Prepared by D.

El-Hoss

IGCSE
Accounting
Partnerships
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1 State two advantages in going into partnership with business.
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Answer: Increase in finance

Additional knowledge/skills/expertise
Share risks
Sharing of tasks and responsibilities
Can discuss decision-making
Losses can be shared between partners

2 David and Edward are in partnership.

Where are Edward’s interest on drawings and interest on capital recorded in his current account?

Answer: C.

3 State two advantages of being a partner rather than a sole trader.

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Answer: Additional finance is available

Additional knowledge, skills and experience are available
The risks are shared
The losses are shared
The responsibilities are shared
Discussions can take place before decisions are taken

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4 State one reason why a partnership agreement should be drawn up when a partnership is
formed.
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Answer: To avoid misunderstandings and disagreements in the future.

5 Ben and Tom Panesar formed a partnership on 1 February 2014.

The following information is available.

1 On 1 February 2014 Ben contributed $90 000 capital and Tom contributed $60 000. On 1
August 2014 Ben contributed a further $10 000 capital.

Interest on capital is allowed at the rate of 3% per annum.

2 Tom was to be entitled to an annual salary of $9000 per annum for the first four months of
the first financial year. After that date the salary was to increase to $12 000 per annum.

3 During the year ended 31 January 2015 Ben’s drawings amounted to $9800 and Tom’s
drawings amounted to $20 800.

4 Interest on drawings for the year ended 31 January 2015 amounted to $490 for Ben and
$1040 for Tom.

5 Profits and losses are shared 2/3 to Ben and 1/3 to Tom.

6 On 1 February 2014 Tom made a loan of $15 000 to the business. The loan is repayable on
31 January 2020.

Loan interest of 4% per annum is to be credited to Tom’s current account.

7 The profit for the year ended 31 January 2015 (after loan interest) was $27 920.

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(a) Prepare the profit and loss appropriation account for the year ended 31 January 2015.

Ben and Tom Panesar

Profit and Loss Appropriation Account for the year ended 31 January 2015

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Ben and Tom Panesar provided the following information on 31 January 2015.
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Premises at book value 95 000
Machinery and equipment at
book value 46 500
Inventory 28 750
Trade receivables 30 360
Trade payables 32 170
Other payables 1 390
Bank 5 870 debit
REQUIRED

(b) Prepare the statement of financial position at 31 January 2015.

The calculation of the current account balances may be shown within the statement of
financial position or as separate calculations in the space provided below.

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 Ben and Tom Panesar
Statement of Financial Position at 31 January 2015

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5 Where do interest on capital and interest on partners’ loans appear?

Answer: B
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6 Sanchi and Syed Mirza are in partnership, sharing profits and losses equally.
Their summarised income statement for the year ended 31 July 2015 was as follows.
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Revenue 45 000
Cost of sales
Opening inventory 5 500
Purchases 33 500
39 000
Closing inventory 6 500 32 500
Gross profit 12 500
Expenses 3 500
Profit for the year 9 000

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(a) (i) State the formula for the calculation of the rate of inventory turnover.
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(ii) Calculate the rate of inventory turnover.

The calculation should be correct to two decimal places.

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(iii) Suggest two reasons why the rate of inventory turnover is lower than it was in the
previous year.
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 (b) (i) State the basis on which inventory should be valued.

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(ii) Name the accounting principle which is being applied when inventory is valued on
this basis.

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Answer: (i) Lower of cost and net realisable value

(ii) Prudence

After the preparation of the appropriation account for the year ended 31 July 2015, Sanchi
and Syed Mirza updated their capital and current accounts.

At 31 July 2015 the partners’ accounts were as follows.

Capital accounts

REQUIRED

(c) Prepare an extract from the statement of financial position at 31 July 2015 to show the total
funds provided by the partners. See next page.

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 Extract from Statement of Financial Position at 31 July 2015

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(d) (i) Suggest two reasons why Syed Mirza would like to have interest on capital included in the
partnership agreement.
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(ii) Suggest one reason why Syed Mirza would like to have interest on drawings included in
the partnership agreement.
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(iii) Suggest one reason why Sanchi Mirza would like to have partner’s salary included in the
partnership agreement.
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Answer: (i) To compensate him for investing the most capital

To encourage Sanchi to invest more
Or other suitable reason

(ii) To penalise Sanchi for making more drawings

To discourage Sanchi from making excessive drawings Or other suitable reason

(iii) To compensate Sanchi for extra workload

To reward Sanchi for extra skills
Or other suitable reason

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6 Moses and Tobias Iyambo are in partnership. Their financial year ends on 31 October. They share
profits and losses equally. A capital and a current account are maintained for each partner.

Despite having little accounting knowledge, Tobias prepared the following statement of financial
position on 31 October 2015.

REQUIRED

(a) Prepare a corrected statement of financial position at 31 October 2015 showing the different
types of assets and liabilities, and the capital and current accounts of each partner.
The calculation of the current account balances may be shown within the statement of financial
position or as separate calculations in the space provided on the next page.

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 Moses and Tobias
Corrected Statement of Financial Position at 31 October 2015

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 (b) State two items which Moses and Tobias Iyambo could have included in their partnership
agreement in addition to profit-sharing ratios.

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Answer: Introduce more capital

Obtain long-term loan
Mortgage premises
Or other suitable way

(c) State two ways in which Moses and Tobias Iyambo could obtain long-term funds to finance
expansion of the business.

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Answer: Introduce more capital

Obtain long-term loan
Mortgage premises
Or other suitable way

(d) Complete the following table by placing a tick ( ) in the correct column to show how each of the
following transactions would affect the working capital of Moses and Tobias Iyambo.

Answer:

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7 Why does a partnership prepare an appropriation account?

Answer: A. to allocate profit for the year to each partner

8 A and B were in partnership. Their current accounts for the year were as follows.

Answer: C. $17 000

9 Ann and Bindu have been in partnership for some years. Previously they had both been sole
traders.

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Answer: more capital introduced to business

more expertise available
responsibilities are shared e.g. holidays, sickness
risk is shared
losses are shared
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 On 1 March 2016 the balances on their current accounts were as follows.

Answer: (i) To record the difference between the amounts earned from the partnership and the
amounts withdrawn from the partnership.
To show the retained profit of each partner.
To make it easier to calculate interest on capital.
To reveal excess drawings.

(ii) Ann owes money to the partnership.

The partnership owes money to Bindu.

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10 Meena and Rafah are in partnership. Their financial year ends on 30 April.

REQUIRED

(a) Prepare the profit and loss appropriation account for the year ended 30 April 2017. See next
page.

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 Meena and Rafah
Profit and Loss Appropriation Account for the year ended 30 April 2017

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 (b) Prepare the current account of Meena for the year ended 30 April 2017. Balance the account
and bring down the balance on 1 May 2017.
Meena
Current account

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11 Amina and Samara are in partnership. Their partnership agreement states that interest on capital
is paid at the rate of 10% per annum and that profits and losses are shared in the ratio of 3:2
respectively.

Answer: A business in which two or more people work together as owners.

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Answer: Profit for the year would be lower by the amount of the loan interest.
Interest on capital would be lower by the interest on the additional capital.
Shares of profit might be higher or lower depending on rate of loan interest.

12 Eli and Sumit are in partnership.

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Answer: To keep a separate record of capital introduced/be able to calculate interest on capital.
To allow easy comparison of drawings and total profit share/see if partner has overdrawn on
profit allocation.

Answer: The amount that Sumit owes the partnership.

Answer: To discourage partners from taking drawings/to reduce the level of drawings.

(d) Prepare the partnership appropriation account for the year ended 31 October 2017. See
next page.

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 Eli and Sumit
Appropriation Account for the year ended 31 October 2017

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 (e) Prepare an extract from the statement of financial position of Eli and Sumit at 31 October 2017
showing the partners’ capital accounts and full details of the partners’ current accounts.

Eli and Sumit

Extract from Statement of Financial Position at 31 October 2017

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13 Beth and Carla are in partnership, sharing profits and losses 3:2. They provided the following
information at 31 January 2018.

Answer: C. $29 000

14 Sumit and Theo have been in partnership for some years running a manufacturing business.

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Answer: Advantage
– more capital introduced to business
– more expertise available
– responsibilities are shared e.g. holidays, sickness
– risk is shared
– losses are shared

Disadvantage
– profits must be shared
– decision making may be more difficult
– disagreements may occur

Answer: To avoid disagreements in the future

Answer: Interest on capital – to reward partners who invest more.

Interest on drawings – to discourage drawings.

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15 David and Harold are in partnership. The partnership agreement states that David is to receive
an annual salary of $12 000 and that profits and losses are to be shared in the ratio 2:1.

The following balances were extracted from the partnership books on 31 March 2016.

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Answer: Interest on drawings might encourage partners to reduce drawings.

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Answer: D. $31 000

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Answer: (a) Share losses
Share responsibilities
Share risks
Share decision-making
Additional finance may be available
Additional skills and experience are available

(b) Share profits

Decisions must be recognised by all partners Decisions may take longer to implement.
One partner’s actions can bind the other partners
Disagreements can occur
All partners are responsible for the debts of the business

(c) Greater security than capital

Repaid before capital in a winding-up
Extra funds may be required for a limited period only

(d) To be able to meet debts when they fall due To be able to take advantage of cash
discounts
To be able to take advantage of business opportunities as they arise
To ensure that there is no difficulty if obtaining supplies/services on credit

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Statement of Financial Position at 31 March 2016

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REQUIRED

(a) Prepare the cash book (bank columns only) for the month of January 2016. Bring down the
balance on 1 February 2016.

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Answer: D. $31 000

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Answer: (a) to access additional capital
for additional expertise/more ideas
to share responsibilities/cover sickness and holidays to shares losses/risks

(b) to avoid disagreements in the future

(c) capital contribution by each partner profit sharing ratio interest on capital interest on
drawings partners’ salaries interest on partners’ loans

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REQUIRED

(a) Prepare the partnership’s trial balance at 31 July 2016.

Friedrich and Graham

Trial Balance at 31 July 2016

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Drawings – Friedrich........................ ........................
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Capital account – Friedrich........................ ........................
– Graham........................ ........................
Current account – Friedrich........................ ........................
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