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98 Accountancy – Partnership Accounts share of premium for goodwill in cash than the capital account of the new partner is debited for his share of premium of goodwill and the old partners capital accounts are credited in their sacrificing ratio. 4. Adjustments for Revaluation of Assets and Reassessment of Liabilities: If, at the time of admission of a partner, the assets and liabilities are revalued or some asset or liability is found unrecorded, necessary adjustments are made through the Revaluatiion Account. Any gain or loss arising from such exercise shall be distributed among the old partner’s in their old profit sharing ratio. 5. Adjustment for reserves and accumulated profits/losses: If, at the time of admission of a partner, any reserve and accumulated profits or losses exist in books of the firm, these should be transferred to old partner’s capital/current accounts in their old profit sharing ratio. 6. Determining/Adjusting partners’ capital: If agreed, the partner’s capital may be adjusted so as to be proportionate to their new profit sharing ratio. In that case, the new partner’s capital is normally used as a base for determining the new capitals of the old partners and necessary adjustment made through case or by transfer to partner’s current accounts. Other basis also may be available for determining capitals of the partners after admissioin of the new partner like sharing the total capital to be in the firm immeidately after admission of the new partner. 7. Change in profit sharing ratio: Sometimes the partners of a firm may agree to change their existing profit sharing ratio. With a result, some partners will gain in future profits while others will lose. In such a situation, the partner who gain by change in profit effecting amounts to one partner buying the share of profit from another partner. Apart from the payment for compensation, the change in profit sharing ratio also necessitates adjustment in partners’ capital accounts with respect to undistributed profits and reserves, revaluation of assets and reassessment of liabilities. Questions for Practice Short Answer Questions 1. Identify various matters that need adjustments at the time of admission of a new partner. 2. Why it is necessary to ascertain new profit sharing ratio even for old partners when a new partner is admitted? 3. What is sacrificing ratio? Why is it calculated? 4. On what occasions sacrificing ratio is used? 5. If some goodwill already exists in the books and the new partner brings in his share of goodwill in cash, how will you deal with existing amount of goodwill? 6. Why there is need for the revaluation of assets and liabilities on the admission of a partner? Reprint 2026-27