One of the most common statements about new cars is that they depreciate 10%-30% once they're driven off the dealer's lot. This statement, at least according to generally accepted accounting ...

In accrual basis accounting, when your business purchases a long-lived asset, such as a vehicle, a building or a piece of equipment, you don't immediately write off the full cost as an expense. Rather ...

Depreciation guidelines enable accountants to understand the importance of depreciable assets in operating activities and depreciation methods as well as the regulatory relevance of bookkeeping and ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Economic depreciation is a measure of ...

John Parker is a business writer with 20+ years of experience as a business executive specializing in accounting and finance. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society ...

Now you expense it, now you don't. Any company can instantly boost earnings by playing around with depreciation assumptions. Remember the taxi company we talked about in Part 1 of this article? If ...