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Vikas, Vishal and Vaibhav were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 2:2:1. The firm closes its books on 31st March every year. On 31st December, 2015 Vaibhav died. On that date his Capital Account showed a credit balance of Rs 3,80,000 and Goodwill of the firm was valued at Rs 1,20,000. There was a debit balance of Rs 50,000 in the Profit and Loss Account. Vaibhav's share of profit in the year of his death was to be calculated on the basis of the average profit of last five years. The average profit of last five years was Rs 75,000. Pass necessary Journal entries in the books of the firm on Vaobhav's death.

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`{:(1."Calculation of Vaibhav's Share in PROFIT:",Rs),("Average Profit for the past 5 years","75,000"),("Profit up to the date of DEATH (31st December,2015)(Rs75,000"xx"9/12)","56,250"),("Vaibhav's share in profit (Rs56,250"xx"1/5)","11,250"):}`
2. `{:("Amount due to Vaibhav:","3,80,000"),("Credit BALANCE in Capital A/c","24,000"),("Share in Profit",underline"11,250"),(,"4,15,250"),("Less: Debit Balance of Profit and Loss Account (1/5th)","10,000"),("Total Amount due to Vaibhav",underline underline OVERLINE ("4,25,250")):}`
3. The amount due to Vaibhav is not paid, therefore, entry for transfer of his due amount to his Executors' Account is passed.


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