Wh at i s d ep reci ati on ? Reduction in value or the effective economic life of an asset arising from the: Passage of time Use or abuse Wear and tear Influence of the elements Stoppage of demand for use Wha t can be de pre ci at e d ? Tangible depreciable property: Livestock (purchased) Machinery Buildings and improvements, fences Dams, ponds, or terraces, etc Intangible depreciable property: Goodwill Computer software Copyrights, patents, etc What cannot be depreciated ? When depreciation begins & ends? Begins Ends When you "place the property When the cost of the item has in service". When it is ready and been recovered or when it is available for a specific use in the retired from service, whichever business happens first Example Example When it is sold or is not longer
buying things. The income approach works on the principle that the incomes of the productive factors ("producers") must be equal to the value of their product, and determines GDP by finding the sum of all producers' incomes "Gross" means that GDP measures production regardless of the various uses to which that production can be put. Production can be used for immediate consumption, for investment in new fixed assets or inventories, or for replacing depreciated fixed assets. "Domestic" means that GDP measures production that takes place within the country's borders. · In the expenditure-method equation, the exports-minus-imports term is necessary in order to null out expenditures on things not produced in the country (imports) and add in things produced but not sold in the country (exports). Economists (since Keynes) have preferred to split the general consumption term into two parts;
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