Q.When a partner withdraws regularly a fixed sum of money at the end of every month, period for which interest is to be calculated on the drawings on an average is ________.

Interest on drawings compensates the firm for the loss of use of money a partner withdraws before the year-end; it is a gain to the firm and a personal charge to the partner. A single lump-sum drawing on a known date is calculated with the ordinary simple-interest formula for the exact period outstanding. Where equal amounts are drawn at equal, regular intervals (monthly or quarterly) throughout the year, the Product Method (multiply each instalment by its own outstanding months, total the products, then apply the rate for one month) or its equivalent shortcut, the Average Period Method (apply the rate to the total drawings for a single average outstanding peri …