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it represents the undepreciated cost of existing equipment.

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Accumulated depreciation debit or credit?

Accumulated depreciation is a contra account for specific fixed asset so fixed assets has debit balance as normal balance so accumulated depreciation has credit balance as default balance.


Is Accumulated depreciation account is an expense account?

No. Accumulated Depreciation is a contra-account which appears on the asset side of the Balance Sheet. It is a credit balance account which reduces the value of Fixed Assets to reflect their declining value due to age and use. The normal offset to an entry to the Accumulated Depreciation account is a debit to Depreciation Expense.


Why do you have to add this year's depreciation to the accumulated depreciation from the trial balance when you're doing a 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.


Is accumalted depreciation a liability?

No, even though accumulated depreciation has a credit balance, it is shown under assets. Accumulated depreciation is a contra T-account to a fixed tangible asset. For example, "Accumulated depreciation machines" is a contra T-account to "Machines". Contra T-accounts are presented together with the T-account they are connected with. Therefore, accumulated depreciation is shown on the debit side with assets. As it has a credit balance, the balance is subtracted. (The sign of a T-account 'flips' when the T-account is included on the opposite side on the balance sheet.)


The type of account and normal balance of accumulated depreciation is?

contra asset account, credit balance


Do accumulative depreciation has a debit balance?

Accumulated depreciation is a contra account to asset account to reduce the actual value of fixed asset so accumulated depreciation has a credit balance as a default balance which is reverse of fixed asset’s debit balance.


The Accumulated Depreciation's account balance is the sum of depreciation expense recorded in past periods true or false?

Yes. Accumulated depreciation is a contra asset account, which means it has an opposite balance from a normal asset account. It is used to reduce the balance whatever asset you are deprecating. When you total your assets on the balance sheet, you deduct the cost of Accumulated depreciation from your assets to get the true worth of your assets.


What is the Difference between accumulated depreciation and depreciation?

Depreciation expense is a nominal account which will goin to net income at the end of term. Accumulated depreciation is a contra account with capital assets which shows up in balance sheet.


The difference between the balance of a fixed asset account and the related accumulated depreciation account is termed?

Net Fixed Assets is the term used for the difference between the balance of a fixed asset account and the related accumulated depreciation.


The normal balance of the accumulated depreciation account is debit?

False. Normal Credit Balance.


If the accumulated depreciation account normally has a credit balance is it a liability?

false.


What kind of account is accumulated depletion?

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.

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