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A company purchases machinery for ₹50 lakhs with a useful life of 10 years and salvage value of ₹5 lakhs. The company uses straight-line depreciation. Due to a change in accounting policy, it now switches to the Written Down Value (WD
- V method mid-way, citing better matching of revenue with expenses. What is the impact on financial statements?
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