Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134725987
Author: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Which statement about depreciation is false?a. A major objective of depreciation accounting is to allocate the cost of using an assetagainst the revenues it helps to generate.b. Depreciation should not be recorded in years in which the market value of the asset hasincreased.c. Obsolescence as well as physical wear and tear should be considered when determiningthe period over which an asset should be depreciated.d. Depreciation is a process of allocating the cost of an asset to expense over its usefullife.
Which of the following statements about depreciation is not true?
A. Depreciation does not mirror the actual loss of value over time.
B. Depreciation is the allocation of the asset’s cost to expense over the expected years of use.
C. If the fair value of the asset increases, depreciation is reversed to reflect the change in value.
D. U.S. GAAP requires depreciation methods to be systematic and rational.
Which of the following statements about depreciation is false?:
Depreciation does not apply to most buildings because their usefulness and revenue producing ability generally remain intact over time.
Recording depreciation in each period is an application of the expense recognition (matching) principle.
Depreciation is required because of wear-and-tear and technological obsolescence.
The balance in accumulated depreciation represents the total cost that has been charged to expense since placing an asset in service.
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Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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