12th | Admission of A Partner | Question No. 46 To 50 | Ts Grewal Solution 2026-2027

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 at50,000 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 - 6,000)×5/100= 
 3,500

Old Provision =    2,000

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

 

Question 48:

Pass entries in the firm's Journal for the following on admission of a partner:

(i) Machinery be reduced by 16,000 and Building be appreciated by 40,000.

(ii) A provision be created for Doubtful Debts @ 5% of Debtors amounting to 80,000.

(iii) Provision for warranty claims be increased by 12,000.

(iv) Furniture (Book Value 50,000) is to be reduced by 40%.

(v) Furniture (Book Value 50,000) is to be reduced to 40%.

 

Answer:

 

Journal

Date

Particulars

L.F.

Debit

Credit

 (i) 

 

 

 

 

a.

Revaluation A/c

Dr.

 

16,000

 

 To Machinery A/c

 

 

 

16,000

 

(Being Machinery be reduced)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Building A/c

Dr.

 

40,000

 

 

 To Revaluation A/c

 

 

 

40,000

 

(Being Building be appreciated)

 

 

 

 (ii)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revaluation A/c

Dr.

 

4,000

 

 

 To Provision for Doubtful Debts A/c

 

 

 

4,000

 

(Being provision be created for Doubtful Debts @ 5% of Debtors amounting to 80,000)

 

 

 

(iii)

Revaluation A/c

Dr.

 

12,000

 

 

 To Provision for Warranty Claims A/c

 

 

 

12,000

 

(Being Provision for warranty claims be increased)

 

 

 

 

(iv)

Revaluation A/c

Dr.

 

20,000

 

 

 To Furniture A/c

 

 

 

20,000

 

(Being Furniture (Book Value 50,000) is to be reduced by 40%)

 

 

 

 

(v)

Revaluation A/c

Dr.

 

30,000

 

 

 To Furniture A/c

 

 

 

30,000

 

(Being Furniture (Book Value 50,000) is to be reduced to 40%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 49:

At the time of admission of a partner Suresh, assets and liabilities of Ramesh and Naresh were 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 50:

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

 

 

 

 

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