Examine depreciation of fixed assets through journals and fixed asset records.

Indicators for this outcome
(a) Describe the function of depreciation as connected to journal entries.
(b) Identify accounting concepts, principles, and practices (e.g., historical cost, matching revenue expenses, obsolescence, salvage value, book value) related to fixed assets.
(c) Define fixed assets and describe how the amount of depreciation is calculated.
(d) Analyze how accounting for depreciation affects fixed assets.
(e) Compute the amount of estimated depreciation expense and prepare journal entries using the straight-line method of depreciation for full and partial years.
(f) Explore and differentiate methods such as declining- balance, sum-of-the-years digits, production-unit method, and capital cost allowance for calculating depreciation.
(g) Prepare journal entries for the disposal of fixed assets which have an accumulated depreciation account, calculating for each situation, disposing for a gain, a loss and at book value.
(h) Calculate and record depreciation of fixed assets in a journal and fixed asset records.
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