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Arun and Ram are partners in a restaurant business sharing profits and losses in capital ratio. Their fixed capital from the beginning of the firm was ₹2,00,000 and ₹1,50,000 respectively.
The profit for the year ended 31 March 2022 before the appropriation of Salary and Interest on Capital was ₹2,20,000. Ram is allowed a salary of ₹ 2,000 per quarter and interest on capital @ 10% p.a.
Due to the further expansion of the business, they decided to enter Sanjeev as a new partner for 1/5 share in profits. It was agreed that Sanjeev will bring ₹1,00,000 as capital and ₹50,000 as his share of Goodwill. It was decided that he will give ₹1,00,000 as loan to the firm for 3 years.
The amount of distributed profits of both the partner's will be:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is option 1- ₹1,77,000.
Profit before appropriations = ₹2,20,000
Less: Interest on capital
Arun = 2,00,000 x 10/100 = 20,000
Ram = 1,50,000 x 10/100 = 15,000 = 35,000
Less: salary to Ram (2000 x4) = 8,000
Distributed profit = = ₹1,77,000