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If a company incurs $20 of depreciation expense, how does that affect the three financial statements?

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Date Posted: 2016/01/27
Shahbaz Hayder
by Shahbaz Hayder , Group Head of Finance , Sharif Group of Companies

Income Statement: Depreciation appears as an expense.

 

Balance Sheet: Depreciation appears as a liability if booked to an accumulated depreciation account and netted-off from the original cost / purchase price of the asset or subtracted directly from the fixed assets closing book value of last year. Generally, these treatments are performed through a fixed assets schedule in notes to the financial statements and net value of the assets appears on the face of the Balance Sheet.

 

Cash Flow Statement: Under indirect method of reporting cash flows from operating activities, depreciation is added back to the net profit.

Abdul Mannan Raj
by Abdul Mannan Raj , Manager Finance & Accounts , Maxcon FZCO

Income statement:

Depreciation is an expense so operating income decreases by $.

Cash flow statement:

Depreciation being non-cash item,  so $ is added back

Statement of Financial Position:

As accumulated depreciation increases by $, so Non-current Assets decreases by $.

APOLLONARY WAWIRE WEKESA
by APOLLONARY WAWIRE WEKESA , Finance Officer , National Treasury of Kenya

Depreciation will appear as an expense in the income statement,Depreciation will also be deducted from the Non current asset to get Net Asset Values.

And It will also be added back to Net profit in the cash flow statement since it is a non cash flow item.

Mahmoud Hamid
by Mahmoud Hamid , Finance Manager , Corp. Fin.

Income statement: Depreciation expense will reduce net income

Balance sheet: the accumulated depreciation will increase (and assets will be represented at net book value after deducted the accumulated depreciation)

Statement of cash flow: in the Cash flow from operating section, depreciation will be added back to net income

Muhammad Arshad Naeemurrahman, CMA
by Muhammad Arshad Naeemurrahman, CMA , General Secratory , Institute of Management Accountant- Pakistan Chapter

In Income statement, It is recorded as an expense which will ultimately reduce the net income of the company.

In Balance Sheet, It will reduce the Carrying Value of the asset by increasing the Accumulated Depreciation.

In Statement of Cash flow, Under indirect method it will be added back in Cash flow from operating activities head because it is a non cash item

Saad Ahmad
by Saad Ahmad , Manager Finance And Accounts , Sugar, Energy & Steel Concerns

Depreciation is recorded as an expense in the statement of profit and loss and will reduce profit by$

In the balance sheet assets are reported at value which is net of accumulated depreciation

and being non cash expense it will be added back while preparing Cash flow statement

Mohammed Abdul Habeeb khan
by Mohammed Abdul Habeeb khan , SeniorAccountant , Renz Hotel

it apears at Asset side of balance Sheet

debit side of P&L account

and In cashflow

Aparna Pulikottil
by Aparna Pulikottil , Accountant , Al Rowad Human Resources Development co

1. P/L account depreciation is debited to reduce profit2.Cash flow statement it is added back to shown the net effect of cash only3. Income statement depreciation is a operating expense.which reduces operating profit

Afzan Kaleel
by Afzan Kaleel , Senior Accountant , Kidzania - Qatar

Income statement - To be deducted from Gross Profit as an expense (provision for depreciation)

Balance Sheet - To be deducted from cost of asset ( by adding to accumulated depreciation)

Cash flow statement - To be added to operating profit, to arrive at 'cash flow from operating activities'.

Expense will be higher therefore net income will decrease.

The related accumulated depreciation for that will be netted against the relevant asset to get the net book value.

Since depreciation is a noncash expense it will be added back in the preparation of cash flow statement

Malik Ali
by Malik Ali , Accounts Assistant , Al Futtaim group of Companies

1- Income statement : net profit reduced by 20$

2- Blance Sheet : Fixed assest value reduced 20$

3- Cash Flow Stat. : 20$ it will add to back in Cash (indirect method).

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