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FORMULE DEPRECIATION GEOMETRIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Government Accounting
  • National Accounting
CONT

The value of the capital consumption on a fixed asset may be estimated by applying either the linear or geometric depreciation formula to the actual or estimated current purchaser's price of a new asset of the same type. In case of geometric depreciation, the absolute value of the consumption of fixed capital depends on the age of the asset in question, but not, of course, in the case of linear depreciation.

Key term(s)
  • geometric depreciation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Comptabilité nationale
OBS

La dépréciation géométrique est un profil de dépréciation basé sur l'efficacité et les loyers d'un actif fixe qui diminuent d'une période à l'autre selon un taux géométrique constant.

Key term(s)
  • dépréciation géométrique

Spanish

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