Depreciation Methods Depreciation is the accounting process of allocating the cost of tangible assets to expense in a systematic and rational manner to those periods expected to benefit from the use of the asset. Factors Involved in the Depreciation Process 1. What depreciable base is to be used for the asset? 2. What is the asset’s useful life? 3. What method of cost apportionment is best for the asset? Depreciable Base for the Asset The base established for depreciation is a function
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1. In April 2008‚ Delta Airlines announced its intention to merge with and absorb Northwest Airlines‚ formerly known as Northwest Orient. Delta Airlines had already grown through the acquisition of Northeast in 1972 and Western Airlines in 1986. Northwest was also a large airline‚ having absorbed Republic Airlines‚ itself a merger of North Central Airlines‚ Southern‚ and later Hughes Air west. Republic had an important hub in Memphis‚ as did Federal Express. The result would be global airlines with
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pool and then divided by the total labor dollars. This resulted to a single burden rate of 145% of direct labor dollars (cost driver). This method is not appropriate for Seligram because the information on the case present that direct labor hours and machine hours vary by product line and activity. In addition‚ the burden cost of the main and test room also significantly vary. Therefore‚ using a single burden rate does not provide the true cost of the product‚ as it assumes all products consume
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currency is depreciating?‚ Dollar after being stable for a long time now is climbing back up against the rupee. What do you think? Is it the right time that politician’s money from Swiss banks should be taken out or will it be really late for us? Or we start depending on our own oil resources and stop importing the yellow metal from outside? Recession is less in India‚ then why dollar is moving up when rupee must be strong. We all know about recession and it is worse in US and better in India‚ then how
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INTRODUCTION 2. Content • Causes • Effects • Cure • Depreciation vs. devaluation * 3. Causes 1. 1.Demand Supply Rule: The value of rupee follows the simple demand and supply rule of economics. If the demand for the dollar in India is more than its supply‚ dollar appreciates and rupee depreciates 2. 2.Dollar gaining strength against the other currencies: The central banks of Eurozone and Japan are printing excessive money due to which their currency is devalued. Hence‚ making the US dollar stronger
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Case Delta Beverage Group‚ Inc. History The Delta Beverage Group is a bottling and canning company from the United States. Delta had some very strong brand names‚ like Pepsi and Mountain Dew‚ included in their franchises. Around 1988‚ a price war occurred and Delta suffered from compressed margins. About a year later situation became critical and a new management team from was hired. The new management stopped the fall in prices‚ the decline in market share and increased margins by changing
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straight-line depreciation method for all of its plant and equipment. Partial-year depreciation is calculated based on the number of months the asset is in service. Prepare the journal entry to record the sale. Assuming the company’s year end is March 31. Depreciation for 2007-08: ((80000-5000)/5) X 9/12 = 11250 Depreciation for 2008-09: ((80000-5000)/5) = 15000 Depreciation for 2009-10: ((80000-5000)/5) = 15000 Depreciation for 2010-11: ((80000-5000)/5) = 15000 Total Depreciation 46250
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Fresh Direct Case Study FreshDirect 23–30 Borden Avenue Long Island City‚ New York 11101 U.S.A. Telephone: (718) 928-1000 Fax: (718) 433-0648 Web Address: https://www.freshdirect.com/ Business Type: Online Grocery Private Owned Company Background – History FreshDirect on-line grocery was founded in 1999‚ by Joe Fedele‚ and Jason Ackerman. Started as an on-line option to traditional grocery stores‚ the company specializes in delivering a wide variety of about 5‚000 items. Sales of such
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APJEM Arth Prabhand: A Journal of Economics and Management Vol.1 Issue 1‚ April 2012‚ ISSN AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON INDIAN CURRENCY RUPEE DEPRECIATION AGAINST THE US DOLLAR AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT SHELLY SINGHAL* *Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management and Technology‚ Jagadhri‚ Haryana‚ India. ABSTRACT The Indian rupee is under great stress as overseas investors are paring their exposure to Asia’s third-largest economy amid international uncertainty and mounting worries
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4.1 Understand tax depreciation procedures and the effect of depreciation on the firm’s cash flows. 1) Depreciation deductions‚ like any other business expenses‚ reduce the income that a firm reports on its income statement. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Topic: Depreciation Learning Obj.: LG 1 Learning Outcome: F-02 Question Status: Previous Edition AACSB Tag: Analytic Skills 2) Non-cash charges are expenses that involve an actual outlay of cash during the period but are not deducted on the income
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