DEPRECIATION 1. On January 1, 2021, an entity purchased machinery for P4,500,000. The machinery has an estimated useful life of four years with residual value of P500,000. Depreciation is computed by the sum of the years' digits method. What amount should be reported as accumulated depreciation on December 31, 2022?
DEPRECIATION 1. On January 1, 2021, an entity purchased machinery for P4,500,000. The machinery has an estimated useful life of four years with residual value of P500,000. Depreciation is computed by the sum of the years' digits method. What amount should be reported as accumulated depreciation on December 31, 2022?
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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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1. On January 1, 2021, an entity purchased machinery for P4,500,000. The machinery has an estimated
useful life of four years with residual value of P500,000. Depreciation is computed by the sum of the
years' digits method. What amount should be reported as accumulated depreciation on December 31,
2022?
2. An entity purchased equipment on January 1, 2021 for P5,000,000. The equipment had a useful life of
5 years and residual value of P600,000. The policy is to depreciate 5-year assets using the 200% double
declining method for the first 2 years and then switch to straight line. What amount should be reported as
accumulated depreciation on December 31, 2023?
3. An entity takes a full year depreciation in the year of acquisition and no depreciation in the year of
disposition. Data relating to a depreciable asset on December 31, 2020 are cost P5,500,000, residual value
P1,000,000, accumulated depreciation P3,600,000 and useful life 5 years. The asset was acquired on July
1, 2018. Using the same depreciation method in 2018, 2019 and 2020, what amount of depreciation
should be recorded in 2021?
4. On January 1, 2021, an entity acquired an equipment with an estimated useful life of 10 years and
estimated residual value of P50,000. The depreciation applicable to this equipment was P240,000 for
2023 computed under the sum of years' digits method. What was the acquisition cost of equipment?
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