Explanation
Matching expenses with revenue.
The purpose of depreciation is to match the cost of a productive asset (that has a useful life of more than a year to the revenues earned from using the asset. Since it is hard to see a direct link to revenues, the asset’s cost is usually allocated to the years in which the asset is used. Depreciation systematically allocates or moves the asset’s cost from the balance sheet to expense on the income statement over the asset’s useful life. In other words, depreciation is an allocation process in order to achieve the matching principle; it is not a technique for determining the fair market value of the asset.
Option A is the correct one.
The annual charge to profit and loss account/income statement for depreciation(it’s charge against profit) is based upon an estimate of how much of the overall economic usefulness of a fixed asset has been used up in that accounting period.
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