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Question
State the advantages of straight-line method of depreciation.
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Solution
Following are the advantages of straight-line method of depreciation:
- Simple and easy to understand:
Computation of depreciation under this method is very simple and is easy to understand. - Equality of depreciation burden:
Under this method, equal amount of depreciation is debited to the profit and loss account each year. Hence, the burden of depreciation on the profit of each year is equal. - Assets can be completely written off:
Under this method, the book value of an asset can be reduced to zero if there is no scrap value or to the scrap value at the end of its useful life. Thus the asset account can be completely written off. - Suitable for the assets having fixed working life:
This method is appropriate for the fixed assets having a certain fixed period of working life. In such cases, the estimation of useful life is easy and in turn it helps in easy determination of rate of depreciation.
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