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A business needs to be consistent in the fiscal period it uses for financial reports for purposes of comparison and accuracy. If the fiscal period changes, then it is difficult to compare the business's performance across different periods.
Items are only depreciated if there period of use extents one year. For example a computer will lest normally around 3 years in business. If you buy it in year one and take the costs in that year it will unfairly affect your profit for that year. By depriciating it over the life-span the firm's profit is reflected in a smoother way.
And Estate for years would run for a specific time period and is not automatically renewed, where as, an Estate from period to period runs for an indefinite number of periods (Which are usually in 30-day segments).
Fiscal year
The fiscal or tax year.
Yes, the correct term is "Electricity Connection Charges."
Depreciation of administrative equipment is period cost because if production is done or not those assets will be depreciated hence cost will be charged as period cost.
After an asset is fully depreciated, the assets and accumulated depreciation accounts are zerod together in the beginning of the next accounting period. When an asset is fully depreciated but still operates in the company, accountants usually leave the asset and its accumulated depreciation accounts in the records even after it's fully depreciated and even through next periods, just to show that this asset still exists and operates.
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"before the end of the colonial period a considerable number of truly private corporations had been established for ecclesiastical, education, charitable, and even business purposes"
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$0. Appliances are usually depreciated over a five-year period, so after five years, they're effectively worth nothing.