In: Accounting
| Working Notes : | |||
| CALCULATION OF THE DEPRECIATION AS PER STRAIGHT LINE METHOD FOR BUILDING | |||
| Purchase Cost of Building | $ 625,000 | ||
| Less: Salvage Value | $ - | ||
| Net Value for Depreciation (A) | $ 625,000 | ||
| Usefule life of the Building (B) | 30 | Years | |
| Depreciation per year = (A/B) | 20,833 | ||
| Total Depreciation Per year = | $ 20,833 | ||
| Solution: | |||
| Adjusting entry at year end will be done as below, | |||
| Date | Account Title | Debit | Credit | 
| Year End | Depreciation | $20,833 | |
| Accumulated Depreciation - Building | $20,833 | ||
| (To Record the depreciation expenses of the year) | |||