Sinking fund method for depreciation The straight line method has equal annual depreciation for every year. There are other methods which has more depreciation allocated to the earlier years like Written-Down Value (WDV) method in which depreciation is charged at fixed rate (%) on the reducing balance (i.e. cost less depreciation) every year. The sinking fund method allocates more depreciation to the later years. The depreciation for the first year equals the annual deposit needed for a sinking fund to accumulate at the given rate to an amount that equals the depreciation base. For each consecutive year, the annual depreciation equals the annual sinking fund deposit plus the interest earned on the fund up to that year.
The straight line method assumes that the useful life of an asset is evenly distributed to its life, so results in a constant depreciation charge per year provided the estimated residual value remains constant over the life of the asset. for example, Asset's value = $100,000 useful life = 10 years residual value = $20,000 depreciation per year = (100,000 - 20,000)/10 = $8000 per year The diminishing balance method assumes that the asset is more useful on the early days and less useful in the later days, so it results in more depreciation charge in the early years and the charge decreases as the asset becomes old. for example, Asset's value = $100,000 residual value = $20,500 depreciation rate = 10% useful life = 15 years depreciation year 1. (100,000 * 10%) = 10,000 depreciation year 2. (100,000 - 10,000 W1) * 10% = 9000 depreciation year 3. (100,000 - 19,000 W2)* 10% = 8100 depreciation year 4. (100,000 - 27,100 W3)* 10% = 7290 W1 = depreciation of year 1 W2 = depreciation of year 1 and year 2 combined W3 = depreciation of year 1, year 2 and year 3 combined
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Sinking fund method is a method of depreciation if a large sum of money is required for replacement of an asset at the end of its effective life it may not be advisable to leave in the amount of depreciation set apart annually, for it may or may not be available in the form of the readily realisable assets to the concern at the time it is required. To safegaurd this position the amount annually provided for depreciation may be placed to the credit of the sinking fund account
example of sinking fund
Accumulated depreciation which is not shown in income and expenditure account as expenditure and the same is included in the net profit and shown separately as depreciation reserved fund while adding it in the capital fund.
You need a sinking fund when your sludge pools are filling up and you will not be able to operate your sewage disposal when they are filled without hiring 70 trucks to haul the waste away. Pay 70,000 today or accrue a liability and sinking fund on 7,000 per year for 10 years.
Accelerated depreciation is method in which double rate for depreciation is used as compare to straight line method.
A sinking fund has a very important purpose. The purpose of a sinking fund is to reduce the amount of debt by repaying or purchasing outstanding loan amounts.
Accumulated depreciation which is not shown in income and expenditure account as expenditure and the same is included in the net profit and shown separately as depreciation reserved fund while adding it in the capital fund.
future value of an annuity is a reciprocal of a sinking fund
Straight line depreciation method is that method in which fixed amount of depreciation is charged to all fiscal years in which that asset is used.
Straight line depreciation method is that method in which fixed amount of depreciation is charged to all fiscal years in which that asset is used.
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MT and MSL are two depreciation methods used in accounting. They are based on the linear method of depreciation.