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Depreciation is a portion of fixed asset charged to income statement due to wear and tear of assets during use in business in fiscal year that's why that wear and tear is accounted for by using depreciation.
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Why should depreciaon be treated as expense?
Depreciation should be treated as expense because the worth of the asset like machinery and building goes down as time goes by. This reduction in the amount cannot be collected by anyone and cannot be claimed. The company only has to bear this amount. Because of this depreciation is treated as an expense.
Is Section 179 deduction treated as an expense item?
It is depreciation. Depreciation, or cost recovery, is a method of taking the cost of an item as an expense over its usefull life.
Why should accumulated depreciation be treated as expense?
It is treated as expense because it uses to allocate the related assets cost portion to profit and loss account due to usage of fixed assets for revenue generation in fiscal year.
Is depreciation expense an asset or liability?
Depreciation expense is neither an asset or liability. It is an expense.
Is depreciation expenses a non-cash expense?
is depreciation expense a non-cash expense
Is the Depreciation a loss or an Expense?
An expense.
Accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense?
Using accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense is a way that businesses can realize the true value of assets. A piece of equipment, for example, is devalued every year by the process of amortizing the asset. This in turn is recorded as depreciation and depreciation expense.
How should depreciation be treated in budget preparation by a nonprofit corporation?
How should depreciation be handled in a non profit budget?
Does a depreciation expense increase or decrease cash flow?
Neither. Depreciation is a non-cash expense.
The journal entry to record depreciation expense consists of a credit to Accumulated Depreciation and a debit to the asset being depreciated?
Debit is to depreciation expense.
Depreciation expense of building is a administrative expense or a selling expense?
selling expense
What is the entry to record depreciation expense?
There are two entries to record Depreciation Expense. Say we are depreciating a TruckDebit Depreciation Expense - Equipment TruckCredit Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment TruckAt the end of the Accounting Cycle when the books are closed Depreciation Expense will be closed out, Accumulated Depreciation will not be. It remains on the books as long as the item being depreciated is in use and still listed as an Asset.
