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Annuity method is much suited to those assets _____________.

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  1. which required considerable investment

  2. where additions are not made

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C

Interest is debited to asset account in ______________.

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  1. Insurance policy method

  2. Diminishing balance method

  3. Depletion method

  4. Annuity method

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

By using an asset, one loses not only the money spent on acquiring it but also the interest which would have been earned on the money. Therefore, depreciation should cover not only the cost of the asset but also an appropriate amount for interest. This is done in annuity method. Interest is calculated on the book value of the asset at the proper  rate and debited to asset. The amount is credited to interest account, which then goes to the credit side of the profit and loss account.

Under sum of years digit method, the amount of depreciation.

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  1. Goes on decreasing in the coming years

  2. Goes on increasing in the counting years

  3. Remains fixed over the life of the asset

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A

Under annuity method, the amount of depreciation _____________.

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  1. Increases every year

  2. Decreases every year

  3. Remains fixed over the life of the asset

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option C is the correct one.

The asset is then credited with a fixed amount of depreciation for each successive year. The annuity method assumes that the sum spent on buying an asset is an investment that should be expected to yield interest.

Which method of charging depreciation considers that the business besides losing the original cost of the asset also loses interest on the amount used for buying the asset?

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  1. Annuity method.

  2. Straight Line method.

  3. Diminishing Balance method.

  4. Depreciation fund method.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A is the correct one.

The annuity method assumes that the sum spent on buying an asset is an investment that should be expected to yield interest. As such, the interest is charged on the diminishing balance of the asset.

Choose the correct statement _________________________.

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  1. The term depreciation, depletion and amortization are not synonymous

  2. The main object of charging the profit and loss account with depreciation is to spread the cost of an asset over its useful life for the purpose of income measurement

  3. In case of diminishing balance method, the asset gets reduced to zero

  4. Machine hour rate per unit $=$ Acquisition cost $-$ Residual value/ Estimated life in years

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The purpose of depreciation is to achieve the matching principle of accounting. That is, a company is attempting to match the historical cost of a productive asset (that has a useful life of more than a year) to the revenues earned from using the asset.

Since it is difficult to precisely match a productive asset's cost to a company's revenues, the asset's cost is usually allocated to the years in which the asset is used. In other words, depreciation systematically moves the asset's cost from the balance sheet to depreciation expense on the income statement over the asset's useful life. Accountants point out that depreciation is an allocation process which does not result in reporting the asset's market value.

Fundamental objective of depreciation is/are ________.

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  1. To maintain the nominal capital invested in fixed assets

  2. To allocate the expired portion of the cost of fixed assets over a number of accounting periods

  3. Both (A) and (B)

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C

For charging depreciation, on which of the following assets, the depletion method is adopted?

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  1. Goodwill.

  2. Plant machinery.

  3. Land and building.

  4. Wasting assets like mines and quarries.

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Correct Option: D

For which of the following asset depreciation can be applied?
(I) Land
(II) Furniture
(III) Machinery

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  1. (II) and (III)

  2. (II) only

  3. (I) and (III)

  4. All (I), (II) and (III)

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following is odd one?

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  1. Amortization.

  2. Capitalization.

  3. Depletion.

  4. Depreciation.

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Correct Option: B