Depreciation is the decline in the future economic benefits of a depreciable non-current asset through wear and tear and obsolescence. It is an allocation process. It can be calculated by two main methods‚ each reflecting in a distinct prospect in the way the asset is used. Depreciation is to be treated as an estimated expense that does not set aside cash for the replacement of a non-current asset. In determining the cost of acquisition of the lathes‚ any capital expenditure made must be added
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Current and Non-Current Assets ACC/400 November 13‚ 2013 Current and Non-current Assets Current assets are usually cash or other resources that can be converted into cash easily and used up or liquidated within one year of a company operating cycle. Current assets are considered short term and include cash on hand‚ cash in a bank account‚ current debts. Current assets are items listed on the balance sheet in the order of liquidity which include cash‚ temporary investments‚ accounts
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1 What is an Asset? An asset is an item that a company owns. Assets are divided into three basic groups: capital assets‚ current assets and intangible assets. Capital assets are typically owned for the long term and include buildings‚ land‚ vehicles and manufacturing equipment. Current assets are items that can quickly be converted to cash‚ such as actual cash‚ accounts receivable‚ inventory and investments such as bonds and stocks. Intangible assets are items that cannot be physically touched‚
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The main objective of their marketing activities is to react swiftly: Zara is able to design‚ produce and deliver the product to the customer in just one month. The main reason for this is that Zara does not forecast the designed clothing. Fabrics and garments are the only materials to be purchased on the basis of forecasts. Their main strength is to capture real-time information on the shop floor and develop designs on the basis of this information: so-called ‘commercial managers’ conceptualize
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The Importance of Intangible Assets Evaluation of Transitional Issues from a Canadian Standpoint Contents Topic Page 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Report I. The Trade-off Between Relevance and Reliability 4 II. "Nothings" are Something to Consider 5 III. Current Practice in Canada 5 IV. The Challenge of Valuation 6 V. Analysis of Potential Improvements to Canadian Standards 7 Issue One - Valuation  Valuation and
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Asset-Liability Management “Asset-Liability Management (ALM) can be defined as the ongoing process of formulating‚ implementing‚ monitoring and revising strategies related to assets and liabilities to achieve an organization ’s financial objectives‚ given the organization ’s risk tolerances and other constraints”[1]. ALM also is known as balance sheet management. In banking activity the gap between assets and liabilities can bring some consequences where the following risks are arose
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Classification of Assets: 1) Fixed Assets : A long term tangible assets held for business use and not expected to be converted to cash in the current or upcoming fiscal year such as manufacturing equipments also called plants. 2) Current Assets : Current assets are those assets which are held for sale or to be converted into cash after some time. 3) Contingent Assets: A contingent asset is one which comes into existence upon the happening of a certain event. If that event happens the asset becomes available
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to the Accounting Standards Board (UK‚ 2006)‚ a heritage asset was defined as ‘an asset with historic‚ artistic‚ scientific‚ technological‚ geophysical or environmental qualities that is held and maintained principally for its contribution to knowledge and culture and this purpose is central to the objectives of the entity holding it’. It also has been defined by Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (1989) as ‘fixed assets that a government intends to preserve indefinitely because
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ABSTRACT The project entitled is “A STUDY ON NON PERFORMING ASSETS IN INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK WITH REFERENCE TO KODAMBAKKAM BRANCH”. The research study was done on the problems of credit risk faced by the Indian Overseas Bank after lending loans to the customers. The main objective of the study is to find out the level of Non Performing Assets‚ which affects the performance of bank pertaining to kodambakkam branch. The study also goes on in examining the recovery procedure that are followed
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2. If you became the new manager at a restaurant with high employee turnover‚ what actions would you take to increase retention of employees? If I was the manager at the restaurant with high employee turnover‚ the actions that I would take to increase retention of employees will be first find out the reasons why employees are leaving when conducting their exit interview (Chapter 5‚ page 192). By doing this I as manager can pinpoint the problem and fix it so no more employees leave and our talented
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