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Accountancy · 2022 · 2 marks
Reconstitution of a Partnership Firm – Retirement/Death of a PartnerNew Profit Sharing Ratio on Retirement or Death of a Partner2 marksvery short answer
CBSE 2022 · Region 3 · Set 1 · Q2
A, B, C and D were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of $\displaystyle 1$ : $\displaystyle 2$ : $\displaystyle 3$ : 4. On 31. 3. $\displaystyle 2022$, C retired from the firm and his share was acquired by A and B in the ratio of $\displaystyle 3$ : 2. Calculate the new profit sharing ratio of A, B and D.
Marking-scheme solution
$\displaystyle 3$
C’s share =
$\displaystyle 10$
$\displaystyle 3$ $\displaystyle 3$ $\displaystyle 9$
A’s gain = =
$\displaystyle 5$ $\displaystyle 10$ $\displaystyle 50$
+
$\displaystyle 1$ $\displaystyle 9$ $\displaystyle 5$ $\displaystyle 9$ $\displaystyle 14$
A’s new share = + = =
$\displaystyle 10$ $\displaystyle 50$ $\displaystyle 50$ $\displaystyle 50$
$\displaystyle 2$ $\displaystyle 3$ $\displaystyle 6$
B’s gain = =
$\displaystyle 5$ $\displaystyle 10$ $\displaystyle 50$
+
$\displaystyle 2$ $\displaystyle 6$ $\displaystyle 10$ $\displaystyle 6$ $\displaystyle 16$
B’s new share = + = =
$\displaystyle 10$ $\displaystyle 50$ $\displaystyle 50$ $\displaystyle 50$
$\displaystyle 14$ $\displaystyle 16$ $\displaystyle 4$
New profit-sharing ratio of A, B and D = : :
$\displaystyle 50$ $\displaystyle 50$ $\displaystyle 10$
$\displaystyle 14$ $\displaystyle 16$ $\displaystyle 20$
Or : :
$\displaystyle 50$ $\displaystyle 50$ $\displaystyle 50$
Or $\displaystyle 14$ : $\displaystyle 16$ : $\displaystyle 20$
Or $\displaystyle 7$ : $\displaystyle 8$ : $\displaystyle 10$
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