Armah and Siameh were in partnership and shared profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2 respectively. The balances on the partners’ capital accounts at July 1, 2022, were: Armah GH¢187,500, Siameh GH¢300,000.

Due to expansion of their business, Benya was admitted as a partner on October 1, 2022, under the following arrangements:

i) The new profit-sharing ratio between Armah, Siameh, and Benya would be 35%, 35%, and 30% respectively.

ii) Benya was to introduce capital of GH¢375,000 but was unable to bring cash into the business immediately. Instead, he contributed his share of goodwill of GH¢180,000.

iii) Goodwill was valued at GH¢450,000 and was to be written off immediately after Benya’s admission. The existing partners agreed that goodwill should not be retained in the books of the partnership.

Required:

Prepare the partners’ capital accounts to reflect the admission of Benya into the partnership. (10 marks)