ACCT 1209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Intangible Asset, Matching Principle, Historical Cost

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Acct 1209- lecture 20- disposal of property plant and equipment; accounting for. A company may drop a product voluntarily from its line and no longer need the equipment that was used to produce it, or managers may want to replace a machine with a more efficient one. A business may also dispose of an asset involuntarily, as the result of a casualty such as a storm, fire, or accident. Disposals of long-lived assets seldom occur on the last day of the accounting period. Therefore, depreciation must be recorded to the date of disposal. The disposal of a depreciable asset usually requires two journal entries: an adjusting entry to update the depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation accounts, an entry to record the disposal. A number of large companies, some of which are less well known, develop raw materials and products from natural resources, including mineral deposits such as gold or iron ore, oil wells, and timber tracts.

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