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In accounting, depreciation and amortization are used to allocate, or expense, the cost of an asset over its useful life, or the length of time the asset will be used by the organization. While the ...

Amortization expense refers to the depletion of intangible assets and can be a major source of expenditure on the balance sheet of some companies. Amortization is always a non-cash expense. Therefore, ...

Depreciation is a fairly simple concept. When a business owner buys a fixed asset, that asset loses its value over time, and so its most current value must be accounted for on the company’s balance ...

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