Non-profit organizations should record depreciation because it is a cost of doing business. Because there are no tax advantages to the non-profit, many non-profits (NPOs) do not record depreciation. Also, because it is a non-cash expense, many NPOs do not record it.
By recording depreciation, an NPO will build its equity position. If depreciation is budgeted, cash balances will increase, as there will be income to offset the expense, but there will be no cash out-flow.
In the long run, the NPO will build cash reserves to replace assets, rather than having to do special fund-raising for major purchases.
DR. Depreciation Expense XX Cr. Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment XX
[Debit] Depreciation Account [Credit] Assets Account
[Debit] Depreciation expense[Credit] Accumulated depreciationAfter that depreciation is shown as part of income statement while accumulated depreciation goes to balance sheet.
Debit is to depreciation expense.
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DR. Depreciation Expense XX Cr. Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment XX
[Debit] Depreciation Account [Credit] Assets Account
[Debit] Depreciation expense[Credit] Accumulated depreciationAfter that depreciation is shown as part of income statement while accumulated depreciation goes to balance sheet.
Debit is to depreciation expense.
There are two entries to record Depreciation Expense. Say we are depreciating a TruckDebit Depreciation Expense - Equipment TruckCredit Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment TruckAt the end of the Accounting Cycle when the books are closed Depreciation Expense will be closed out, Accumulated Depreciation will not be. It remains on the books as long as the item being depreciated is in use and still listed as an Asset.
Journal entry is required for depreciation in quickbooks as well as FAS for peachtree also can be used to automatically record depreciation entries
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NonProfits' United was created in 1988.
overstating total assets.
The National Council of Nonprofits is a good place to start. Here is their website "Myths About Nonprofits" http://www.councilofnonprofits.org/telling-our-story/myths-about-nonprofits. There you can find some answers and links to more.
Explain the concept of depreciation and why organisations need to recognise deprecations expense in the Income Statement.
Prudence concept tends to understate the profit . depreciation is a tool through which we record our losses , which means that our profit is declining .This means that depreciation is a supportive tool for reducing profit. Matching concept tends to record the expense to the revenue generated from the assets . Hence depreciation fulfils the requirements of both the concepts .