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Capital of Abha and Binay for 5/6 share = ₹ 3,00,000 + ₹ 2,00,000 = ₹ 5,00,000 Capital of the new firm should be = ₹ 5,00,000 × 6/5 = ₹ 6,00,000 Chitra’s Capital = ₹ 6,00,000 × 1/6 =…
Step 1: Calculate ‘Total Capital’ of New Firm as: Total Adjusted Capital of Old Partners × Reciprocal of Total New Profit Share of Old Partners. Step 2: Calculate Capital of the New Partner as: Total Capital (Step 1) × Profit…
As per AS – 26 (Regarding Goodwill): (i) Firm can recognise Goodwill in the books of account when it is purchased, i.e., consideration in money or money’s worth has been paid for it. (ii) In case of admission/retirement/death of a…
When goodwill is paid privately by an incoming partner, no entry is passed in the books of the firm as it is not a transaction of the firm.
When goodwill is paid privately by an incoming partner, no entry is passed in the books of the firm as it is not a transaction of the firm.
Hidden Goodwill means that the value of goodwill is not given but has to be inferred on the basis of the net worth of the business. Hidden Goodwill is the excess of desired total capital of the firm over the…
Existing goodwill, (i.e., goodwill appearing in the Balance Sheet) is written off to the Old Partner’s Capital Accounts in their old profit-sharing ratio. Old Partner’s Capital A/cs Dr. To Goodwill A/c (Being the existing goodwill written off in the old…
Furniture ( ₹ 2,50,000 × 40%) ₹ 1,00,000 Machinery (₹ 1,50,00 × 60% ) ₹ 90,000 Net decrease in value of assets ₹ 1,90,000
Reserves, Accumulated Profits, and Losses are not transferred to the incoming Partner’s Capital Account because such reserves, Profit and Losses relate to the pre-admission period and hence belong to old partners and not to the incoming partner.
The amount credited in the General Reserve is an amount set aside out of profits when the new partner was not a partner. Thus, it belongs to the old partners and therefore, is distributed among old partners in their old…