The accounting treatment of a contingent liablity is based o…

The accounting treatment of a contingent liablity is based on two requirements: Likelihood of occurence and whether or not the occurance is estimable.  If both requirements are answered “yes”, how should this contngency be treated on the financial statements?

An alternate depreciation method called “Units of Production…

An alternate depreciation method called “Units of Production” is based on  the estimated total number of units that the piece of equipment is expected to make in production over its useful life.   Therefore, the deprecation expense is determined by the total cost of the asset divided by the number of units it is expected to make.