WAEC Financial Accounting 2002 Question 37

Question 37

Partnership Accounts

Baba and Tunde are partners sharing profits and losses equally. Extracts from their books showed (Baba; Tunde):
Capital Accounts 1 January, 2000: N40,000; N50,000
Current Accounts 1 January, 2000: N20,000 Cr; N15,000 Cr
Drawings during the year: N4,000; N5,000
Salaries: N5,000; N5,000
Interest on capital is 10%. The net profit for the year is N40,000
The share of profit of each partner is

  1. A.N20,000
  2. B.N10,500
  3. C.N5,000
  4. D.N4,000.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: B (N10,500)

Explanation

40,000 − salaries 10,000 − interest 9,000 = 21,000, shared equally: N10,500 each.