Extraordinary repairs & Accumulated depreciation

When an extraordinary repair is made to an asset, why do you debit accumulated depreciation? Wouldn’t it be easier to simply debit the asset account? After all, the value of the asset has just increased due to the repair.

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This discussion explores the accounting treatment for extraordinary repairs to an asset. The core question is why accumulated depreciation is debited, rather than directly increasing the asset account, given the repair enhances the asset's value. Participants seek to understand the rationale behind this specific accounting practice.

Yes it shud be debited to the asset account and then at year end proportional depreciation shud be transferred to accumulated depreciation.
No there is a treatment of debiting such extraordinary repairs to accumulated depreciation.
i need to know the reason for the same

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