2. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!!!!
Yes, a year has gone by.
Does this have any impact on the company that you might have overlooked and
should now be recorded?
Let’s have a better look at this issue…
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3. The passing of time...
…also affects what things a company has…
Because things are used they wear out...
1 YEAR!!!
Dec. 31, 2012
Jan. 01, 2012
Assets in use during 2012
Building
(warehouse and office
space)
STRAIGHTFORWARD, right? But...
How long will assets last?
Equipment
How is this event converted into EUR?
Furniture
How is this “wearing out” recorded in
accounting terms?
Deeds and incorporation
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4. Let’s look at an example: A computer
Time passes... 5 YEARS
5 years
OUT
Computer
X
PN
ANC
AC
Year
2
3
4
All in year 1, nothing in
subsequent years
PNC
Its value after 5
years €0
PC
1,200 €
1,200 €
1,000 €
800 €
600 €
400 €
200 €
0€
1
ANC
AC
PC
1,200 €
1,000 €
800 €
600 €
400 €
200 €
0€
Year
How does this happen?
PNC
You buy it on Jan.
01, 2012 for
€1,000
PN
Computer
1,000 €
800 €
600 €
400 €
200 €
0€
1
2
3
4
5
All in year 5, nothing in
previous years
5
Year
1
2
3
4
5
Spread throughout the 5
years at €240 each year
5. We would naturally… “spread it throughout the 5 years” so long as intensity of use is similar…
Time passes... 5 YEARS
OUT
Computer
NE
NCA
You buy it on
Jan. 01, 2012 for
€1,000
NCL
CA
CL
1,200 €
1,000 €
800 €
600 €
400 €
200 €
0€
Year
X
Computer
NE
NCA
NCL
1
2
3
4
5
CA
CL
All spread throughout the years
at €240 each year
In accounting, this is called
DEPRECIATION
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Its value after 5
years €0