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  2. Disposal tax effect - Wikipedia

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    The basis value is the price of the fixed asset. Tax on recapture is calculated by = (BookValue – BasisValue) x TR Capital gains tax = (BasisValue – Salvage Value) x TR/2 Disposal tax effect (DTE) = (tax on recapture + Capital gains tax) If a company sells an asset for less than the tax basis this causes a loss in capital.

  3. Residual value - Wikipedia

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    It represents the amount of value that the owner of an asset can expect to obtain when the asset of its lease or when it reaches the end of its useful life. [1] [2] Example: A car is sold at a list price of $20,000 today. After a usage of 36 months and 50,000 miles (ca. 80,467 km) its value is contractually defined as $10,000 or 50%.

  4. Depreciation - Wikipedia

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    An asset depreciation at 15% per year over 20 years. In accountancy, depreciation is a term that refers to two aspects of the same concept: first, an actual reduction in the fair value of an asset, such as the decrease in value of factory equipment each year as it is used and wears, and second, the allocation in accounting statements of the original cost of the assets to periods in which the ...

  5. Accounting equation - Wikipedia

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    The accounting equation plays a significant role as the foundation of the double-entry bookkeeping system. The primary aim of the double-entry system is to keep track of debits and credits and ensure that the sum of these always matches up to the company assets, a calculation carried out by the accounting equation. It is based on the idea that ...

  6. Sales (accounting) - Wikipedia

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    A sale is a transfer of property for money or credit. [2] In double-entry bookkeeping, a sale of merchandise is recorded in the general journal as a debit to cash or accounts receivable and a credit to the sales account. [3] The amount recorded is the actual monetary value of the transaction, not the list price of the merchandise.

  7. Adjusting entries - Wikipedia

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    In accounting, adjusting entries are journal entries usually made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the period in which they actually occurred. The revenue recognition principle is the basis of making adjusting entries that pertain to unearned and accrued revenues under accrual-basis accounting .

  8. Purchase returns journal - Wikipedia

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    A purchase returns journal (also known as returns outwards journal/purchase debits daybook) is a prime entry book or a daybook which is used to record purchase returns.In other words, it is the journal which is used to record the goods which are returned to the suppliers.

  9. Equivalent annual cost - Wikipedia

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    A = Capital recovery (amortization) factor F = Sinking fund amortization factor I = Investment S = Estimated salvage value = Operating expense stream d = CCA rate per year for tax purposes t = rate of taxation n = number of years i = cost of capital, rate of interest, or minimum rate of return (whichever is most relevant) and where