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How to consider own equipment cost for specific project?

If company utilize its own equipment during its project, then how equipment costs are calculated/measured/ reported for each project and those cost come under which category? I understand these costs are indirect costs. Because equipment will be used for long term and over number of projects. And the practice is to put this costs under "depreciation" while arriving at company's Profit and Loss Statement. Awaiting your valuable opinions

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Question added by Bhavin Mehta CCP(CCE), PMP , Assistant Manager , Larsen and Toubro Ltd
Date Posted: 2013/07/24
Mohamed Ramy Tmar
by Mohamed Ramy Tmar , Senior Scheduler Team Lead , Jacobs Engineering SA

This section presents some useful information for estimating the cost of control equipment.
We must recognize the cost includes the following components.
· Purchase · Transportation from supplier to user · Installation and documentation · Calibration · Maintenance over the equipment lifetime

Bhavin Mehta CCP(CCE), PMP
by Bhavin Mehta CCP(CCE), PMP , Assistant Manager , Larsen and Toubro Ltd

I know is that it will be unfair to consider entire equipment cost under single project.
What I suggests, we can put transportation to project site, repair, maintenance which might occur during usage of that equipment for that project.
Otherwise, cost of purchase (ownership) should be excluded and should be considered as depreciation for a company as a whole.
And above equipment costs (repair, transportation, etc) will be direct costs.

amer jayyousi
by amer jayyousi , Business Development Consultant , freelance

when higher cost and capital requirments prevail, we always consider alternatives such as equipment swap or lease/rental.

purchasing equipment for a single project is some how problematic as it holds alot of expenditure areas,carrying costs,running costs,and equipment desposal at the end of the project.

Ramy Zakher
by Ramy Zakher , Executive director , EEP

Simply, The cost of purchase will be a assist for a company.
the projects will cost by the depreciation "annual percent".
and the cost of (repair, transportation, fuel, etc) will be direct cost to the projects.

Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA
by Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA , Financial Analysis Assistant General Manager , Khalda Petroleum Company

using project costing and charging depreciation based on % of usage under indirect fixed costs

Aziz ur Rehman ur Rehman
by Aziz ur Rehman ur Rehman , Assistant Manager Finance , Central Power Puchasing Agency (CPPA)

deperciation charged for that period in which that equipment is used in the project

alternatively

value of asset when the project start                               xx

value of asset when the project closed                         ( xx)

amount charged in the project i.e deperciation                xx

Dunya Zaib FCMA
by Dunya Zaib FCMA , General Manager Strategy , National Aquaculture Group

Charge cost of depreciation to the project

Nasser albalkhi
by Nasser albalkhi , General Manager , 7points

Depreciation cost per hour