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Rohit, Kunal and Sarthak are partners in a firm. They decided to dissolve their firm. Pass necessary Journal entries for the following after various assets (other than Cash and Bank) and the third-party liability have been transferred to Realisation Account: (a) Kunal agreed to pay off his wife’s loan of Rs. 6,000. (b) Total Creditors of the firm were Rs. 40,000. Creditors worth Rs. 10,000 were given a piece of furniture costing Rs. 8,000 in full and final settlement. Remaining Creditors allowed a discount of 10% (c) Rohit had given a loan of Rs. 70,000 to the firm which was duly paid. (d) A machine which was not recorded in the books was taken over by Kunal at Rs. 3,000, whereas its expected value was Rs. 5,000. (e) The firm had a debit balance of Rs. 15,000 in the Profit and Loss Account on the date of dissolution. (f) Sarthak paid the realisation expenses of Rs. 16,000 out of his private funds, who was to get a remuneration of Rs. 15,000 for completing dissolution process and was responsible to bear all the realisation expenses. Lal and Pal were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 7. On 1st April, 2015 their firm was dissolved. After transferring assets (other than cash) and outsider’s liabilities to Realisation Account, you are given the following information: (a) A creditor of Rs. 3,60,000 accepted machineries valued at Rs. 5,00,000 and paid to the firm Rs. 1,40,000. (b) A second creditor for Rs. 50,000 accepted stock at Rs. 45,000 in full settlement of his claim. (c) A third creditor amounting to Rs. 90,000 accepted Rs. 45,000 in cash and investments worth Rs. 43,000 in full settlement of his claim. (d) Loss on dissolution was Rs. 15,000. Pass necessary Journal entries for the above transactions in the books of firm assuming that all payments were made by cheque.
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