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Gaurav, Saurabh and Vaibhav were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2 : 2 : 1. They decided to dissolve the firm on 31st March, 2018. After transferring Sundry assets (other than cash in hand and cash at Bank) and third party liabilities to realisation account, the assets were realized and liabilities were paid off as follows:

(i) A machinery with a book value of ₹ 6,00,000 was taken over by Gaurav at 50% and stock worth ₹ 5,000 was taken over by a creditor of ₹ 9,000 in full settlement of his claim.

(ii) Land and building (book value ₹ 3,00,000) was sold for ₹ 4,00,000 through a broker who charged 2% commission.

(iii) The remaining creditors were paid ₹ 76,000 in full settlement of their claim and the remaining assets were taken over by Vaibhav for ₹ 17,000.

(iv) Bank Loan of ₹ 3,00,000 was paid along with interest of ₹ 21,000.

Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of the firm.

Anurag Pathak Answered question September 28, 2024
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