Question

In case of a long term asset, repair and maintenance expenses are expected to rise in later years than in earlier year. Which method is suitable for charging depreciation if the management does not want to increase burden on profits and loss account on account of depreciation and repair.

Answer 1

If the management does not want to exert undue burden on the profits due to high depreciation and repair costs in the latter years of the assets, then ‘written down method’ should be a preferred method to provide depreciation. This is because the cost of depreciation reduces; whereas, repair and maintenance expenses increase in the latter years. However, on the whole, it does not exert increasing burden on profits.