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Fixed asset depreciation schedule shows the calculation of yearly depreciation expense which is scheduled to be charged to income statement for all fixed assets and the total amount of depreciation applicable to specific income statement of business.
First up all depreciation shedule is prepared as per statutory requirement. Secondly with reference to the depreciation shedule journal entry has to be passed by debiting the depreciation account and crediting the concerned fixed assets account.
why depreciation is not same amount each year?
Accumulated depreciation which is not shown in income and expenditure account as expenditure and the same is included in the net profit and shown separately as depreciation reserved fund while adding it in the capital fund.
the original value of the fixed assets decrease year on year ,hence the depreciation is calculated accordingly.
A lapsing schedule of fixed assets is a tool used by accountants to mark the depreciation value over time. The schedule includes original purchase cost of each asset, sales of the assets and accumulated depreciation.
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Yes depreciation schedule is required to disclose for the better understanding for the reader of the books of accounts.
Fixed asset depreciation schedule shows the calculation of yearly depreciation expense which is scheduled to be charged to income statement for all fixed assets and the total amount of depreciation applicable to specific income statement of business.
First up all depreciation shedule is prepared as per statutory requirement. Secondly with reference to the depreciation shedule journal entry has to be passed by debiting the depreciation account and crediting the concerned fixed assets account.
why depreciation is not same amount each year?
Cost of depreciation assets and accumulated depreciation is same as accumulated depreciaton calculates how much depreciation is charged till date while remaining is current book value of assets.
Expiring, or cancelling.
Expiring, or cancelling.
The straight-line depreciation method allocates the cost of an asset evenly over its useful life, while the declining balance method applies a fixed depreciation rate to the asset's declining book value each year. Straight-line method results in equal annual depreciation expenses, while declining balance method typically yields higher depreciation expenses in the early years of an asset's life.
It is the schadule to show how fixed assets will depreciate in their useful life and show all information according to useful life the depreciation expense charge to income statement and to dispose off them in the end.
because whin using the composite depreciation or group depreciation method and want to sale an asets we make the cash is debt by the cash received and credit the assets by original cost and the diferrince debt accomulated depreciation , then the account of accomualted deprciation in the balance sheet will not the same as depriciation expene in the income statement