| (A) Termination of business |
When the business operations come to an end, the firm itself is dissolved. |
(III) Dissolution of firm |
| (B) Continuation of business |
If the business continues after a partner’s admission, retirement, or death, only the partnership relation changes, not the firm itself. |
(IV) Dissolution of partnership |
| (C) Intervention of court |
The court can order dissolution of the firm (under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 – Sec 44). Hence such intervention is not possible merely for dissolution of partnership. |
(I) Not possible in the dissolution of partnership |
| (D) Continuation of books of accounts |
Once a firm is dissolved, its books are closed; they cannot continue. |
(II) Not possible in the dissolution of a firm |