Calculate the value of goodwill as on 1st April, 2024, on the basis of 2 and 1/2 year’s purchase of the average profits of the last five years. The profits and losses for the years ending 31st March were: 2019 ₹ 80,000; 2020 ₹ 1,00,000; 2021 Loss ₹ 30,000; 2022 ₹ 1,70,000; 2023 ₹ 1,60,000 and 2024 ₹ 1,80,000

Calculate the value of goodwill as on 1st April, 2024, on the basis of 2 and 1/2 year’s purchase of the average profits of the last five years. The profits and losses for the years ending 31st March were: 2019 ₹ 80,000; 2020 ₹ 1,00,000; 2021 Loss ₹ 30,000; 2022 ₹ 1,70,000; 2023 ₹ 1,60,000 and 2024 ₹ 1,80,000. You are informed that the profits of the year ending 31st March 2023 included profit on sale of a fixed asset amounting to ₹ 50,000 and the profits for the year 2024 were affected by a loss due to fire amounting to ₹ 20,000.

[Ans. ₹ 2,75,000.]