Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Accountancy Part A

Chapter

Admission of a Partner

Question:

Read the passage carefully and answer the next 5 questions.

The books of a business showed that the firm's capital employed on December 31, 2024, ₹5,00,000 and the profits for the last five years were: 2020-₹40,000: 2021-₹50,000; 2022-₹55,000; 2023- ₹70,000 and 2024-₹85,000. You are required to find out the value of goodwill based on 2 years purchase of the super profits of the business, given that the normal rate of return is 10%.

Goodwill is -

Options:

₹20,000

₹9,000

₹14,000

₹27,000

Correct Answer:

₹20,000

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 1- ₹20,000.

Capital employed = ₹5,00,000
Normal rate of return = 10%
Normal profit = Capital employed x Normal rate of return/100
                    = 5,00,000 x 10/100
                   = 50,000

Average profit = Profit of year (2020+2021+2022+2023+2024)/5
                     = (₹40,000 + ₹50,000 + ₹55,000 + ₹70,000 + ₹85,000)/5
                     = 3,00,000/5
                     = 60,000

Super profit = Average profit - Normal profit
                   = 60,000 - 50,000
                   = 10,000

Goodwill = Super profit x No of years purchase
             = 10,000 x 2
             = 20,000