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A-LevelAccountingPartnership AccountsMay/June 2021Paper 1 Q131 Mark

V and E are in partnership, sharing profits and losses equally. Their capital accounts showed the following credit balances at 31 March 2021. $ V 80 000 E 40 000 Z was admitted as a partner on 1 April 2021. At that date the following items were taken into account. 1 Non-current assets were revalued downwards by $20000. 2 Goodwill was valued at $80000, but will not remain in the books of account after Z is admitted. The new profit-sharing ratio will be V 40%, E 30% and Z 30%. What was the balance on E's capital account after the admission of Z?

A$30000
B$46000
C$56 000
D$70000

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The correct answer is B: $46000

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

Topic

This multiple-choice question tests Partnership Accounts in A-Level Accounting (syllabus code 9706). It is worth 1 mark.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting May/June 2021 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2.

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