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Process costing (rather than job costing) is used when production is of homogenous items and is organised on a continuous or flow-line basis.
''Financial reporting - accounting practices - longer term tangible assets.''


Under process costing, costs are accumulated for each separate process or operation for a period of time, and then averaged by dividing the total cumulative costs for the period by a measure of the output (for the same period).
The accounting values of most tangible fixed assets, such as buildings, machinery, office equipment and vehicles are depreciated over their useful lifetime.
 
 
The asset is initially recorded in the balance sheet of the reporting entity at its original cost.
 
In each reporting period, an appropriate amount of depreciation is charged to the income statement as an expense, and deducted from the carrying value of the asset in the balance sheet.
 
The total deduction from the original cost, to arrive at the carrying amount, is known as the accumulated depreciation or the ''provision for depreciation''.
 
 
Land is not normally depreciated as its value is not generally considered to diminish over time.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Job costing]]
* [[Balance sheet]]
* [[Process strategy]]
* [[Book value]]
* [[Depreciation]]
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[Fixed assets]]
* [[Net book value]]
* [[Reporting entity]]
* [[Tangible asset]]
* [[Total assets]]


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Latest revision as of 21:45, 2 November 2021

Financial reporting - accounting practices - longer term tangible assets.

The accounting values of most tangible fixed assets, such as buildings, machinery, office equipment and vehicles are depreciated over their useful lifetime.


The asset is initially recorded in the balance sheet of the reporting entity at its original cost.

In each reporting period, an appropriate amount of depreciation is charged to the income statement as an expense, and deducted from the carrying value of the asset in the balance sheet.

The total deduction from the original cost, to arrive at the carrying amount, is known as the accumulated depreciation or the provision for depreciation.


Land is not normally depreciated as its value is not generally considered to diminish over time.


See also