Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Admission of a Partner

Question:
Assertion: Undistributed profits or losses appearing in the balance sheet at the time of admission should be transferred to the old partner’s capital/current account in the new ratio.

Reasoning: Undistributed profits or losses appearing in the balance sheet at the time of admission belong to the old partners as they are earned by them.
Options:
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.
Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.
Correct Answer:
Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.
Explanation:
Undistributed profits or losses appearing in the balance sheet at the time of admission should be transferred in the old ratio.