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  2. Revaluation of fixed assets - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, the increased/decreased value shall be shown in place of the original cost. In case of land and buildings, revaluation is desirable as their value generally increases over time, and is carried out every 3 to 5 years. In case of plant and machinery, revaluation is carried out only if there is a strong case for it.

  3. MACRS - Wikipedia

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    The 3-, 5-, 7-, and 10-year classes use 200% and the 15- and 20-year classes use 150% declining balance depreciation. All classes convert to straight-line depreciation in the optimal year, shown with an asterisk (*). A half-year depreciation is allowed in the first and last recovery years.

  4. Depreciation - Wikipedia

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    An asset depreciation at 15% per year over 20 years [1] In accountancy, depreciation is a term that refers to two aspects of the same concept: first, an actual reduction in the fair value of an asset, such as the decrease in value of factory equipment each year as it is used and wears, and second, the allocation in accounting statements of the original cost of the assets to periods in which ...

  5. Actual cash value - Wikipedia

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    According to insurance calculations, the Actual Cash Value (ACV) is determined by multiplying the current replacement cost of $2,500 by the remaining useful life percentage of 50%, resulting in an ACV of $1,250. This concept is different from the book value used by accountants in financial statements or for tax purposes. Accountants use the ...

  6. Depreciation (economics) - Wikipedia

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    Modeling depreciation of a durable as delivering the same services from purchase until failure, with zero scrap value (rather than slowing degrading and retaining residual value), is referred to as the light bulb model of depreciation, [1]: S150 or more colorfully as the one-hoss shay model, after a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., about a ...

  7. Historical cost - Wikipedia

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    The depreciation (reduction of historical cost) is charged to expense. [5] In most cases the "straight line" depreciation method is used, resulting in the same depreciation charge each year until it is expected to be sold or no further economic benefits obtained from it. Other patterns of depreciation are used if assets are used proportionately ...

  8. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization

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    A company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (commonly abbreviated EBITDA, [1] pronounced / ˈ iː b ɪ t d ɑː,-b ə-, ˈ ɛ-/ [2]) is a measure of a company's profitability of the operating business only, thus before any effects of indebtedness, state-mandated payments, and costs required to maintain its asset ...

  9. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (United States)

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    As they are not part of the Codification, they are not authoritative GAAP. There have been 8 concepts published to date, of which 5 have been superseded. [11] Technical Bulletins or Staff Positions, guidelines on applying standards, interpretations, and opinions. Usually solve some very specific accounting issue that will not have a significant ...