General Revenue existing in the Balance Sheet is transferred to Capital Accounts of partners in old profit-sharing ratio as it is from the effort of the partners before the reconstitution of partnership firm.
Change in profit sharing ratio of partners involve sacrifice or gain made by the partners, where the total of sacrifice must be equal to total of gain.
It is the ratio in which the old partners sacrifice their share in favor of a new partner. Sacrificing ratio = Old Profit sharing ratio - New Profit sharing ratio [Sacrifice=old share-new share]
This is the ratio of share acquired by the remaining partners, from the retiring partner.Gaining ratio = New Profit sharing ratio - Old Profit sharing ratio [Gain=New share-Old share]