Vanguard explorer fund statement of additional information. The sinking fund method is a technique for depreciating an asset while generating enough money to replace it at the end of its useful life. Mg6863 engineering economics unit 5 depreciation unit 5. Depreciation means decline in the value of a fixed assets due to use, passage. The asset account year after year stands at original cost. The word depreciation means decrease in value of any physical asset with. Depreciation fund method or sinking fund method of. Depreciation is charged every year to the profit and loss ac. Hence, we need a procedure which will combine the effects of inflation. A combine costing 32000 has a tradein value of 5000 after eight years. Fair value and cost accounting, depreciation methods, recognition. Sinking fund method is used when the cost of replacement of an asset is too large. Sinking fund is the amount, in which amount is invested elsewhere other than.
Under this method, one depreciation fund account is opened and the amount of depreciation is credited to that account. Using an annuity method or s sinking fund method we assume that the interest. An amount equal to annual depreciation is invested each year in government papers or in some other giltedged securities outside the business. As depreciation is incurred, a matching amount of cash is invested, with the interest proceeds being deposited into an asset replacement fund. The sinking fund method of depreciation is used when an organization wants to set aside a sufficient amount of cash to pay for a replacement asset when the current asset reaches the end of its useful life. In other words, its like a savings account that you deposit money in regularly and can only be used for a set purpose. Dt351 the logic and pragmatics of sinking funds ucema. The sinking fund method proposes to reimburse the utility at the date the property is. This account will be shown on the liabilities side of the balance sheetbecause it is a funds account and an asset will be shown on the original value on the assets side of the balance sheet. It requires the depreciation on the asset to be provided through a depreciation or sinking fund brought into being by accumulating thereon the amount of depreciation at a flat rate charged to the profit and loss account every year investing the amount of.
Under this method, we charged depreciation on the value of the asset but will not be credited to the asset account instead we will credit to sinking fund account. Under this method, a fund know as depreciation fund or sinking fund is created. A machine costs php 300,000 with a salvage value of php 50,000 at the end of its life of 10 years. Accelerated depreciationtax expenditure or proper allowance for.
This method is known by different names such as redemption fund method, amortization fund method, sinking fund method of assets depreciation. As depreciation is incurred, a matching amount of cash is invested. A sinking fund is an account that is used to deposit and save money to repay a debt or replace a wasting asset in the future. Each year the profit and loss account is debited and the fund account credited with a sum, which is so calculated that the annual sum credited to the fund account and accumulating throughout the life of the asset may be equal to the amount which would be required to replace the old asset. At the end of the year, the amount of depreciation is debited and depreciation fund account is credited and the corresponding amount is invested outside in some readily realizable securities in order to provide funds for replacement.
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