Rohan, Bharti and Leela are partners. On the retirement of Rohan, the goodwill already appears in the balance sheet at . This existing goodwill will be written-off:
- ABy debiting all partners' capital accounts in their old profit sharing ratio.
- BBy debiting remaining partners' capital accounts in their new profit sharing ratio.
- CBy debiting retiring partners' capital accounts from his share of goodwill.
- DBy debiting the retiring partners' current account from his share of goodwill.
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
Any goodwill already showing in the books/balance sheet at the time of reconstitution (retirement, admission, etc.) must be completely written off by debiting all the old partners' capital accounts in their old profit-sharing ratio.