how to recors a layby
Linas Vepstas
linas@linas.org
Wed, 19 Dec 2001 20:42:27 -0600
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 06:18:07PM +1300, Rob Brown-Bayliss was heard to remark:
>
> > Does this all make sense to you?
>
> Yes, more so t hat the liabilite at least, so my asset grows with each
> payment to the store,
>
> Next question, my payments come from another asset account (savings at
> bank), so I am transfering from one asset to another, total assets
> remain the same correct?
For a while, yes. If you can't get some of your money back, that would
be an expense.
> So the camera gear is always an asset, but if I ever sell it I wont get
> what I paid, at this point what do I do with the difference, the
> depreciation? Pop it in to an expense account?
Yes.
> Truth is that for home accounts I did not see the point in recording
> computers and other toys as an asset, cars and houses sure. Maybe I
> should...
Its a hassle to track small items as assets; its easier to 'expense' them:
i.e. to pretend that they've depreciated 100% on the day you bought them,
i.e. to pretend they're now valueless, and record that depreciation as an
expense.
Seriously, do you think you'll find a buyer for your half-full, week-old
gallon of milk? No, you've "deperciated" it 100% the day you bought it.
--linas
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