During the year the company redesigned its display areas in all of its outlets. The previous displays had cost $10 million and had been written down by $9 million. There was an unexpected cost of $500,000 for the removal and disposal of the old display areas. Also during the year the company revalued the carrying amount of its property upwards by $5 million, the accumulated depreciation on these properties of $2 million was reset to zero. All depreciation is charged to operating expenses….
I am not understanding the treatment of accumulated depreciation in relation to revaluation . What does it explains ?
What this appears to be saying is that, of the $5 million credit to the revaluation reserve, $2 million has been debited to the property accumulated depreciation account and $3 million debited to the property account