The balance sheet of Tatters Ltd on 31 December 20X8 was as follows:

The dividend on the preference shares is £12,000 in arrears. A scheme of reconstruction was accepted by all parties and was completed on 1 January 20X9.

A new company was formed, Rags Ltd, with an authorised share capital of £250,000, consisting of 250,000 ordinary shares of £1 each. This company took over all the assets of Tatters Ltd. The purchase consideration was satisfied partly in cash and partly by the issue, at par, of shares and 6 per cent debentures by the new company in accordance with the following arrangements:

1. The creditors of the old company received, in settlement of each £10 due to them, £6 in cash and four fully paid ordinary shares in the new company.

2. The holders of preference shares in the old company received nine fully paid ordinary shares in the new company to every ten preference shares in the old company and four fully paid ordinary shares in the new company for every £5 of arrears of dividend.

3. The ordinary shareholders in the old company received one fully paid share in the new company for every four ordinary shares in the old company.

4. The holders of 5 per cent debentures in the old company received £50 in cash and £50 of 6 per cent debentures issued at par for every £100 debenture held in the old company.

5. The balance of the authorised capital of the new company was issued at par for cash and was fully paid on 1 January 20X9.

6. Goodwill was eliminated, the stock was valued at £15,000 and the other current assets were brought into the new company’s books at the amounts at which they appeared in the old company’s balance sheet. The balance of the purchase consideration represented the agreed value of the fixed assets.

You are required to show:

(a) The closing entries in the realisation account and the sundry shareholders account in the books of Tatters Ltd.

(b) Your calculation of:

(i) The purchase consideration for the assets, and

(ii) The agreed value of the fixed assets;

(c) The summarised balance sheet of Rags Ltd as on 1 January 20X9.

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Goodwill Fixed assets Current assets Stock Work in progress Debtors Bank Capital expenses Formation expenses Balance Sheet Less: Current liabilities Creditors Less: 5 per cent debentures Issued share capital 200,000 ordinary shares of £1 each 100,000 4 per cent cumulative preference shares of £1 each Less: Profit and loss 3 21,000 3,000 25,000 18,000 £ 50,000 190,000 240,000 67,000 3,000 310,000 ( 30,000) 280,000 (60,000) 220,000 200,000 100,000 300,000 (80,000) 220,000