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The fixed assets are of two types, one is tangible and other is intangible. The tangible assets are those which can be touched, i.e., having a physical presence. An asset which is used in the business for more than one year and is subject to
Depreciation is the expense which is debited to income statement against the cost of asset, i.e., cost of using the asset in the business or in other words, reduction in value due to wear, tear and obsolescence of the asset over its life.
The double-declining-balancing method is the method of computing the depreciation at the rate
The effects of using double-declining-balance depreciation instead of straight-line method on 'liquidity metrics free

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Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
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