On March 10, 2025, Oriole Company sold to Blue Spruce Hardware 200 tool sets at a price of $47 each (cost $30 per set) with terms of n/60, f.o.b. shipping point. Oriole allows Blue Spruce to return any unused tool sets within 60 days of purchase. Oriole estimates that (1) 10 sets will be returned, (2) the cost of recovering the products will be immaterial, and (3) the returned tools sets can be resold at a profit. On March 25, 2025, Blue Spruce returned 7 tool sets and received a credit to its account.
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.
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 3 steps with 2 images