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What is most famous depreciation method?

A. Sum of digits

B. Reducing line 

C. Straight line

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Question added by Wasim khan wazir , Finance Specialist , Mott Macdonald
Date Posted: 2015/08/11
Shamseer KM
by Shamseer KM , HR Payroll Officer , Al Darwish Engineering W.L.L

Agree with the answers…

Written Down Value method (B. Reducing line) is the most appropriate method of calculating depreciation.

 

 

Shahbaz Hayder
by Shahbaz Hayder , Group Head of Finance , Sharif Group of Companies

The commonly used methods are Straight line and Reducing balance.

Feroz Bandukra
by Feroz Bandukra , Finance Controller , Avenir Technologies FZE

The famous method of depreciation is Straight Line (C) method over the period of asset life, it is more convenient to calculate and easy to understand for others. 

However nature of asset usage and life is also considerable while choosing the method of depreciation. For example, if a machine life is10000 hours, and the hour usage is vary each month, we cannot use straight line method, instead we have to use sum of digits method. 

Malik Saleem Iqbal
by Malik Saleem Iqbal , Assistant Finance Manager , Ali Zaid Al-Quraishi & Brothers Co LTD

Straight Line method

simple & easy to calculate

Subhajit Shome
by Subhajit Shome , Manager , Premier Strategic Consultants FZE

Straight Line Method. It is simplest and most effective. 

Anoop Mohan
by Anoop Mohan , Finance Manager , Arafa plywoods

written down method is the most relevant one, straight line is useful for cos whose asset will become useless and no value at all for instance furnace of a glass manufacturing company

Said Shaban
by Said Shaban , Accountant , Tri State Materials Testing

The answer is: C- Straight line

Asad Ahmed
by Asad Ahmed , Manager Finance & Company Secretary , Connect Communications Pvt. Ltd.

Most of the companies normally use Straight line method

Straight Line method is very famous because it is easy to understand 

Gyasuddin Ahamad Ansari
by Gyasuddin Ahamad Ansari , Accountant , Shiv Shakti Dall Mill Pvt.Ltd.

reducing line is the most famous depreciation method

B. Reducing Balance Method or WDV method is practically applied in most of the organizations.

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