ACCT 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Matching Principle, Retained Earnings, Financial Statement

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Recording Use over productive life
matching principle cost of asset should be matched against revenue that it helps generate;
if unable to match cost directly against revenue, then expense in period incurred or expense in a rational and systematic way
EXAM:
Depreciation is a process of cost allocation.
That is, the purpose of depreciation is to expense the cost of the asset over the years the asset is used to help generate revenues.
Depreciatio is NOT a attept to sho the asset’s curret arket alue.
Effect of recording depreciation on financial statements:
Cash & other
current assets
Long-term
Assets
Accum Depr
Liabilities
Stock
Retained earnings
Revenue
Expenses
Cash paid to
purchase equipment
Annual depreciation
recorded
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That is, the purpose of depreciation is to expense the cost of the asset over the years the asset is used to help generate revenues. Depreciatio(cid:374) is not a(cid:374) atte(cid:373)pt to sho(cid:449) the asset"s curre(cid:374)t (cid:373)arket (cid:448)alue. **all methods result in the same total expense over life of the asset (ex: expense more then less, or less then more, or equal every year, etc. ) Methods of calculating depreciation expense straight line method, allocates expense evenly over useful life expense each year = cost salvage value. Expense* = cost salvage value useful life in units. * asset cannot be depreciated to an amount less than its expected salvage value. Accelerated method (i. e. double declining balance method), records more expense in early years of use (fast then slow) expense = 2/life x book value** ** since book value changes each year, expense changes each year. And again, asset cannot be depreciated to an amount less than expected salvage value.

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