWER: In case of a death, the legal executor of the deceased partner is entitled for a claim which includes his share of profit or loss, interest on capital, interest on drawings In that case for computing the amount payable is calculated by preparing the deceased partner’s capital account as follows
Note: In the above capital account, the legal executor will be entitled for the balancing
figure that is the excess of the credit side over the debit side of the deceased partner’s capital account.
Q. 3 Explain the treatment of goodwill at the time of retirement or on the event of death of a partner.
ANSWER: At the time of retirement or is the event of death of a partner, the goodwill of the firm is adjusted among the partners in their gaining ratio with the share of goodwill of the retiring or the deceased partner. At the time of retirement or on the event of death of a partner, goodwill account is not opened hence only two situations are left for treating the goodwill first when
goodwill account is already there in the book or it appear in the books and second when the amount of goodwill is not appearing in the books.
The treatment of goodwill will be as follows in the above two situations
First Situation When Goodwill Already Appears in the Books of the Firm
Step 1 Write-off the Existing Goodwill When goodwill account already exist in the book of the firm or mentioned in the book first of all, it will be written oft and should be distributed among all the partners of the firm including the retiring or the deceased partner in their old profit sharing ratio. In that case, the journal entry will be as follows
Step 2 Adjusting Goodwill Through Partners’ Capital Account
After writing off the old goodwill, the amount of goodwill now needs to be adjusted through the partner’s capital account with the share of the goodwill of the retiring orthe deceased partner. The following journal entry is passed.
Second Situation When No Goodwill Appears in the Books of the Firm
In second case, when no goodwill appears in the books of the firm, the amount of goodwill will be adjusted through the partner’s capital account with the share of the goodwill of the retiring or the deceased partner. The following journal entry’is passed
Q.4 Discuss the various methods of computing the share in profits in the event of death of a partner.
ANSWER: Computation of profit will be different in case of death of a partner as compare to the retirement. The reason is that in case of retirement everything is pre-planned but in case of death nothing is planned. In case of death, the share of profit.can be calculated by one of the two methods.
(i) On the Basis of Time
In this method, profit upto the date of the death of the partner is calculated on the basis of time passed till the death of the partner from the beginning of the year on the bases of the last year’s/years’ profit or average profit of last few years.
The assumption in this method is that the profit will be uniform throughout the current year. The share of the deceased partner profit will be calculated as follows
Example A, B, C and D are equal partners. The profit of the firm for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 are ? 5,00,000, ? 7,00.000 and <9,00,000 respectively. C dies on June 30, 2012. The share of C in the firm’s profit will be calculated on the basis of average profit of last three years. Firm closes its books every year on December 31.
In this case, C’s share in the profits will be calculated for four months. i e., from January 1. 2012
(ii) On the Basis of Sale
In this method, profit up to the date of the death of the partner is calculated on the basis of sales affected till the date of the’ death of the partner from the beginning of the year. The assumption in this method is that the net profit margin for current year will be same as the previous year. The share of the deceased partner profit will be calculated as follows
Example A, B and C are equal partners. The last year’s sales and profit were ? 40,00,000 and ? 4,00,000. C died on June, 2012. Sales of the current year till the date of C’s death amounts to ? 15,00,000. Firm closes its books on December 31 every year.
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