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Accountancy

Goodwill Accounting

Goodwill Accounting in Class 12 Accountancy explains how a firm records and adjusts the value of its reputation when a new partner is admitted. Students learn why the incoming partner compensates the old partners, how goodwill is valued using average profit, super profit, or capitalization methods, and how the amount is treated when it is brought in cash, retained in the business, withdrawn, or not brought at all. The topic also covers sacrificing ratio, hidden goodwill, and the journal entries required under different admission situations.

Easy · Level 2 · 25 questions

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01On the admission of a new partner, ₹20,000 is brought in cash as premium for goodwill. If the sacrificing ratio of the two old partners is 1:1, how much will each old partner receive?

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02A new partner takes (1/4) share and total goodwill of the firm is (₹80000). If he brings the full premium in cash, how much amount will come into Bank?

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03A new partner is admitted to a firm for a 1/5 share. The firm’s total goodwill is ₹1,00,000. If the new partner brings only ₹12,000 in cash as the premium for goodwill, what amount of the premium remains to be adjusted?

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04When premium for goodwill is partly brought in cash, the cash part is debited to which account?

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05If a new partner does not bring goodwill separately and brings it included in capital, when may explicit goodwill adjustment be needed?

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06When is hidden goodwill usually calculated?

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07A new partner brings (₹50000) capital for (1/4) share. What will be the estimated total capital of the firm?

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08A new partner brings ₹40,000 as capital for a 1/5 share in the firm. If capital is contributed in proportion to the profit-sharing share, what is the estimated total capital of the firm?

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09In hidden goodwill calculation, if estimated total capital is ₹300,000 and actual total capital is ₹260,000, what is goodwill?

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10In which situation may hidden goodwill be treated as zero?

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11Why may the new partner be debited in goodwill adjustment?

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12Why are old partners credited in goodwill adjustment?

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13Old partners share in (3:2) and the new ratio is (2:2:1). What is the new partner's share?

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14The total goodwill of the firm is ₹50,000, and the new profit-sharing ratio after reconstitution is 2:2:1. What is the value of the new partner’s share of goodwill?

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15If sacrificing ratio is not given and the new partner's share is taken from old partners in old ratio, in which ratio will premium be distributed?

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16If old partners sacrifice equally, how will the premium for goodwill be distributed?

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17What is a common caution in modern exam practice regarding Goodwill Account in books?

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18If ₹30,000 is received in cash from the incoming partner as premium for goodwill and the old partners immediately withdraw it, what will be the net effect on the bank balance?

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19When the old partners withdraw the amount of goodwill premium, which account is debited in the journal entry?

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20The old partners’ sacrificing ratio is 2:1. The new partner brings ₹18,000 as goodwill in cash. How much of this amount will be credited to the second old partner?

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21A firm’s total goodwill is ₹1,20,000. A new partner is admitted for a 1/6 share of the profits. What amount should the new partner bring in as a premium for goodwill?

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22In goodwill accounting, sacrificing ratio is mainly used for what purpose?

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23Premium for Goodwill Account is what type of temporary account?

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24At the time of admission of a partner, goodwill of ₹20,000 recorded in the books is written off in the old ratio of 3:1. What amount will be debited to the second partner’s account?

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25In which method can normal rate of return be used to calculate goodwill?

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