Depreciation is allocation of fixed asset cost to income statement of useful life of asset that's why shown as reduction in fixed asset value.
Depreciation is not included in balance sheet it is income statement part and accumulated deprecation is use to show deduction from asset in balance sheet.
Accumulated depreciation-equipment is contra entry for asset account to show the reduction in actual assets cost through method of depreciation
Accumulated Depreciation is a contra-asset account. It is included with assets on the trial balance and Balance Sheet, however, it has a normal credit balance.
Depreciation or accumulated depreciation is deducted from related assets in balance sheet to show the net book value of asset.
True [Jabirshah] Depreciation is shown in balance sheet as a reduction from the actual cost of the assets in the balance sheet rather addition to related asset.
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no. accumulated depreciation goes under non current asset on the Balance sheet
Accumulated depreciation is the contra account in balance sheet to reduce the price of assets from balance sheet and depreciation is the expense account which shows the current year's expense in income statement, so depreciation account is closed in accumulated depreciation account to show the overall reduction in the price of assets for more than one fiscal year.
Accumulated depreciation appears on the balance sheet in the fixed assets section. It's important to keep all the financial aspects of a balance sheet in order so that they can be understood by multiple readers.
Depreciation expense on the income statement represents the portion of the asset's cost that is allocated as an expense during the reporting period. Accumulated depreciation on the balance sheet is a contra-asset account that reduces the asset's original cost by the total amount of depreciation expense recognized over its useful life. Thus, depreciation expense increases the accumulated depreciation balance on the balance sheet.
An an Expense
Accumulated Depreciation is a liability nature of account to reduce the contra asset from balance sheet that's why it only shows in liability side of balance sheet to show reduction of asset.