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Partnership Accounts : Goodwill- Concept and Valuation — Revision Notes
ICSE · Class 12 · Accountancy
Partnership Accounts : Goodwill- Concept and Valuation revision notes for ICSE Class 12 Accountancy: 4 topics in quick points.
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Key Topics to Revise
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Meaning, Nature, and Features of Goodwill
- Goodwill is the good name, reputation, or wide business connections earned by a business through hard work and honesty.
- Goodwill enables a firm to earn super profit, that is, profit above the normal profit earned by similar firms.
- Goodwill is intangible and cannot be seen or touched, but it can be felt.
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Factors Affecting Goodwill and Need for Valuation
- Nature of business affects goodwill: daily use goods usually create more goodwill than fancy goods.
- Favourable location increases goodwill because it improves sales and customer access.
- Good market situation and monopoly conditions raise goodwill.
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Average Profit Method
- Under this method, past profits are totalled and divided by number of years to get average profit.
- Average profit is then multiplied by the agreed number of years' purchase to get goodwill.
- This method is suitable when profits are fairly stable.
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Super Profit Method
- Super profit means the profit over and above normal profit earned by similar firms.
- Average profit is needed first, and then normal profit is deducted to find super profit.
- Normal profit is calculated on capital employed using the normal rate of return.
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Full NotesKey Concepts
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Key topics in Partnership Accounts : Goodwill- Concept and Valuation include Meaning, Nature, and Features of Goodwill, Factors Affecting Goodwill and Need for Valuation, Average Profit Method, Super Profit Method. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the ICSE Class 12 board exam.
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