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Accountancy · 2024 · 6 marks
Dissolution of Partnership FirmAccounting Treatment on Dissolution of a Partnership Firm6 markslong answer
CBSE 2024 · Region 2 · Set 3 · Q24
Pass the necessary journal entries for the following transactions on the dissolution of the partnership firm of Sharma and Verma after the various assets (other than cash and bank balance) and outside liabilities have been transferred to Realisation Account : (i) Sharma paid creditors ₹ $\displaystyle 34,000$ in full setllement of their claim of ₹ $\displaystyle 40$,000. (ii) Verma agreed to pay his wife's loan of ₹ $\displaystyle 80$,000. (iii) There was an old typewriter which had been written off completely from the books. It was estimated to realise ₹ $\displaystyle 3$,000. It was taken away by Verma at the estimated price less $\displaystyle 20$%. (iv) Neelu, an old customer whose account for ₹ $\displaystyle 1,500$ was written off as bad debt in the previous year, paid $\displaystyle 80$% of the amount. (v) Dissolution expenses amounting to ₹ $\displaystyle 8,000$ were paid by Sharma. (vi) Loss on realisation ₹ $\displaystyle 40,000$ was to be distributed between Sharma and Verma in their profit sharing ratio $\displaystyle 3$ : 2.
Marking-scheme solution
Books of Sharma and Verma
Journal
Date Particulars L.F Dr. Amount Cr. Amount
₹ ₹
(i) Realisation A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 34,000$
To Sharma’s Capital A/c $\displaystyle 34,000$
(Payment to creditors by Sharma)
(ii)
Realisation A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 80,000$
To Verma’s Capital A/c $\displaystyle 80,000$
(Wife’s loan taken over by Verma)
(iii)
Verma’s Capital A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 2,400$
To Realisation A/c $\displaystyle 2,400$
(Old typewriter taken over by Verma)
(iv)
Cash/ Bank A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 1,200$
To Realisation A/c $\displaystyle 1,200$
(Payment received from bad debt written
off in the previous year)
(v)
Realisation A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 8,000$
To Sharma’s Capital A/c $\displaystyle 8,000$
(Dissolution expenses paid by Sharma)
(vi)
Sharma’s Capital A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 24,000$
Verma’s Capital A/c Dr. $\displaystyle 16,000$
To Realisation A/c $\displaystyle 40,000$
(Loss on realisation distributed between
partners in the ratio $\displaystyle 3$:$\displaystyle 2$)
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