Ivanhoe Company built a warehouse for $396,000. It could have purchased the building for $464,000. The controller made the following entry. Buildings 464,000 Cash, Materials, Other Accounts 396,000 Profit on Construction 68,000 Prepare the entry that should have been made to record the acquisition. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount entered. Do not indent manually.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit
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.
Depreciation Accounting
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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