Capital Expenditures - Answers the purchase of long term assets that benefit many periods,
spread the cost over useful life of the longterm asset, recorded as LTA on the B/S, larger
amounts
Revenue Expenditures - Answers made for daily business operations that benefit only the
current period, record these as they are used up, record as an expense on the I/S, smaller
amounts
Depreciation - Answers an allocation of the cost of a LTA over the periods it benefits the
business
Depreciation does NOT - Answers 1. actual physical deterioration
2. changes in market value
Limited - Answers most LTA have ________ useful lives
BUD - Answers Buying - determining costs
Using - depreciation expense
Disposing
Depreciable cost - Answers cost - residual value =
3 methods of determining depreciation - Answers 1. straight line method (passage of time)
2. units of production (how much was LTA used for the period)
3. double declining balance (accelerated method)
Double declining balance formula - Answers book value x (100% / useful life) x 2
DO NOT USE RESIDUAL VALUE
Units of Production formula - Answers cost - residual / total estimated activity
Accounting for disposals - Answers 1. discard/ retire
sell for cash
3. exchange
Book value formula = - Answers Cost - Accumulated depreciation
Gain - Answers If cash is greater than the ending book value there is a _____ on disposal