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''Financial reporting - tangible fixed assets.''
''Economics - microeconomics''


Accounting depreciation spreads the cost of a long-term tangible asset over its total life.  
An input to a process that is in limited supply.


The accounting ''depreciation expense'' reflects:
For example, appropriately skilled labour, or particular raw materials.
* the estimated periodic cost to a business
* of a physical capital asset
* spread over its estimated useful economic life.  
 
 
Also known as ''depreciation charge.''




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Accruals accounting]]
* [[Limiting factor]]
* [[Accumulated depreciation]]
* [[Microeconomics]]
* [[Amortisation]]
* [[Production possibility curves]]
* [[Appreciation]]
* [[Scarce resource analysis]]
* [[Assets]]
* [[Scarcity]]
* [[Capital allowances]]
* [[Capitalisation]]
* [[Cost]]
* [[Depreciation]]
* [[EBITDA]]
* [[Expenditure]]
* [[Expense]]
* [[Net book value]]
* [[Property, plant and equipment]]
* [[Provision for depreciation]]
* [[Reducing balance]]
* [[Straight line]]
* [[Sum of the digits]]
* [[Tangible asset]]
* [[Tax depreciation]]
* [[Writing down allowance]]


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[[Category:Financial_management]]
[[Category:Knowledge_and_information_management]]
[[Category:Planning_and_projects]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Investment]]

Revision as of 14:33, 18 November 2020

Economics - microeconomics.

An input to a process that is in limited supply.

For example, appropriately skilled labour, or particular raw materials.


See also