A and B are partners sharing profits and losses equally. They admit C into partnership and the new ratio is fixed as 4:3:2. C is unable to bring anything for goodwill but brings Rs 25,000 as capital. Goodwill of the firm is valued at Rs 18,000. Give the necessary journal entries assuming that the partners do not want goodwill to appear in the Balance Sheet.

Explanation

The net effect of the entries (2) and (3) above is that C’s Capital account has been debited by Rs. 4,000 and A’s Capital account and B’s Capital account credited in their sacrificing ratio by Rs 1,000 (credit Rs 9,000 – debit Rs 8,000) and Rs 3,000 (credit Rs 9,000 – debit Rs 6,000 ) respectively, and goodwill will show nil balance. Sometimes, the partners may decide not to show goodwill account anywhere in books (not even in the journal and ledger). In that case, for adjustment of goodwill, just one entry can be passed by debiting the new partner’s capital account with his share of goodwill and crediting the old partners’ capital accounts in their ratio of sacrifice. If in Illustration 21 we were to treat goodwill in this manner, the entry for goodwill would have been as follows:

The above entry has the same effect on partners’ capital accounts as journal entries (2) and (3).