Tag: partnership 4 - dissolution of a partnership firm

The lump sum amount paid by the partner is an expense for the firm since it has to be returned to the partner later on. All expenses need to be debited to the realisation account at the time of dissolution, hence, the payment is debited to the Realisation account at the time of dissolution of the firm.

Treatment of goodwill is very easy in case of dissolution of a firm. In case, if goodwill is already appearing in the balance sheet, it is treated like any other asset, and is transferred to the realisation account at the value given in balance sheet. Following entry is passed for it.

not transferred to Realisation Account.

Unrecorded liabilities are those liabilities that are not shown in the Balance Sheet but they still exist in the business. Although these liabilities are not shown in the books, they still need to the discharged off at the time of dissolution and hence are debited to the Realisation account. 

Unrecorded assets are those assets that have been completely written off but are still physically present in the business. There is no requirement to show these assets in the books before they are sold off. Hence, these assets are directly credited to the Realisation account at the time of dissolution of the firm. 

At the time of dissolution of the firm, the assets and liabilities appearing on the Balance Sheet are transferred to the Realisation Account. When a firm decides to discontinue its operations, all assets need to be disposed off and all liabilities need to be discharged. For this purpose, a Realisation account is opened where all the assets, excluding cash at hand and bank, are shown on the debit side at their book values and all the external liabilities are shown on the credit side at their book value. Any sale of assets or discharge of liabilities is also shown in this account.

Voluntary winding up is the process in which a company is unable to carry out it operations or the period for carrying the operations expires or if it is unable to meet its financial obligations. It can carry this process either by passing special resolution or by ordinary resolution. There are two kinds of voluntary winding up. They are;

According to the Indian Companies Act, 2013, if a company do not follow certain rules and regulations as given by the act then it has to wind up its operations. Winding up is done by the court. It comes under section 433.