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2019 WAEC Accounts - Principles of Accounts Theory Ubochi and Hassanah started a partnership business on 1st January 2015. They contributed D 300,000 and...

Accounts - Principles of Accounts
WAEC 2019

Ubochi and Hassanah started a partnership business on 1st January 2015. They contributed D 300,000 and D 250,000 respectively as capital. Their partnership deed stated that:

i. interest of 8% should be paid on capital per annum

ii. Hassanah would be paid D 10,000 monthly as a salary

iii. interest on drawings is 5%

iv. the profits are to be shared in the ratio 3:2 respectively. At the end of the year, the profit made was D300,000. During the period, Ubochi and Hassanah made drawings of D20,000 and D15,000 respectively.

You are required to prepare:
(a) Profit and Loss Appropriation  Account for the year ended 31st December 2015;

(b) Partners' Current Accounts.

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Explanation

(a) Ubochi and Hassanah profit and loss appropriation account for the year ended 31 December 2015

    N N N
profit for the year       300,000
Add: interest on drawings Ubochi   1,000  
  Hassannah   750 1,750
        301,750
Less:        
partner's salaries Hassannah   120,000  
Interest on capital Ubochi 24,000    
  Hassannah 20,000 44,000 164,000
        137,750
Appropriation of profit Ubochi   82,650  
  Hassanah   55,100 137,750

 

(b) partners current account as at 31 December 2015

                              Ubochi    Hassannah
Int. on drawings    1,000         750
Drawings              20,000      15,000

Balance c/d         85,650       179,350
                           106,650     195,100
 
                                 Ubochi       Hassanah
 Salary                                     120,000
Int. on capital           24,000         20,000
profit appropriation  82,605         55,000

                               106,650      195,100
Balance b/d              85,650      179,350

 

Workings:
Note 1: Hassanah's salary    = 10,000 x 12 =    120,000 

Note2: int. on drawings:   Ubochi: 5% x 20,000 = 1,000
                                      Hassanah: 5% x 15,000 = 750
                                                                                1,750

Note3: Int. on capital: Ubochi = 8% x 300,000 = 24,000
                              Hassanah = 8% x 25,0000 = 20,000
                                                                             44,000

Note4: Appropriation of profit: Ubochi  = \(\frac{3}{5}\) x 137,750 = 82,650
                                              Hassanah = \(\frac{2}{5}\) x 137,750 = 55,100
                                                                                                    137,750


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