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Accountancy · 2023 · 6 marks
Dissolution of Partnership FirmAccounting Treatment on Dissolution of a Partnership Firm6 markslong answer
CBSE 2023 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q24
Pass the necessary journal entries for the following transactions on dissolution of the firm of Varun and Vivek after various assets (other than cash) and outside liabilities were transferred to Realisation Account : (i) Varun paid creditors ₹ $\displaystyle 18,500$ in full settlement of their claim of ₹ $\displaystyle 20$,000. (ii) Vivek agreed to pay his wife's loan of ₹ $\displaystyle 70$,000. (iii) The firm had unrecorded investments of ₹ $\displaystyle 2,00,000$, which were sold at a loss of $\displaystyle 20$%. (iv) The firm had stock of ₹ $\displaystyle 1,00$,000. Varun took over the stock at a discount of $\displaystyle 10$%. (v) Reema, a debtor whose account for ₹ $\displaystyle 2,000$ was written off as a bad debt in the previous year, paid $\displaystyle 70$% of the amount. (vi) Expenses of realisation ₹ $\displaystyle 4,900$ were paid by partner, Vivek.
Marking-scheme solution
Books of Varun and Vivek
Journal
Date Particulars L.F Dr. Amount Cr. Amount
₹ ₹
(i)Realisation A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 18,500$
To Varun’s Capital A/c $\displaystyle 18,500$
(Payment of creditors by Varun)
(ii)
Realisation A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 70,000$
To Vivek’s Capital A/c $\displaystyle 70,000$
(Wife’s loan taken over by Vivek)
(iii)
Cash/Bank A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 1,60,000$
To Realisation A/c $\displaystyle 1,60,000$
(Realisation of unrecorded investments)
(iv)
Varun’s Capital A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 90,000$
To Realisation A/c $\displaystyle 90,000$
(Stock taken over by Varun at $\displaystyle 10$%
discount)
(v)
Cash/Bank A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 1,400$
To Realisation A/c $\displaystyle 1,400$
(Bad Debts recovered)
(vi)
Realisation A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 4,900$
To Vivek’s Capital A/c $\displaystyle 4,900$
(Expenses of realisation paid by Vivek)
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