Practicing Success
On the death of a partner, credit balance of P&L A/c appearing in balance sheet should be credited to Capital accounts of which partner? |
All partners Remaining partners Only deceased partner None of these |
All partners |
The correct answer is option 1- All partners. * On the death of a partner, credit balance of P&L A/c appearing in balance sheet should be credited to Capital accounts of all partners. Sometimes, the Balance Sheet of a firm may show accumulated profits in the form of general reserve and/on accumulated losses in the form of profit and loss account debit balance. The retiring/deceased partner is entitled to his/her share in the accumulated profits and is also liable to share the accumulated losses, if any. These accumulated profits or losses belong to all the partners and should be transferred to the capital accounts of all partners in their old profit sharing ratio. |