January 2023

Principles of Accounting: Partnerships: Basic guidelines when answering questions

By |2022-09-15T12:32:52+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Partnerships: Capital and Current Accounts

  • As we will continue to emphasize throughout the topic
  • You ought to pay attention to the requirements of the question and follow these
  • Where there are no guidelines or the question is silent remember the following provisions:
    • Profits and losses are to be shared equally

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Principles of Accounting: Revaluation of Partnership Assets

By |2022-09-15T12:32:41+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Partnerships: Goodwill and Partnership businesses: Revaluation of Partnership Assets

  • It is often the case that when a business is sold the selling price of its assets would differ from their book values
  • In such instances there is either a profit or loss on the sale of the assets
  • This profit has […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Goodwill: Changes in Profit Sharing Ratio Example

By |2022-09-15T12:32:09+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Accounting for Partnerships: Goodwill and Partnership businesses: Changes in Profit Sharing Ratio Example

  • This is an example of a question where there are changes in the profit sharing ratio of a partnership
  • We have already looked at the entries involved in such cases here

Example question

Mhaka, Banda, Feruka and Tangwena run […]

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Principles of Accounting: Capital and Current Accounts Example

By |2022-09-15T12:32:51+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Partnerships: Capital and Current Accounts Example

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Principles of Accounting: Partnership dissolution

By |2022-09-15T12:32:37+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Partnerships: Goodwill and Partnership businesses: Revaluation of Partnership Assets

  • While it is true that a new partnership is created when partners leave and join the partnership
  • The entries required to show this are actually different from the entries needed when a partnership does actual dissolve
  • From an accounting point of view […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Goodwill: When a new partner is admitted

By |2022-09-15T12:32:09+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Accounting for Partnerships: Goodwill and Partnership businesses: When a new partner is admitted

  • It is not uncommon for a partnership business to admit a new partner
  • This is happens for any number of reasons including:
    • To admit a partner with new skills
    • When the firm is expanding
    • To replace a partner […]
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Principles of Accounting: Solution to Capital and Current Accounts example

By |2022-09-15T12:32:50+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Partnerships: Capital and Current Accounts Example

The Capital Accounts

The Current Accounts for the partners

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Principles of Accounting: Partnership Dissolution Entries

By |2022-09-15T12:32:36+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Partnerships: Partnership Dissolution Entries

  • While the dissolution of each partnership is no doubt unique
  • There are entries that are typical to the dissolution of each partnership
  • During dissolution the following entries are typically made:
    1. When we transfer provision such as for bad debts/depreciation to their respective asset accounts:
      1. Dr […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Goodwill: Example entries when a new partner is admitted

By |2022-09-15T12:32:10+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cambridge IGCSE Accounting(0452)/O Level Principles of Accounts(7110) Notes: Accounting for Partnerships: Goodwill: Example entries when a new partner is admitted

  • We have looked at entries to be made in the books when a new partner is admitted into the business
  • Now it is time to look at a simple example of the entries involved

Example Question

Partners Chinjekure and Mupfumi share […]

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Principles of Accounting: The Appropriation Account

By |2022-09-15T12:32:50+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Principles of Accounting: Accounting for Partnerships:The Appropriation Account

  • Apart from a few nuances partnerships prepare normal financial statements
  • These are almost indistinguishable from those of Sole Traders
  • They include the usual Income Statement ( Trading and Profit and Loss Account) and the Statement of Financial Position
  • If this is a manufacturing partnership the Manufacturing Account is […]
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