What do you mean by depreciation?

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What do you mean by depreciation?..

Answer / mahboob alam

Depreciation is a measure of the wearing out, consumption or other loss of value of a depreciation asset arising from use, effluxion of time or obsolescence through technology and market changes.

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What do you mean by depreciation?..

Answer / nagaraju vuppala

depreciation is simply a method of allocating the cost of a tangible asset over the expected useful life of the asset. As a simple example, a machine that cost Rs1,00,000/- would depreciate at a rate of 10% per year

Depreciation Amount = Asset Value x Annual Percentage

Balance = Asset Value - Depreciation Value

, Generally we use Straight Line method

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What do you mean by depreciation?..

Answer / sanmilan

All Assets have a Life Span. The capacity or productivity of
particular asset need not be same as initial years after
using the same for 5 years. So cost of acquiring an asset is
spread over the estimated life of the assets. This is called
Depreciation.

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What do you mean by depreciation?..

Answer / rajesh v c

Depreciation is a provision made in order to replace the old asset.

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