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Final Accounts (Financial Statements) of Partnership Firm — Revision Notes
Gujarat Board · Class 12 · Elements of Accounts
Final Accounts (Financial Statements) of Partnership Firm revision notes for Gujarat Board Class 12 Elements of Accounts: 4 topics in quick points.
3 formulas & key relations5 concepts
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Objectives of Final Accounts of Partnership Firm
- To ascertain Gross Profit or Loss through the Trading Account.
- To ascertain Net Profit or Loss through the Profit and Loss Account.
- To ascertain Divisible Profit or Loss through the Profit and Loss Appropriation Account — this is unique to partnership firms.
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Trading Account
- Purpose: To ascertain Gross Profit or Gross Loss from buying and selling of goods.
- DEBIT SIDE includes: Opening Stock, Purchases (Less: Purchase Return, Less: Outward of goods like drawings, samples, donations, fire loss), Purchase Expenses (Wages, Carriage Inward, Freight, Demurrag
- CREDIT SIDE includes: Sales (Less: Sales Return), Sale of Scrap, Closing Stock.
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Profit and Loss Account
- Purpose: To ascertain Net Profit or Net Loss of the firm after all operating and non-operating income and expenses.
- DEBIT SIDE includes: Gross Loss (from Trading A/c), Administrative Expenses (Salary, Rent, Insurance, Postage, Printing, Legal Charges, Audit Fees, Electricity), Selling & Distribution Expenses (Carri
- CREDIT SIDE includes: Gross Profit (from Trading A/c), Incomes (Discount Received, Rent Received, Commission Received, Interest on Investment/Loan Lent, Dividend, Bad Debts Recovered, Profit on Sale o
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Profit and Loss Appropriation Account
- Purpose: To show how Net Profit or Net Loss is appropriated (distributed) among partners after all partner-specific adjustments.
- This account is UNIQUE to partnership firms — not prepared in sole proprietorships.
- It is technically a part of the P&L Account but is prepared separately for clarity.
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Full NotesKey Concepts
The Trading Account is the firstThe Profit and Loss AccountThis account is unique to partnershipA separate Capital Account is maintainedCurrent Accounts are maintained for each
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Key topics in Final Accounts (Financial Statements) of Partnership Firm include Objectives of Final Accounts of Partnership Firm, Trading Account, Profit and Loss Account, Profit and Loss Appropriation Account. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the Gujarat Board Class 12 board exam.
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