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A-LevelAccountingPartnership AccountsOct/Nov 2014Paper 1 Q91 Mark

Goodwill is adjusted in partners' accounts when there is a change in the profit sharing ratio. How is this recorded?

Acapital accounts in new profit sharing ratio, capital accounts in old profit sharing ratio
Bcapital accounts in old profit sharing ratio, capital accounts in new profit sharing ratio
Ccurrent accounts in new profit sharing ratio, current accounts in old profit sharing ratio
Dcurrent accounts in old profit sharing ratio, current accounts in new profit sharing ratio

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Oct/Nov 2014 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Partnership Accounts and is worth 1 mark.

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