Tax and depreciationForums › ACCA Forums › ACCA FA Financial Accounting Forums › Tax and depreciationThis topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 8 years ago by John Moffat.Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)AuthorPosts December 9, 2015 at 8:16 am #289453 tharuka111MemberTopics: 9Replies: 5☆Dear sir, ABC purchased a car for £10000.roadtax=£150.my question is when calculating depreciation in reducing balance method should we consider 150 +10000 in the equation? If not why? December 9, 2015 at 9:03 am #289481 John MoffatKeymasterTopics: 57Replies: 54479☆☆☆☆☆In future you must ask in the Ask the Tutor Forum if you want me to answer – this forum is for students to help each other.Only the cost of $10,000 is capital expenditure, and will appear on the SOFP and be depreciated.The road tax is revenue expenditure, and will appear as an expense in the SOPL – it is a running cost that will be payable every year.AuthorPostsViewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)You must be logged in to reply to this topic.Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In