• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free Notes, Lectures, Tests and Forums for ACCA and CIMA exams

  • ACCA
  • CIMA
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Books
  • Forums
  • Ask AI
  • Search
  • Register
  • Login
  • ACCA Forums
  • Ask ACCA Tutor
  • CIMA Forums
  • Ask CIMA Tutor
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Buy/Sell Books
  • All Forums
  • Latest Topics

20% off ACCA & CIMA Books

OpenTuition recommends the new interactive BPP books for September 2025 exams.
Get your discount code >>

question about profit sharing

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA FA Financial Accounting Forums › question about profit sharing

  • This topic has 7 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 4 years ago by John Moffat.
Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • December 1, 2011 at 6:22 am #50830
    targetacca
    Member
    • Topics: 20
    • Replies: 15
    • ☆

    A and B share profit on a 3:2 basis. on July 1 C enters the partnership and their sharing ratio changes to 50%, 25%,25%. Annual salary for B and C are 20000 and 12000 respectively. Profit for the year ended dec31 was 480,000 accrued evenly over the year. how to calculate the respective profits of A, B and C.pls explain in little detail frndz.

    December 1, 2011 at 9:27 am #90434
    ansi
    Participant
    • Topics: 121
    • Replies: 805
    • ☆☆☆☆

    hey,
    well let’s see .

    Profit was accrued evenly, that means same amount was is deemed to be received every month.
    A change in profit share ratio took place in mid year, that means up to this date, half of 480.000 was earned, that is : 480.000 / 2 = 240.000.

    Salary of partners is paid first (as far as i remember, check in your book to be sure) that means before you share profit, 10.000 goes to B ,because now u deal with first half of the year, so for half year u take half salary. Leave C’s salary apart for now, as he didn’t join the partnership yet.
    Then u need to share rest of profit : 240.000 – 10.000 = 230.000
    Ratio is 3:2 , so 3+2 = 5.
    230.000 / 5 = 46.000
    46.000 x 3 = 138.000 – A’s share.
    46.000 x 2 = 92.000 – B’s share ( + 10.000 salary, so in total he got 102.000)

    Then see second half of the year when new partner entered.
    Profit share changed, and again u deal only with half year profit , another 240.000
    But firstly u need to pay rest of salaries out of it , 10.000 to B ; 6.000 to C. (another 6.000 of his salary will be ignored).
    Now 240.000 – 16.000 = 224.000 is split using new ratio .
    224.000 x 50% = 112.000 – goes to A
    224.000 x 25% = 56.000 – goes to B
    224.000 x 25% = 56.000 goest to C.

    Now conclude:
    A = 138.000 + 112.000 = 250.000
    B = 10.000 + 92.000 + 10.000 + 56.000 = 168.000
    C = 56.000 + 6.000 = 62.000

    Total : 480.000

    hope it helps 🙂

    December 1, 2011 at 9:56 am #90435
    aminah2010
    Member
    • Topics: 3
    • Replies: 12
    • ☆

    i am confused with it………in question the annual salaries of B and C are given, the salary of A is not mentioned.

    December 1, 2011 at 5:50 pm #90436
    ansi
    Participant
    • Topics: 121
    • Replies: 805
    • ☆☆☆☆

    ah 😀
    then i misread it 🙂 sorry 🙂

    I have edited the post for correct figures.

    December 1, 2011 at 7:16 pm #90437
    targetacca
    Member
    • Topics: 20
    • Replies: 15
    • ☆

    My frIends, thanks for the explanation. But the answer is 256000 for A, 162000 for B , 62000 for C.

    February 16, 2021 at 7:53 am #610587
    knim
    Member
    • Topics: 0
    • Replies: 2
    • ☆

    how did you get the answer? I can’t get it. please help me to answer it.

    February 16, 2021 at 7:56 am #610588
    knim
    Member
    • Topics: 0
    • Replies: 2
    • ☆

    hope to know step by step computation, thanks

    February 16, 2021 at 8:11 am #610596
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54699
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    Partnership accounting is not in the syllabus any longer – it was removed many years ago and cannot be asked in the exam (as you can see, these posts date from ten years ago when it used to be in the syllabus!).

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)
  • The topic ‘question about profit sharing’ is closed to new replies.

Primary Sidebar

Donate
If you have benefited from our materials, please donate

ACCA News:

ACCA My Exam Performance for non-variant

Applied Skills exams is available NOW

ACCA Options:  “Read the Mind of the Marker” articles

Subscribe to ACCA’s Student Accountant Direct

ACCA CBE 2025 Exams

How was your exam, and what was the exam result?

BT CBE exam was.. | MA CBE exam was..
FA CBE exam was.. | LW CBE exam was..

Donate

If you have benefited from OpenTuition please donate.

PQ Magazine

Latest Comments

  • julio99 on Impairments – Impairment (CGU) – ACCA Financial Reporting (FR)
  • effy.sithole@gmail.com on EPS – diluted EPS Example – ACCA Financial Reporting (FR)
  • Ken Garrett on The Finance Function in the Digital Age – CIMA E1
  • DeborahProspect on ACCA SBR Specimen Exam 2 Question 1
  • darshan.69 on Chapter 9 Pension Schemes TX-UK FA2023

Copyright © 2025 · Support · Contact · Advertising · OpenLicense · About · Sitemap · Comments · Log in