The historical significance of the revaluation of fixed assets in Japan's state-owned railway system, 1955-6

Shigeto Sasaki

Accounting History Review, 2001, vol. 11, issue 3, 293-309

Abstract: The Government Railways of Japan (GRJ) established a fixed assets accounting system on the accruals basis after the Second World War. The revaluation of tangible fixed assets was indispensable for GRJ's introduction of depreciation in 1948. GRJ scheduled the revaluation to secure a reasonable depreciation expense, because the company had applied the replacement method to all tangible fixed assets since its foundation in 1869. At the same time, GRJ assumed the balance of the revaluation reserve account to be a means of dealing with possible future accumulated losses.

Keywords: Railway Government Railways Of Japan Revaluation Fixed Assets Depreciation Capital Maintenance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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