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At the time of admission of a partner, undistributed profits appearing in the balance sheet of the old firm is transferred to the capital account of:

  1. A
    old partners in old profit sharing ratio
  2. B
    all the partner in the new profit sharing ratio
  3. C
    old partners in new profit sharing ratio
  4. D
    old partner in the sacrificing ratio

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Accumulated profits, reserves, or retained balances belong historically to the period before the new partner's entry. Therefore, they are entirely split among the old partners in their old profit-sharing ratio.

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At the time of admission of a partner, undistributed profits appearing in the balance sheet of the old firm is transferred to the capital account of:
A
old partners in old profit sharing ratio
B
all the partner in the new profit sharing ratio
C
old partners in new profit sharing ratio
D
old partner in the sacrificing ratio

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