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Chapter X of the effect of the various methods used for calculating
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depreciation on the equality of the distribution of the charge.
Another method, used in plants where a very accurate determination
of the costs of production is desired, has as an outstanding feature
a preliminary estimate, made at the time of installation, of the
expected amount of repairs needed during the entire life of the asset.
Periodically this estimate, or proportional share thereof, is brought
on the books as a charge to Repairs and credit to Reserve for Repairs
and so is spread evenly over the service life of the asset. As repairs
are actually made, the cost of these is not charged against operation
but against the reserve created for that very purpose. At a given time,
the status of the reserve account shows: (1) if the equipment has just
been placed in a normal state of repair, the under-or over-estimate of
the amount of actual repairs needed, or (2) if the equipment is not in
repair, the reserve account gives an index of the probable amount of
deferred maintenance. Both items of information are of value in the
proper management of properties. It is to be expected, of course, that
during the early years of the life of an asset there will be a fairly
large credit balance in the reserve because repair charges are light.
The credit balance so accumulated will be needed during the later years
when the costs of maintenance become heavier.
The third method, which is a variation of the second, has as its
characteristic feature the inclusion of the repairs cost with the
depreciation charge. This likewise necessitates a preliminary estimate
of the amount of expected repairs during the life of the asset.
Instead of being handled separately, it is added to the depreciation
rate and in this way charged against the product. This method has
been prescribed in the case of some utilities in England but is not
much used here. Under this method two depreciation estimates of
probable life are necessary, viz.: (1) maximum life brought about by
an inclusion of repairs, renewals, etc., and (2) minimum life without
such repairs. By this it is not meant that other methods of calculating
the depreciation rates fail to take cognizance of the repairs factor,
but that this method specifically calls attention to it and includes
it in the charge made. It seems best for regulatory boards to make a
separate book record of repairs and depreciation, thus insuring against
any oversight of the factors of depreciation and also insuring the
correctness of a statement of condition.
Chapters
1. Chapter 1
2. Introduction of System
3. 1. PROPORTIONAL METHODS
4. 2. VARIABLE PERCENTAGE METHODS
5. 3. COMPOUND INTEREST METHODS
6. 4. MISCELLANEOUS METHODS
7. 1. PROPORTIONAL METHODS
8. 2. VARIABLE PERCENTAGE METHODS
9. 3. COMPOUND INTEREST METHODS
10. 4. MISCELLANEOUS METHODS
11. Introduction
12. Introduction
13. CHAPTER I
14. 5. Debenture
15. CHAPTER II
16. Introduction of System
17. Chapter XXXVI, a cash discount is usually treated as a financial
18. 6. Indexing vouchers.
19. 4. It localizes responsibility by showing authority for
20. 5. It secures a receipted bill for all disbursements of cash.
21. 1. Clumsy provision for returns and allowances, partial
22. 3. The giving out of information about the business
23. CHAPTER III
24. CHAPTER IV
25. 2. Deferred Charges to | 2. Deferred Income
26. 5. Fixed Assets |
27. 4. For publication or report to regulating or
28. 6. For advertising purposes to float new issues
29. CHAPTER V
30. 12. Liquidation or forced-sale value, etc.
31. 1. For the current assets, the principle of valuation may be stated
32. 2. The principle of valuation involved in deferred charges to operation
33. 3. For the fixed assets, the principle of valuation generally
34. CHAPTER VI
35. 2. The managerial policy as to repairs, maintenance,
36. 3. The past performance and expected future performance
37. 4. All other factors locally present which may affect
38. Chapter XIII.)
39. CHAPTER VII
40. 5. Crystallization[25]
41. CHAPTER VIII
42. 2. Rates of depreciation and their relation to repairs,
43. 5. Financing depreciation and some related problems.
44. Chapter IX.
45. 4. Normal climatic conditions.
46. 5. Probable misuse and neglect brought about by the
47. 6. Probable change in ownership and consequent
48. 7. Probable change in the requirements of the market,
49. 2. Installed operating and generating machinery
50. 3. Fixed equipment including boilers and piping
51. Chapter X of the effect of the various methods used for calculating
52. CHAPTER IX
53. 4. Miscellaneous Methods
54. 4. Under some methods, an arbitrary interest rate
55. 1. PROPORTIONAL METHODS
56. 2. VARIABLE PERCENTAGE METHODS
57. 3. COMPOUND INTEREST METHODS
58. 4. MISCELLANEOUS METHODS
59. CHAPTER X
60. 2. Inadequacy, which is lack of capacity to do the
61. 3. Obsolescence, which represents the inability to
62. 1. PROPORTIONAL METHODS
63. 2. VARIABLE PERCENTAGE METHODS
64. 3. COMPOUND INTEREST METHODS
65. 4. MISCELLANEOUS METHODS
66. Chapter XI.
67. CHAPTER XI
68. 2. Estimate of life in periods, working hours, service
69. 5. Periodic appraisal value.
70. 3. Profits of the past may be reserved in the business
71. CHAPTER XII
72. Introduction
73. 4. Bank
74. 1. Cash deposited to cover breakage or damage to
75. 2. Moneys advanced to subsidiaries, salesmen, and other
76. 3. Claims against creditors for returned or damaged
77. 4. Prepayments on purchase or expense contracts, as
78. 5. Unpaid calls or instalments on stock subscription
79. 6. Claims against absconding officers for property
80. 1. In the case of a new concern where there is no past
81. 2. In the case of an outsider—a professional auditor
82. 3. Periodically, in any business, as a check on the
83. 1. The amount of outstanding trade debt at the time
84. 2. The amount of sales on credit made during the
85. 3. The total sales, both cash and credit, for the present
86. CHAPTER XIII
87. 1. Carry the market valuation, whether more or less
88. 2. In case market value is less than cost, set up a reserve
89. 3. Carry in an inner column in the body of the balance
90. Chapter XXVI of this book, where a full presentation of the case for
91. CHAPTER XIV
92. CHAPTER XV
93. 1. By practically full ownership of the subsidiary
94. 3. Through the agency of advances, particularly when,
95. CHAPTER XVI
96. Chapter IX, is the one most widely employed. It is to be preferred to
97. CHAPTER XVII
98. 1. If the building is purchased outright for cash, whatever costs
99. 2. If the building is bought by the issue of stocks or bonds, the
100. 3. When buildings are put up by the concern itself, full cost may
101. Chapter XVI, any increase or decrease in the value of the land cannot
102. CHAPTER XVIII
103. 1. _Time Lapse._ There is no such thing as wear and tear on a patent
104. 2. _Supersession._ If no other causes than time lapse were operative,
105. 3. _Obsolescence._ Akin to the element of supersession is that of
106. 1. Lump sum payments to the state or some division
107. 2. The full purchase price paid another company for
108. 3. Legal and other fees in connection with securing
109. 4. Any other legitimate expenses, such as the cost of
110. CHAPTER XIX
111. 6. Merchandise Inventory
112. Chapter XX, in the discussion of the liability, bonds.
113. CHAPTER XX
114. 1. The character of the issuing corporation under
115. 2. The security of the bonds under which come:
116. 3. The purpose of the issue, as:
117. 4. The conditions incident upon payment of principal
118. 4. A bond sold at par to be redeemed at a premium on maturity.
119. CHAPTER XXI
120. CHAPTER XXII
121. 2. Profits realized on sales of fixed assets should be first applied
122. 3. A sufficient surplus should be accumulated (in addition to the
123. CHAPTER XXIII
124. Chapter XXII, have their proper place of record direct into some margin
125. Chapter XXV on sinking funds for a full discussion of the merits and
126. 2. Reserves created to provide an additional capital
127. 3. Reserves created to provide for equalizing dividends
128. 1. Valuation Reserves
129. 5. Market Fluctuations Reserves, etc.
130. 2. Proprietorship Reserves
131. 3. Reserves for Working Capital, etc.
132. CHAPTER XXIV
133. Introduction
134. CHAPTER XXV
135. 1. The sinking fund, then, under suitable title, may appear only among
136. 2. The balance sheet may record the sinking fund status among the
137. 3. There may appear on the balance sheet as the only evidence of a
138. 4. There may be no record of the sinking fund transactions shown on
139. 1. Those dealing with the original and subsequent
140. 2. Those required to book the trustee’s periodic
141. 3. Those to show the redemption of the debt and the final
142. CHAPTER XXVI
143. 1. The difficulty of determining the rate at which
144. 2. Inasmuch as the amount of investment in current
145. 3. If interest is to be charged, how shall the offsetting
146. 4. The introduction in production costs of a more or
147. 5. As the business world is accustomed to consider
148. CHAPTER XXVII
149. Chapter XXIII on “Reserves and Surplus.” There the illegitimate use of
150. CHAPTER XXVIII
151. 1. To convey, transfer, conceal, or remove, or to permit
152. 2. To transfer while insolvent any portion of the property
153. 3. To make a general assignment for the benefit of
154. 4. For the debtor to admit in writing his inability to
155. 5. To suffer or permit, while insolvent, any creditor to
156. 1898. The courts of the Federal Government have jurisdiction in these
157. CHAPTER XXIX
158. 1. Agreement by the directors of the various companies
159. 2. Assent of the stockholders of each company to the
160. 3. Filing of certified copies of the agreement, with the
161. 4. The exchange and issuance of new stock for the
162. 1. A uniform accounting system for all the companies
163. 2. The reserves for depreciation should be based on
164. 3. Costs should be determined in the same way if the
165. 4. The apportionment of labor, factory expense, and
166. 5. Only real items of cost should be included under the
167. 6. The same methods of inventory-taking, both of
168. 7. The amount of orders on hand should be considered.
169. CHAPTER XXX
170. 2. A proper rate of turnover on the merchandise
171. 3. Economical management.
172. 3. Facilities for centralizing and comparing such
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