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Partnership Accounts : Goodwill- Concept and Valuation

ICSE · Class 12 · Accountancy

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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.
3

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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Goodwill is the value ofLord Eldon defined goodwill asGoodwill is an intangible assetPurchased goodwill arises when one businessNature of business

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