Contents
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Introduction
Depreciable amount (base) for assets
Determination of useful life
Method of cost apportionment
Straight-line method
Sum-of-digits method
Declining-balance method
Production basis
When to start depreciating an asset
Land and buildings
Derecognition of assets
Modifying existing non-current assets
Disclosure requirements
Revaluations and impairment testing of non-current assets
Introduction to revaluations
Measuring property, plant and equipment at cost or fair value – the choice
The use of fair values
Revaluation increments
Illustration – revaluation increment
Treatment of balances of accumulated depreciation upon revaluation (cont.)
Revaluation decrements
Illustration – revaluation decrement
Reversal of revaluation decrements and increments
Example of reversal
Accounting for profit on disposal of a revalued non-current asset
Disclosure requirements
Introduction to impairment losses
Accounting for impairment losses
Description
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