12th | Death of a Partner | Question No. 26 To 30 | Ts Grewal Solution 2025-2026

Question 26:

Iqbal and Kapoor are in partnership sharing profits and losses in 3 : 2. Kapoor died three months after the date of the last Balance Sheet. According to the Partnership Deed, the legal heir is entitled to the following:
(a) His capital as per the last Balance Sheet.
(b) Interest on above capital @ 3% p.a. till the date of death.
(c) His share of profits till the date of death calculated on the basis of last year's profits.
His drawings are to bear interest at an average rate of 2% on the amount irrespective of the period.
The net profits for the last three years, after charging insurance premium, were
` 20,000; ` 25,000 and ` 30,000 respectively. Kapoor's capital as per Balance Sheet was ` 40,000 and his drawings till the date of death were ` 5,000.
Draw Kapoor's Capital Account to be rendered to his representatives.

 

Answer:

Kapoor’s Account

Dr.

Cr.

Particulars

 `

Particulars

 `

Drawings A/c

5,000

Balance b/d

40,000

Interest on Drawings A/c

100

Interest on Capital A/c

300

Balance c/d

38,200

Profit and Loss Adjustment A/c

3,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,300

 

43,300

 

 

 

 

 

Working Notes

 

WN1Calculation of Interest on Capita of Kapoor till date of his death

Interest

= capital ×Rate100×time /12

 

=40,000×3/100×3/12

=300

WN2Calculation of Share of Profit of Kapoor till date of his death

Profit

= last years’ profit ×time /12×share of profit

 

=30,000×3/12×3/5

=3,000

WN3 Calculation of Interest on Drawings
 

Interest

= Drawing ×2%

 

=5,000×2%

=100

 

Question 27: Trisha, Anisha and Rishika were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:2:1. Their

Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2052 was as follows:

BALANCE SHEET OF TRISHA AND RISHIKA as at 3 1st March, 2025

Liabilities

 

 `

Assets

 

 `

Capital A/cs:

 

 

Plant and Machinery

 

5,00,000

Trisha

3,00,000

 

Stock

 

1,00,000

Anisha

2,00,000

 

Debtors

 

60,000

Rishika

1,00,000

6,00,000

Cash at Bank

 

40,000

General Reserve

 

50,000

Creditors

 

50,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,00,000

 

 

7,00,000

Trisha died on 31st July, 2025. According to the partnership deed, the executors of the deceased partner were entitled to:

(i) Balance in Partner's Capital Account.

(ii) Salary @  `15,000 per quarter.

(iii) Share of goodwill calculated on the basis of twice the average of past three year's profits.

(iv) Share of profits from the closure of the last accounting year till the date of death on the basis of last year's profit. Profit for 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 were 1,00,000, 2,00,000 and 1,50,000 respectively.

(v) Trisha withdrew ₹20,000 on 1st May, 2025 for her personal use.

Showing your working clearly. Prepare Trishas Capital Account to be rendered to her executors. (CBSE 2023 Modified)

 

Answer:

Trisha’s Capital A/c

Particulars

 `

Particulars

 `

To Drawings

20,000

By Balance b/d

3,00,000

To Trisha’s executor’s A/c

4,60,000

By Salaries A/c

20,000

 

 

By Anisha’s Capital A/c

80,000

 

 

By Rishika’s Capital A/c

40,000

 

 

By General Reserve

20,000

 

 

By P&L Suspense A/c

20,000

 

4,80,000

 

4,80,000

Working Notes:

 

1. Salary = 15,000×4/3=20,000

 

2. Goodwill

Total profit =1,00,000+2,00,000+1,50,000=4,50,000

Average Profit = 4,50,000/3=1,50,000

Goodwill = 1,50,000×2=3,00,000

 

Traisha’s Share of goodwill =3,00,000×2/5=1,20,000

 

80,000 will be shared by partners

Anisha = 1,20,000×2/3=80,000

Rishika = 1,20,000×1/3=40,000

 

3. Calculation of Share of Profit

Last years profit 1,50,000

 

Traisha’s Share of Profit = 1,50,000×2/5×4/12=20,000

 

Question 28:

X and Y are partners. The Partnership Deed provides inter alia:
(a) That the Accounts be balanced on 31st March every year.
(b) That the profits be divided as: X one-half, Y one-third and carried to a Reserve one-sixth.
(c) That in the event of the death of a partner, his Executors be entitled to be paid:
(i) The Capital to his credit till the date of death.
(ii) His proportion of profits till the date of death based on the average profits of the last three completed years.
(iii) By way of Goodwill, his proportion of the total profits for the three preceding years.
(d)

BALANCE SHEET as at 31st March, 2024

Liabilities

 `

Assets

 `

Capital A/cs:

 

Sundry Assets

21,000

 X

9,000

 

 

 

 Y

 6,000

 15,000

 

 

Reserve

 

3,000

 

 

 

Creditors

3,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,000

 

21,000

 

 

 

 


Profits for three years were: 2022−
` 4,200; 2023 − ` 3,900; 2024 − ` 4,500.

Y died on 1st August, 2024. Prepare necessary accounts.

 

Answer:

Y’s Capital Account

Dr.

 

Cr.

Particulars

 (  `)

Particulars

 (  `)

 

 

Balance b/d

6,000

 

 

X’s Capital A/c (Reserve)

1,200

Y’s Executor’s A/c

12,800

X’s Capital A/c (Goodwill)

5,040

 

 

X’s Capital A/c (Profit)

560

 

12,800

 

12,800

 

 

 

 


Working Notes:

WN 1
Old Ratio (X and Y) = 1/2 : 1/3 or     3:2

WN 2
Y’s share of reserve =3,000×2/5=1,200

WN 3Calculation Y’s Share of Profit 
Average profit = total profit of past given years/number of years

Average profit =4200+3900+4500/3=12600/3=4,50

Y’s Share of Profit (from April 01,2024 to August 01, 2024 ) 4,200×2/5×4/12=560

WN 4Calculation of Y’s Share of Goodwill 
Y’s share of Goodwill = Y’s Profit Share in last three year
Profit for last three years = 4,200 + 3,900 + 4,500 =
 ` 12,600
Y’s Share of Goodwill=12,600×2/5=5040

Question 29: A, B and C were partners in a firm. A died on 31st March, 2025 and the Balance Sheet of the from on that date was as under:

Liabilities

 

Assets

Creditors

 

7,000

Cash at Bank

12,000

General Reserve

 

27,000

Debtors

32,000

Workmen's Compensation Reserve

10,000

Furniture

30,000

Profit & Loss Account

 

6,000

Plant

40,000

Capitals:

 

 

Patents

8,000

A

40,000

 

Deferred Advertisement Expenditure

18,000

B

30,000

 

 

 

C

20,000

90,000

 

 

 

 

1,40,000

 

1,40,000

On A's death it was found that patents were valueless, furniture was to be brought down to ₹24,000, plant was to be reduced by ₹10,000 and there was a liability of ₹7,000 on account of workmen's compensation.

Pass the necessary Journal entries for the above at the time of A's death.

(CBSE 2019, Modified)

 

Answer:

 

 

Date

Particulars

 

L.F.

(Dr.) 

(Cr.) 

 

Revaluation A/c

Dr.

 

24,000

 

 

 To Patents A/c

 

 

 

8,000

 

 To Furniture A/c

 

 

 

6,000

 

 To Plant A/c

 

 

 

10,000

 

(Being decrease in asstes account)

 

 

 

 

 

A’s Capital A/c

Dr.

 

8,000

 

 

B’s Capital A/c

Dr.

 

8,000

 

 

C’s Capital A/c

Dr.

 

8,000

 

 

 To Revaluation A/c

 

 

 

24,000

 

(Being Loss of Revaluation account transferred to partners capital accounts in the ratio of 1:1:1)

 

 

 

 

 

General Reserve A/c

Dr.

 

27,000

 

 

To A’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

9,000

 

To B’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

9,000

 

To C’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

9,000

 

(Being General Reserve distributred in the ratio of 1:1:1)

 

 

 

 

 

Workmen's Compensation Reserve A/c

Dr.

 

10,000

 

 

 To Workmen's Compensation Claim A/c

 

 

 

7,000

 

To A’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

1,000

 

To B’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

1,000

 

To C’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

1,000

 

(Being Workmen's Compensation Reserve distributred in the ratio of 1:1:1after adjusting claim on it)

 

 

 

 

 

A’s Capital A/c

Dr.

 

6,000

 

 

B’s Capital A/c

Dr.

 

6,000

 

 

C’s Capital A/c

Dr.

 

6,000

 

 

 To Deferred Advertisement Expenditure A/c

 

 

 

18,000

 

(Being capital written off with the amount of Deferred Advertisement Expenditure in the ratio of 1:1:1)

 

 

 

 

 

Profit & Loss Appropriation A/c

Dr.

 

6,000

 

 

To A’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

2,000

 

To B’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

2,000

 

To C’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

2,000

 

(Being Profit for the year distributed in the ratio of 1:1:1)

 

 

 

 

 

Question 30: Shirish, Harit and Asha were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 5:4:1. Shirish died on 30th June, 2018. On this date, their Balance Sheet was follows:

Balance sheet of Shirish,Harish, Asha as at 31st March, 2018

Assets

 

 `

Liabilities

 `

Capital A/cs:

 

 

Plant and Machinery

5,60,000

Shirish

1,00,000

 

Stock

90,000

Harit

2,00,000

 

Debtors

10,000

Asha

3,00,000

6,00,000

Cash

40,000

Profits for the year 2017-18

 

80,000

 

 

Bills Payable

 

20,000

 

 

 

 

7,00,000

 

7,00,000

 

 

 

 

 

According to the Partnership Deed, in addition to deceased partner’s capital, his executor is entitled to:

(i) Share in profits in the year of death on the basis of average of last two years’ profit. Profit for the year 2016-17 was 60,000.

(ii) Goodwill of the firm was to be valued at 2 years’ purchase of average of last two years’ profits.

Prepare Shirish’s Capital Account to be presented to his executor. (CBSE 2019)

 

Answer:

Shirish’s Capital Account

Particulars

Dr.  `

Particulars

Cr.  `

To Sadhu’s Executors A/c

2,18,750

By Balance b/d

1,00,000

 

 

By P&L Suspense A/c (WN-1)

  8,750

 

 

By Manish’s Capital A/c (WN-2)

56,000

 

 

By Asha’s Capital A/c (WN-2)

14,000

 

 

By P&L Appropriation A/c(WN-3)

40,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,18,750

 

2,18,750

Working notes:

WN-1 Calculation of Sadhu’s share of Profit

Average Profit of last two years= 80,000+60,000/2=70,000

Shirish’s Share of Profit = 70,000×5×3/10×12 =  ` 8,750

 

WN-2 Calculation of goodwill

The average profits of the last two years were  ` 70,000

Goodwill of the Firm =  ` 70,000×2=1,40,000

Share of Shirish is in Goodwill = 1,40,000 × 5/10 = 70,000

Goodwill Share of Shirish is in Goodwill will be compensated by Harish and Asha in 4:1

Harish = 70,000 × 4/5 = 56,000

Asha = 70,000 × 1/5 = 14,000

 

WN-3 Calculation of Sadhu’s share of undistributed Profits for the year 2017-18

Shirish’s Share of Profit = 80,000×5/10 =  ` 40,000

 

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