8. A company maintains its fixed assets at cost. Depreciation provision account is prepared using 12% per annum on straight line method for machinery and 10 % for fixtures, using reducing balance method. Full year depreciation is charged only on assets in use at the end of the year irrespective of the number of months the asset has been used for a particular year. The following transactions took place during the year: 1990 1st January, Bought machinery ¢640,000, Fixtures ¢100,000. 1st January, Fixtures ¢200,000 1991 1st October, Bought machinery ¢720,000 1st December Bought fixtures ¢50,000 You are required to prepare: i. The machinery account ii. The Fixtures account iii. The provision for depreciation iv. The balance sheet extract.
8. A company maintains its fixed assets at cost. Depreciation provision account is prepared using 12% per annum on straight line method for machinery and 10 % for fixtures, using reducing balance method. Full year depreciation is charged only on assets in use at the end of the year irrespective of the number of months the asset has been used for a particular year. The following transactions took place during the year: 1990 1st January, Bought machinery ¢640,000, Fixtures ¢100,000. 1st January, Fixtures ¢200,000 1991 1st October, Bought machinery ¢720,000 1st December Bought fixtures ¢50,000 You are required to prepare: i. The machinery account ii. The Fixtures account iii. The provision for depreciation iv. The balance sheet extract.
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Depreciation Methods
The word "depreciation" is defined as an accounting method wherein the cost of tangible assets is spread over its useful life and it usually denotes how much of the assets value has been used up. The depreciation is usually considered as an operating expense. The main reason behind depreciation includes wear and tear of the assets, obsolescence etc.
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In terms of accounting, with the passage of time the value of a fixed asset (like machinery, plants, furniture etc.) goes down over a specific period of time is known as depreciation. Now, the question comes in your mind, why the value of the fixed asset reduces over time.
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