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What is the advantage of using historical cost on the balance sheet for property, plant and equipment?

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What is the advantage of using historical cost on the balance sheet for property, plant and equipment?
posted Jun 22, 2017 by Chetan Hindu

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The main advantage of using historical cost on the balance sheet for property, plant and equipment is that historical cost can be verified. Generally, the cost at the time of purchase is documented with contracts, invoices, payments, transfer taxes, and so on.

The historical cost of plant and equipment (not land) is also used to determine the amount of depreciation expense reported on the income statement. The accumulated amount of depreciation is also reported as a deduction from the assets' historical costs reported on the balance sheet. (In the case of impairment, some assets might be reported at less than the amounts based on historical cost.)

The use of historical cost is also a disadvantage to those users of the financial statements who want to know the current values.

answer Jun 23, 2017 by Rupali Thakur
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