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Answer in One Sentence only: Why depreciation is charged even in the year of loss?

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Why depreciation is charged even in the year of loss?

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Unless depreciation is charged, the true amount of profit and loss cannot be ascertained properly and we cannot make provision for the replacement of assets therefore depreciation is charged even in the year of loss.

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Chapter 7: Depreciation - Exercises [Page 241]

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