WAEC Financial Accounting 2002 Question 39

Question 39

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
Baba's Current Account balance on 31st December, 2000 is

  1. A.N35,500
  2. B.N25,000
  3. C.N21,000
  4. D.N20,000
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (N35,500)

Explanation

20,000 + interest 4,000 + salary 5,000 + share 10,500 − drawings 4,000 = N35,500.