depreciation is a non cash item which have no physical outflow ... when depreciation is applied on tax cash flow it saves tax resulting in decrease in cash outflow
it is increasing the incremental cash flow
The depreciation deduction increases the amount of after tax cash (working capital) available to the business. The additional cash is equal to the amount of tax that would otherwise be payable on the depreciation claimed. This is because depreciation is an "unfunded" expense, but is really a tax deferral which is subject to recapture in the future.
There is no affect of depreciation on cash flow that's why in indirect method of cash flow net income is adjusted for depreciation to calculate cash flow from operating activities.
Please refer to the following Web site for a complete explanation on how depreciation affects the cost of capital: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depreciation
surely it is neither, it is merely just a reduction in marketable value and no money is paid or received with depreciation. it does not affect cash but is classed as an expense.
it is increasing the incremental cash flow
The depreciation deduction increases the amount of after tax cash (working capital) available to the business. The additional cash is equal to the amount of tax that would otherwise be payable on the depreciation claimed. This is because depreciation is an "unfunded" expense, but is really a tax deferral which is subject to recapture in the future.
I assume what you are referring to is the fact that if your are using the indirect approach to complete a cash flow statement, you add back depreciation. This step makes it look like depreciation is generating cash flow for the company. The reason for adding depreciation is that when we are preparing our cash flow statement, we are reconciling net income to account for things that are not reflected or things that do not affect cash flows. If we simplify it, we can say that net income equals ( Sales - Expenses ). Depreciation is an expense that decreases our net income, but it is simply an accounting value to match expenses with revenues produced, and does not affect cash. So, since we deducted depreciation to get to net income we need to add it back when we do our cash flow statement to reconcile net income with our cash flow.
There is no affect of depreciation on cash flow that's why in indirect method of cash flow net income is adjusted for depreciation to calculate cash flow from operating activities.
Operating Expenses are the cost of doing business and are paid out of the company's cash or in some cases paid with Bonds, Stocks, or Dividends, either way, these expense will affect the Cash of the company and it's worth. Their are two accounts for Depreciation one is Accumulated Depreciation. This is an Contra-Asset Account and is listed on the Balance Sheet under assets and is deducted from the related asset account. Depreciation Expense is the expense we claim from Accumulated Depreciation and though it is an expense it does not affect our Cash. We do not actually "pay" this expense. Depreciation is the decline in usefulness of a Fixed Asset. Remember, all Fixed Assets (except Land) lose their usefulness. Decreases in the usefulness of assets that are used in generating revenue are recorded as expenses. However, such decreases for fixed assets are difficult to measure. For this reason, a portion of the cost of the fixed asset is recorded as an expense each year for its useful life.
Operating Expenses are the cost of doing business and are paid out of the company's cash or in some cases paid with Bonds, Stocks, or Dividends, either way, these expense will affect the Cash of the company and it's worth. Their are two accounts for Depreciation one is Accumulated Depreciation. This is an Contra-Asset Account and is listed on the Balance Sheet under assets and is deducted from the related asset account. Depreciation Expense is the expense we claim from Accumulated Depreciation and though it is an expense it does not affect our Cash. We do not actually "pay" this expense. Depreciation is the decline in usefulness of a Fixed Asset. Remember, all Fixed Assets (except Land) lose their usefulness. Decreases in the usefulness of assets that are used in generating revenue are recorded as expenses. However, such decreases for fixed assets are difficult to measure. For this reason, a portion of the cost of the fixed asset is recorded as an expense each year for its useful life.
Please refer to the following Web site for a complete explanation on how depreciation affects the cost of capital: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depreciation
Exchange rates depreciation affect the south African economy because it leads to changes in inflation in the country' economy .
Depreciation lowers the value of your assets. This in turn will lower your overall profit margin as well as your net worth.
Depreciation does affect cash flow indirectly. Using different methods of depreciating an asset will impact the depreciation expense.Even though depreciation expense is non-cash transaction, it indirectly affect cash flow through the income tax effect. Having higher depreciation expense can lower your taxable income, thereby reducing your income tax expense, which will change your cash outflow for taxes.
loss before income tax affect accrued expenses is to avoid the billing of credit
surely it is neither, it is merely just a reduction in marketable value and no money is paid or received with depreciation. it does not affect cash but is classed as an expense.