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For income statement purposes depreciation is a variable expense if the depreciation method is?
Units-of-production
Is depreciation included in a contribution income statement?
Yes depreciation is included in contribution income statement as depreciation is part of fixed cost of company.
Is it mandatory to deduct depreciation for the purposes of income tax?
Yes, to the degree the law reads your gain will be calculated from the basis of the depreciation taken or should have been taken.
Is depreciation on balance sheet or income statement?
Depreciation on the income statement is the amount of depreciation expense that is appropriate for the period of time indicated in the heading of the income statement. The depreciation reported on the balance sheet is the accumulated or the cumulative total amount of depreciation that has been reported as expense on the income statement from the time the assets were acquired until the date of the balance sheet.Let’s illustrate the difference with an example. A company has only one depreciable asset that was acquired three years ago at a cost of $120,000. The asset is expected to have a useful life of 10 years and no salvage value. The company uses straight-line depreciation on its monthly financial statements. In the asset’s 36th month of service, the monthly income statement will report depreciation expense of $1,000. On the balance sheet dated as of the last day of the 36th month, accumulated depreciation will be reported as $36,000. In the 37th month, the income statement will report $1,000 of depreciation expense. At the end of the 37th month, the balance sheet will report accumulated depreciation of $37,000.
What is income and expenses?
Income represents the inflow of assets to a company as a result of some activity of the company (e.g., its sales). Expenses represent the outflow, surrender or the using up of assets (e.g. by depreciation). Both income and expenses are income staement accounts.
For income statement purposes depreciation is a variable expense if the depreciation method is?
Units-of-production
Is depreciation included in a contribution income statement?
Yes depreciation is included in contribution income statement as depreciation is part of fixed cost of company.
Is it mandatory to deduct depreciation for the purposes of income tax?
Yes, to the degree the law reads your gain will be calculated from the basis of the depreciation taken or should have been taken.
Is depreciation on balance sheet or income statement?
Depreciation on the income statement is the amount of depreciation expense that is appropriate for the period of time indicated in the heading of the income statement. The depreciation reported on the balance sheet is the accumulated or the cumulative total amount of depreciation that has been reported as expense on the income statement from the time the assets were acquired until the date of the balance sheet.Let’s illustrate the difference with an example. A company has only one depreciable asset that was acquired three years ago at a cost of $120,000. The asset is expected to have a useful life of 10 years and no salvage value. The company uses straight-line depreciation on its monthly financial statements. In the asset’s 36th month of service, the monthly income statement will report depreciation expense of $1,000. On the balance sheet dated as of the last day of the 36th month, accumulated depreciation will be reported as $36,000. In the 37th month, the income statement will report $1,000 of depreciation expense. At the end of the 37th month, the balance sheet will report accumulated depreciation of $37,000.
How does depreciation generate actual cash flows for the company?
Depreciation does not generate cash flow. If a million dollar piece of equipment is purchased, an accountant would reflect that the company now owns a million dollar asset. Without depreciation, the company would still show a million dollar asset on the books even though we all know the equipment's value is decreasing. As such, the company's value would be overstated in the books. I found this from Wikipedia, so I believe the above answer should be modified. From Wikipedia - "Depreciation recognized for tax purposes will, however, affect the cash flow of the company, as tax depreciation will reduce taxable profits; there is generally no requirement that treatment of depreciation for tax and accounting purposes be identical. Where depreciation is shown on accounting statements, the figure usually does not relate to depreciation for tax purposes." - The above answer is correct. This is an additional point. Depreciation is a source of funds (not cash). Think about this - When you deduct depreciation from your profits, your net income figure gets reduced and if there is any distribution of cash which is based on net income, the amount of cash that is going out of the business will also be reduced. In that way, the company is able to retain part of its cash within the business that could have gone out, had the depreciation not been done. Additional comment - And even more to add regarding the taxes thing (at least in Canada). Depreciation is not an allowable expense for calculating taxable income. What happens is that you add the depreciation that you expensed back, but then you are allowed to take a deduction for capital cost allowance (at specified rates for the particular class of asset) to calculate taxable income. In the US it is a a legit expense and is typical done with straight line or MACRS. Additional comment - Regarding the first post: depreciation in accounting terms (amortization) is not meant to reflect the value of the asset. Rather, it is the gradual allocation of its cost to expense over its useful life. The fair market value of an asset may increase significantly over its original purchase price while at the same time its book value will decrease yearly due to depreciation. Strictly speaking, depreciation is a non-cash expense (no physical outflow of cash is involved). However, as mentioned above by others, it serves to reduce taxable income, which, in turn, reduces the income tax paid.
What is income and expenses?
Income represents the inflow of assets to a company as a result of some activity of the company (e.g., its sales). Expenses represent the outflow, surrender or the using up of assets (e.g. by depreciation). Both income and expenses are income staement accounts.
EXPLAIN HOW DEPRECIATION GENERATES CASH FLOW FOR A COMPANY.?
I assume what you are referring to is the fact that if your are using the indirect approach to complete a cash flow statement, you add back depreciation. This step makes it look like depreciation is generating cash flow for the company. The reason for adding depreciation is that when we are preparing our cash flow statement, we are reconciling net income to account for things that are not reflected or things that do not affect cash flows. If we simplify it, we can say that net income equals ( Sales - Expenses ). Depreciation is an expense that decreases our net income, but it is simply an accounting value to match expenses with revenues produced, and does not affect cash. So, since we deducted depreciation to get to net income we need to add it back when we do our cash flow statement to reconcile net income with our cash flow.
Accumulated Depreciation is reported on the income statement?
Accumulated Depreciation is reported on the balance sheetbecause it deals with the assets. However, depreciation expense is mentioned on the income statement.
Is Accumulated Depreciation is reported on the income statement?
Accumulated Depreciation is reported on the balance sheetbecause it deals with the assets. However, depreciation expense is mentioned on the income statement.
Is it correct to include depreciation of disposed of asset in income statement?
Depreciation of any asset is charged to income statement till the actual date of disposal of asset and after that date depreciation is not charged to income statement.
Where does accumulated depreciation go on a multiple step income statement?
accumulated depreciation is a part of financial statement while its counteract or effect is recorded into income statement as a Depreciation Expense.
Does depreciation lower taxes?
Yes, depreciation is an expense and like all other expenses which reduces the incomes depreciation also reduces the income and as lower the income as lower the tax.
