Book value per share is especially useful for companies that have significant tangible assets, like manufacturing or real estate firms. For these kinds of businesses, the book value per share can provide a fairly accurate value of the company’s actual worth, as their assets can be readily evaluated and have a definite resale value. If…
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If your company sold the same product to every customer, you would only need to do this once since your costs would be the same for each item. Because your company provides a unique product or service to each customer, however, you need to complete this process for each order. This requires medical service businesses…
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The depreciable cost is allocated over the useful life of the asset. However, if the asset is expected not to have residual value, the full cost of the asset is depreciated. The expenditure on the purchase of machinery is not regarded as part of the cost of the period; instead, it is shown as an…
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The balance sheet would report equipment at its historical cost and then subtract the accumulated depreciation. Accumulated depreciation is a contra asset account used to record the amount of depreciation to date on a fixed asset. Examples of fixed assets include buildings, machinery, office equipment, furniture, vehicles, etc. The accumulated depreciation account appears on the…
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