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At the time of admission, credit balance of Profit and Loss account appearing in books will be transferred to:

  1. A
    Profit and Loss account
  2. B
    Revaluation account
  3. C
    Old partner's capital account
  4. D
    All partners capital account

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Any accumulated profits (indicated by a credit balance in the Profit and Loss Account) existing before the admission of a new partner belong entirely to the old partners. Therefore, it is distributed among the old partners in their old profit-sharing ratio by crediting their respective capital accounts.

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At the time of admission, credit balance of Profit and Loss account appearing in books will be transferred to:
A
Profit and Loss account
B
Revaluation account
C
Old partner's capital account
D
All partners capital account

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