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Reconstitution of Partnership : Admission of a Partner

ICSE · Class 12 · Accountancy

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1. Meaning and Occasions of Reconstitution

  • Partnership is created by agreement.
  • Any change in the partnership agreement, if the firm continues, amounts to reconstitution.
  • On admission of a new partner, the existing agreement ends and a new agreement comes into effect.
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2. New Profit Sharing Ratio and Sacrificing Ratio

  • New profit sharing ratio is the ratio in which all partners, including the incoming partner, share future profits and losses.
  • Sacrificing ratio is the ratio in which old partners sacrifice their share of profit in favour of the incoming partner.
  • New share = Old share - Sacrifice share.
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3. Treatment of Goodwill and Hidden Goodwill

  • Premium for goodwill is the payment made by the incoming partner for the right to share future profits built on the old partners' past efforts.
  • If premium is paid privately outside the business, no journal entry is made in the books of the firm.
  • If premium is brought in cash and retained in the business, it is credited to Premium for Goodwill A/c and distributed among sacrificing partners in their sacrificing ratio.
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4. Accumulated Profits, Losses, and Specific Funds

  • Accumulated profits and losses belong to old partners because they arose before admission.
  • General Reserve, Reserve Fund, Profit and Loss Account balance, and Contingency Reserve are transferred to old partners' capital/current accounts in their old ratio.
  • Entries for transferring accumulated profits and losses should be passed even if the question is silent.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Admission of a Partner as a mode of reconstitution of partnership

Reconstitution of PartnershipAdmission of New PartnerNew Partner’s RightsNew Profit Sharing RatioSacrificing RatioPremium for GoodwillGoodwill Already in BooksHidden or Inferred Goodwill

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