25 May 2014
let say you bought an asset worth Rs 1000 on 1 April 2014.
on 31 March 2015, you provide 10% depreciation. So on 1 April 2015, the net bock is rs 90
on 31 March 2016, you provide 10% depreciation again. So depreciation will be Rs 9 and net block will be Rs 81.
The depreciation provided during the year is called depreciation..
However, while presenting the books of accounts, assets are first shown at gross value and then deprecation charged till date is shown as accumulated depreciation and reduced from gross block to arrive at net block.
So in above example, depreciation for Year 1 and 22 will be Rs 10 and Rs 9 respectively and accumulated depreciation will be Rs 19.