MGAC01H3 Lecture Notes - Roland Corporation, Passenger Ship, Financial Statement

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Learning goals: calculate depreciation, calculate and measure impairment of assets, calculate and measure disposition of assets. Depreciation is a cost allocation of a property, plant & equipment asset in a systematic way to those periods expected to benefit from its use. Although an asset"s value changes over time, it is still useful to use a cost allocation approach rather than a valuation approach, which can be costly and difficult to do at each year end. Depreciation term used for cost allocation of property, plant & equipment. Depletion term used for cost allocation of natural resources. Amortization term used for cost allocation of intangibles. Factors to consider: asset components, depreciable amount, depreciation period, depreciation methods, straight-line, declining balance, units of production, partial periods, revision of estimates, depletion. Learning goal 2: calculate and measure impairment of assets. An estimate is make of future cash flows that are undiscounted. If these are less than asset"s carrying value, asset is impaired.

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