13 PARTNERSHIP
Posted by Superadmin on September 09 2016 06:31:55

!IMPORTANT FACTS AND FORMULAE I

  1. Partnership: When two or more than two persons run a business jointly, they are

    called partners and the deal is known as partnership.

 

2. Ratio of Division of Gains:

          i) When investments of all the partners are for the same time, the gain or loss is distributed     a  among the partners in the ratio of their investments.

Suppose A and B invest Rs. x and Rs. y respectively for a year in a business, then at the end of the year:

(A’s share of profit) : (B's share of profit) = x : y.

       ii) When investments are for different time periods, then equivalent capitals are calculated for a    unit of time by taking (capital x number of units of time). Now, gain or loss is divided in the ratio of  these capitals.

 

Suppose A invests Rs. x for p months and B invests Rs. y for q months, then

 (A’s share of profit) : (B's share of profit) = xp : yq.

 

3. Working and Sleeping Partners: A partner who manages the business is known . as a working partner and the one who simply invests the money is a sleeping partner.