Ch 7 Cost Approach, Accrued Depreciation Flashcards

Anything above and beyond the normal, prudent cost to produce a solid foundation will be irretrievable in the marketplace, i.e., the cost will not be recouped when the property is sold. In some northern climates the typical roof insulation today might be R-30. R-40 would be better and would probably give a reasonable return on investment in terms of energy conservation. But if someone were to carry this to an extreme and decided to install R-90, it would likely be classified as a superadequacy.

• The period of time over which a structure or a component of a property may reasonably be expected to perform the function for which it was designed.
• After two years, the company realizes the remaining useful life is not three years but instead six years.
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• The reproduction method estimates the cost of constructing a duplicate of the property, using similar materials and construction practices.
• Some accountants treat depreciation as a special type of prepaid expense because the adjusting entries have the same effect on the accounts.
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Accumulated Depreciation is credited when Depreciation Expense is debited each accounting period. Hence, it takes into account the value of the land where the property is built, less any loss in value. If an asset is sold or disposed of, the asset’s accumulated depreciation is removed from the balance sheet.

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The accounts show that full allowance is made from revenue for accrued depreciation not covered by the actual expenditure on renewals and maintenance. Provision for accrued depreciation amounted to £127,000,000 leaving a net capital liability of £224,000,000. A newer home built with only two bedrooms and a room for a home office would suffer from curable functional obsolescence. Adding a closet to the home office space and converting it into a bedroom would be relatively easy.

Or perhaps your subject property is the only one that has a particular zoning that prevents it from attaining its potential highest and best use. Or perhaps your subject property is in an area with no zoning or land-use controls, and it now suffers external obsolescence because of a recently constructed industrial property nearby. Your property may be the only one suffering the noise pollution, air pollution, or water pollution.

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For example, the heating system is not large enough or the insulation is inadequate. Some of these things were installed that way right from the beginning. Perhaps a certain structure should have a furnace with an output of 10,000 BTUs but instead it was built with an 8,000 BTU unit. A house that was built in the 1950s was insulated minimally but up to the standards that were in effect at the time. After the oil crisis that occurred in the mid-1970s, insulation standards increased sharply.

Physical depreciation refers to the wear and tear that occurs as the building ages, while functional depreciation occurs with the changes in consumer tastes and preferences over a period of time. Depreciation is the loss in value of the building and or its improvements, and it causes the difference between the value of improvements and the current contributing value of the improvements.

Real Estate Depreciation

To record the same, the depreciation expenses account will be debited, and the accumulated depreciation account will be credited to the company’s books of accounts. A fixed asset, however, is not treated as an expense when it is purchased. The full value of the asset is shown on the company’s balance sheet. Over its https://personal-accounting.org/ useful life, the asset’s cost becomes an expense as it declines in value year after year. The declining value of the asset on the balance sheet is reflected on the income statement as a depreciation expense. Accumulated depreciation is a credit balance on the balance sheet, otherwise known as a contra account.

This may make a building obsolete and valueless even though it still may be physically sound. The neighborhood around a building may deteriorate and cause it to lose value as a consequence. This is more apparent in commercial accrued depreciation definition buildings than in residential properties. The typical economic life of a fast food building might only be 10 or 15 years. The economic life of motels and gas stations might be measured in terms of 20 or 25 years.