12th | Admission of A  Partner | Question No. 46 To 50 | Ts Grewal Solution 2025-2026

Question 46:

X and Y are partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. They admitted Z as a partner and fixed the new profit-sharing ratio as 3 : 2 : 1. At the time of admission of Z, Debtors and Provision for Doubtful Debts appeared at`50,000 and `5,000 respectively all debtors are good. Pass the necessary Journal entries.

Answer:

Journal

Date

Particulars

L.F.

Debit

`

Credit

`

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

Provision for Doubtful Debts A/c

Dr.

 

5,000

 

 

     To Revaluation A/c 

 

 

 

5,000

 

(Provision on Debtors reduced)

 

 

 

 

­

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Revaluation A/c 

Dr.  

 

5,000

 

 

   To X’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

3,000

 

   To Y’s Capital A/c

 

 

 

2,000

 

(Profit on Revaluation transferred to Partners’ Capital A/c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 47:

Ashok and Bhaskar are partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. They admitted Chaman as a partner for 1/4th share of profits. At the time of admission of Chaman, Debtors and Provision for Doubtful Debts appeared at   ` 76,000 and   ` 8,000 respectively.   ` 6,000 of the debtors proved bad. A provision of 5% is to be created on Sundry Debtors for doubtful debts. Pass the necessary Journal entries.

Answer:

Journal

Date

Particulars

L.F.

Debit

`

Credit

`

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (i)

Bad Debts A/c

Dr.

 

6,000

 

 

     To Debtors A/c

 

 

 

6,000

 

(Bad debts incurred)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (ii)

Provision for Doubtful Debts A/c

 Dr

 

6,000

 

 

     To Bad Debts A/c

 

 

 

6,000

 

(Bad debts adjusted)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (iii)

Revaluation A/c  (WN 1)

Dr.

 

1,500

 

 

    To Provision for Doubtful Debts A/c

 

 

 

1,500

 

(Provision created)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (iv)

Ashok’s Capital A/c 

Dr.

 

900

 

 

Bhaskar’s Capital A/c

Dr.

 

600

 

 

      To Revaluation A/c

 

 

 

1,500

 

(Loss on revaluation transferred to Partners’ Capital A/c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working Notes:

WN1: Calculation of Provision for Doubtful Debts
Provision to be created = (76,000 - 6,0005/100= 
` 3,500

Old Provision =   ` 2,000

New Provision to be created = 3,500 - 2,000 = 1,500

 

Question 48:

At the time of admission of a partner Suresh, assets and liabilities of Ramesh and Nareshwere revalued as follows:
(a) A Provision for Doubtful Debts @10% was made on Sundry Debtors (Sundry Debtors  
` 50,000).
(b) Creditors were written back by  
`5,000.
(c) Building was appreciated by 20% (Book Value of Building  `2,00,000).
(d) Unrecorded Investments were valued at  `15,000.
(e) A Provision of  `2,000 was made for an Outstanding Bill for repairs.
(f) Unrecorded Liability towards suppliers was  `3,000.
Pass necessary Journal entries.

Answer:

Journal

 

Date

Particulars

L.F.

Debit

`

Credit

`

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (i)

Revaluation A/c

Dr.

 

10,000

 

 

 

To Provision for Doubtful Debts A/c

 

 

 

5,000

 

 

To Reserve for outstanding Repairs Bill A/c

 

 

 

2,000

 

 

To Creditors A/c

 

 

3,000

 

 

(Increase in liabilities, decrease in assets and creation of reserves and provisions transferred to Revaluation Account)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (ii)

Creditors A/c                                       Dr.

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

Building A/c                                        Dr.

 

 

40,000

 

 

Investments A/c                                   Dr.

 

 

15,000

 

 

To Revaluation A/c

 

 

60,000

 

 

(Increase in assets and decrease in liabilities
transferred to Revaluation Account)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revaluation A/c

Dr.

 

50,000

 

 

 

To Old Partners’ Capital A/c

 

 

50,000

 

 

(Profit on Revaluation transferred to Partners’ Capital)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 49:

Om and Shiv are partners in a firm sharing profits equally.

 

BALANCE SHEET (Extract)

Liabilities

`

Assets

 

`

 

 

Debtors

Less: Provision for Doubtful Debts

1,50,000

15,000

 

1,35,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

An amount of `12,000 due from Mohan, a debtor, is to be written off as no longer receivable. Provision for Doubtful Debts on remaining debtors is to be maintained at the current rate.

What amount of Provision for Doubtful Debts should be credited to maintain its current rate?

 

Answer:

 

Current rate Provision for Doubtful debts is 15,000×100/1,50,000=10%

Debtors

=

1,50,000

Less: Bad Debts

=

12,000

Debtors After Bad Debts

=

1,38,000

 

 

 

Provision for Doubtful Debts @10% is to be maintained

=

13,800

 

 

 

Firm already has Provision of 15,000

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for Doubtful Debts Before Adjustment of Bad Debts

=

15,000

Less: Bad Debts

=

12,000

Balance of Provision for Doubtful Debts after Adjustment of Bad Debts

=

3,000

 

 

 

Amount of Provision for Doubtful Debts should be credited to maintain its current rate =13,800-3,000= 10,800

 

 

 

 

Question 50: Ashish and Vishesh were partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2. Their Balance Sheet at 31st March, 2022 was as under:

 

 

BALANCE SHEET OF ASHISH AND VISHESH as at 31st March, 2022

Liabilities

 

`

Assets

 

`

Creditors

 

30,000

Cash at Bank

 

50,000

Outstanding Electricity Bill

 

20,000

Debtors

80,000

 

Capital Acs:

 

 

Less: Provision for Bad Debts

2,000

78,000

Ashish

3,00,000

 

Stock L

 

12,000

Vishesh

2,00,000

5,00,000

Machinery

 

3,00,000

 

 

 

Profit and Loss A/c

 

10,000

 

 

5,50,000

 

 

5,50,000

On 1st April, 2022, Manya was admitted into the firm with 1/4th share in the profits on the following terms:

(i) Manya will bring 1,00,000 as her capital and 50,000 as her share of goodwill premium in cash.

(ii) Outstanding electricity bill will be paid off.

(iii) Stock was found over valued by 12,000.

Pass the necessary Journal entries in the books of the firm on Manya's admission. (CBSE 2023)

Answer:

Date

Particulars

 

Dr. (`)

Cr. (`)

(i)

Outstanding Electricity Bill A/c

Dr.

20,000

 

 

To Bank A/c

 

 

20,000

 

(Being Outstanding electricity bill will be paid off)

 

 

 

(ii)

Revaluation Ac

Dr.

12,000

 

 

 To Stock A/c

 

 

12,000

 

(Being Stock was undervalued)

 

 

 

(iii)

Ashish's Capital A/c

Dr.

7,200

 

 

Vishesh's Capital A/c

Dr.

4,800

 

 

 To Revaluation A/c

 

 

12,000

 

(Being loss transferred in old ratio)

 

 

 

(iv)

Ashish's Capital A/c

Dr.

6,000

 

 

Vishesh's Capital A/c

Dr.

4,000

 

 

  To Profit & Loss A/c

 

 

10,000

 

(Being accumulated loss transferred in old ratio)

 

 

 

(v)

Bank A/c

Dr.

1,50,000

 

 

 To Manya's Capital A/c

 

 

1,00,000

 

 To Premium for Goodwill A/c

 

 

50,000

 

(Being capital and her share of goodwill premium brought)

 

 

 

(vi)

Premium for Goodwill A/c

Dr.

50,000

 

 

 To Ashish's Capital A/c

 

 

30,000

 

 To Vishesh's Capital A/c

 

 

20,000

 

(Being Premium for Goodwill transferred in sacrificing ratio)

 

 

 

 

 

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