| A | B |
|---|
| Current assets | Cash and other assets expected to be exchanged for cash or consumed within a year |
| Plant assets | Assets that will be used for a number of years in the operation of a business |
| Real property | Land and anything attached to the land |
| Personal property | All property not classified as real property |
| Assessed value | The value of an asset determined by tax authorities for the purpose of calculating taxes |
| Depreciation Expense | The portion of a plan asset's cost that is transferred to an expense account in each fiscal period during a plant asset's useful life |
| Estimated salvage value | The amount an owner expects to rceive when a plan asset is removed from use |
| Straight-line method of depreciation | Charging an equal amount of depreciation expense for a plant asset in each year of useful life |
| Accumulated depreciation | The total amount of depreciation expense that has been recorded since the purchase of a plant asset |
| Book value of a plan asset | The original cost of a plant asset minus accumulated depreciation |
| Plant asset record | An accounting form on which a business records information about each plant asset |
| Gain on plant assets | Revenue that results when a plan asset is sold for more than book value |
| Declining-balance method of depreciation | Multiplying the book value by a constatnt depreciation rate at the end of each fiscal year |
