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Accounting 101-Dep
Depreciation notes
Question | Answer |
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What is depreciation? | Attempts to measure the decrease in economic benefits of a non-current asset resulting from the use of that NCA during an accounting period |
What is the carrying value? | The value stated of the NCA in the balance sheet i.e. book value |
How is depreciation recorded? | DECREASE cash, INCREASE NCA, DECREASE NCA (By its lost value), DECREASE owners equity as an expense by the value of depreciation |
What are the ways to allocate depreciation? | Straight-line method (Cost price/Carrying value - Residual value), Diminishing value (Opening carrying amount- % of OCA) |