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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.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 9y agoAccumulated depreciation is contra entry for assets that's why shown under liability section of balance sheet.
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What is the entry for accumulated depreciation?
Debit depreciation accountCredit accumulated depreciation
How are accumulated depreciation and depreciation related?
Accumulated depreciation and depreciation are related with each other as depreciation is annual expense while accumulated depreciation is the sum of all annual depreciation expenses.
How are accumulated depreciation and depreciation expensese related?
Accumulated depreciation and depreciation are related with each other as depreciation is annual expense while accumulated depreciation is the sum of all annual depreciation expenses.
What is accumulated depreciation?
The accumulated deprecation is the all the depreciation amounts should be the accumulated depreciation.
What is the journal entry accumulated depreciation?
[Debit] Depreciation account [Credit] Accumulated depreciation
How do you record annual depreciation and accumulated depreciation?
[Debit] Depreciation expense[Credit] Accumulated depreciationAfter that depreciation is shown as part of income statement while accumulated depreciation goes to balance sheet.
Is it customary for the depreciation expense account and the accumulated depreciation account to be equal?
No. Accumulated depreciation is depreciation accumulated every year and it will only increase and won't decrease. Depreciation expenses is incurred every year.
What is the normal balance of accumulated depreciation?
the normal balance of accumulated depreciation is "credit"
Why accumulated depreciation exceed depreciation expense?
Depreciation expenses is for one specific fiscal year while accumulated depreciation is the sum of all depreciation expenses that’s why accumulated depreciation exceeds the depreciation if there is depreciation expense in prior year as well.
Does accumulated depreciation increase with a credit?
accumulated depreciation is an asset, so it will increase with a debit.
What is the different between the cost of depreciation of a asset and its related accumulated depreciation?
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.
What is the difference between depreciation and accumulated depreciation?
Depreciation is for a particular year (say for Year 3). Accumulated depreciation is the aggregate of depreciation from the beginning (say from Year 1 to Year 3)
