Tuesday, December 6, 2016

UNIT -5 Depreciation and its effect in financial statement of a company

Depreciation meaning :
In general words ,depreciation is the reductioassets across its useful life ,roughly corresponding to normal wear and tear.
n in the value of an assets due to usages , passage of time, wear and tear, technological outdating or obsolescence ,depletion or other such factors. In accounting , depreciation is a term used to describe any method of attributing the historical or purchase cost of an
Causes of depreciation
  • Wear and tear
  • Depletion
  • Obsolescence
  • Exhaustion
  • Effluxion of time

Objectives of providing depreciation
To calculate proper profit
To show the assets as its real value
To replace the assets
To reduce tax liability

To ascertain accurate cost of production