accounting standard - 6 depreciation accounting j.p., kapur & uberai

ACCOUNTING STANDARD - 6

DEPRECIATION ACCOUNTING

J.P., KAPUR & UBERAI

OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE

DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNTING POLICY FOR DEPRECIATION FOLLOWED BY AN ENTERPRISE


DEFINITIONSDEFINITIONS

DEPRECIATION

Is a measure of the wearing out, consumption or other loss of value of a depreciable asset arising from use, effluxion of time or obsolescence due to technology and market changes.



DEPRECIABLE ASSETS are assets which:

Used during more than one year Have a limited useful life Are held by an enterprise for use in :

the production or supply of goods and services

for renting to others for administrative purposes not for the purpose of sale in the ordinary

course of business. J.P., KAPUR & UBERAI


DEPRECIABLE AMOUNT OF AN ASSET

Is its historical cost, or other amount substituted for historical cost in the financial statements, less the estimated residual value.

Depreciable amount of a depreciable asset should be allocated on a systematic basis to each accounting period during its useful life.


ASSESSMENT OF ASSESSMENT OF DEPRECIATIONDEPRECIATION

1. Historical cost

2. Expected useful life of the depreciable asset

3. Estimated residual value of thedepreciable asset.


METHODS FOLLOWEDMETHODS FOLLOWED 1. STRAIGHTLINE METHOD

2. WRITTEN DOWN VALUE METHOD

If a change in the method of depreciation is made, depreciation is recalculated in accordance with the new method from the date of the asset coming into use. The deficiency or surplus arising from retrospective re-computation is adjusted in the profit and loss account in the year in which the method of depreciation is changed.


DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTSDISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS

• The historical cost each class of assets;

• Total depreciation for the period.

• The related accumulated depreciation;

• Depreciation methods used; and

• Depreciation rates (only if they are different from the principal rates specified in the statute governing the enterprise.)


accounting standard - 6 depreciation accounting j.p., kapur & uberai

Documents