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Brown and Black are partners. The partnership Deed provided inter alia as follows: (i) That tha accounts be balanced on 31st March every year. (ii) That the profit be divided as: Brown one-half, Black one-third and one-sixed carried to the Reserve Account. That in the event of death of a partner, his Excecutors will be entitled to be paid out: (a) That Capital to his credit till the date of death. (b) His proportion of Reserve till the date of the last Balance Sheet. (c) His proportion of profits till the date of death based on the average profits of the last three completed years. (d) His share of goodwill based on three year’s purchase of the average profits for the three preceding completed years. On 31st March, 2023, the Ledger Balances were:
Dr. (₹) Cr. (₹)
Brown’s Capital 90,000
Black’s Capital 60,000
Reserve 30,000
Bill Receivable 20,000
Investments 50,000
Cash 1,40,000
Creditors 30,000
2,10,000 2,10,000
The profits for the last three years were: ₹ 42,000; ₹ 39,000 and ₹ 45,000 respectively. Black died on 1st August 2023. Show the working of Black’s (i) Share of Reserve, (ii) Share of Profits, and (iii) Share of Goodwill and draw up Black’s Executor’s Account as would appear in the firm’s Ledger transferring the amount to his Loan Account.
Anurag Pathak Changed status to publish February 15, 2024
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