Question : Assertion A:- Net Assets of a firm after deducting advertisement suspense of Rs 50,000 are Rs 10,00,000, and outside liabilities of the firm are Rs 3,00,000. Normal rate of return 10% and average profit of the firm is Rs 70,000. Value of goodwill as per capitalization of super profit is Rs 1,00,000.
Reason R:- Capital employed is Rs 7,00,000 (10,00,000 - 3,00,000). Normal profit is Rs 70,000 (7,00,000 X 10%). Actual average profit is Rs 70,000. Thus, super profit is Nil, capitalized at 10% value of goodwill comes to Nil.
In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?
Option 1: Both, Assertion A and Reason R are correct and reason R is correct explanation of Assertiion A
Option 2: Assertioin A and reason R are correct but the reason R is not correct explanation of Assertion A
Option 3: Assertion A is not correct but Reason R is correct
Option 4: Both Assertion A and Reason R are incorrect
Correct Answer: Both Assertion A and Reason R are incorrect
Solution : Answer = Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
Assertion A states that the value of goodwill, as per capitalization of super profit, is Rs 1,00,000. Reason R explains that the capital employed is Rs 7,00,000 and the normal profit is Rs 70,000, resulting in no super profit. However, the assertion and reason are both incorrect as they conflict with each other.
Hence, the correct option is 4.