February 2025

Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Goodwill upon death or retirement of a partner

By |2025-02-12T09:25:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|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 partner dies/retires

  • Death is an inevitable part of life
  • Sometimes a partner might die
  • Also in other instances a partner might choose to leave the business i.e. retire
  • In all the cases above the affected partner ends up leaving the business
  • Technically […]
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Principles of Accounting: Appropriation Account Example

By |2025-02-12T09:23:55+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

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

Example Question Appropriation Account

Gandanga, Waeni and Banda are partners. They share profits and losses in the respctive ratios

\tfrac{3}{8} : \tfrac{3}{8}: \tfrac{1}{4}
For the year ended 31 December […]

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Principles of Accounting: Partnership Dissolution Solution to Example Question

By |2025-02-12T09:38:04+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

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

  • We looked at the basics of partnership dissolution here
  • We also posted an example question here
  • Now we will present the solution to that question

The realisation account

  • Debtors and Receivables are just one and the same thing
  • Creditors can also be referred to as […]
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Cambrige Notes: Principles of Accounting: Example entries upon death or retirement of a partner

By |2025-02-12T09:25:49+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge O Level/ IGSCE Accounts Notes, Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

  • We have already examined the entries required to record Goodwill in the books upon the death or retirement of one of the partners here
  • We will now look at an example to demonstrate the stages involved

Death/Retirement Example

Peter, George and Muchineripi have been in partnership for the past five years. They own a retail shop in Harare’s CBD where […]

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