Question : Murari and Vohra of Chandigarh were partners in a firm with capitals of Rs. 1,20,000 and Rs. 1,60,000 respectively. On 1.4 .2018 they admitted their manager, Robin Gurung of Meghalaya, as a partner for one-fourth share in profits on his payment of Rs. 2,00,000 as his capital and Rs. 90,000 for his one-fourth share of goodwill.
On that date the creditors of Murari and Vohra were Rs. 60,000 and Bank overdraft was Rs. 15,000 . Their assets apart from cash included Stock Rs.10,000; Debtors Rs.40,000;
Plant and Machinery Rs.80,000; Land and Building Rs.2,00,000. It was agreed that stock should be depreciated by Rs.2,000; Plant and Machinery by 20%, Rs.5,000 should be written off as bad debts and Land and Building should be appreciated by 25%.
Question:
Revaluation account will be
Option 1: Debited by Rs 27,000
Option 2: Crediting with Rs 27,000
Option 3: No profit and no loss
Option 4: None of the above
Correct Answer: Debited by Rs 27,000
Solution : Answer = Debited by Rs 27,000
Revaluation A/c
Stock | 2000 |
Land and Building (2,00,000 x 25 /100) |
50,000 |
Plant And Machinery | 16000 | ||
Debtors | 5000 | ||
Profit | 27000 | ||
Murari = 13500 Vohra = 13500 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
Debited by Rs 27,000
Hence, the correct option is 1.