What is the difference between straight line depriciation
method and written down value method?

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What is the difference between straight line depriciation method and written down value method?..

Answer / girish

Straight line method means charging depreciation on the
original cost of goods and written down method means
charging depreciation on balance amount every year.

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What is the difference between straight line depriciation method and written down value method?..

Answer / suresh

SLM - under SLM an equal amount of charge(Dep)is reduced
from the original value of the asset every year based on a
certain %.
WDV - under WDV the charge(Dep)is calculated and reduced
every year on the reduced amount from the previous year
again based on certain %

Expl:
Original Cost of Car 100,000
Rate of Dep 10% every year

Depreciation calculation:

SLM
1 year 10,000(10% of 100,000)
2 year 10,000(10% of 100,000)
3 year 10,000(10% of 100,000) and so on....

WDV
1 year 10,000(10% of 100,000)
2 year 9,000(10% of 100,000-10,000=90,000)
3 year 8,100(10% of 100,000-10,000-9,000=81,000)
and so on....

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What is the difference between straight line depriciation method and written down value method?..

Answer / uma

Normally the amount written off every year is the same in
Straight line depreciation method and it differs in Written
down method as the depreciated amount is calculated on the
written down value.

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What is the difference between straight line depriciation method and written down value method?..

Answer / sanjib

In S L M depreciation is evenly charged over fixed
assets.But in W D V method depreciation is charged unevenly
over the fixed assets.

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What is the difference between straight line depriciation method and written down value method?..

Answer / heena

In straight line method the amount to be depreciated remains constant where as In written down method the amount to be depreciated decreases by each passing year.

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What is the difference between straight line depriciation method and written down value method?..

Answer / mahathi

straight line method we follow fixed percent of depreciation to calculate the value of the asset. written down value method is we reducing the valued of the asset every year.

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