TaxGuyBill
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05-03-2020
09:50 AM
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Again, I'm not the one to ask, but I'm 'butting in' anyways. 😁
No.
The money that a shareholder puts money into the corporation is either a Capital Contribution, or if there are loan documents, a Loan.
Profit and Loss affect Retained Earnings. So as I mentioned above, claiming $20,000 of depreciation would reduce Retained Earnings
So if we ignore all other income and expenses, in your example above, the top half of the Balance Sheet would have have $80,000 of assets ($100,000 minus $20,000 of accumulated depreciation). The bottom half would have $100,000 of Capital Contributions, and negative $20,000 of Retained Earnings (a loss due to the depreciation taken). So it would balance.
Again, I hope somebody can confirm or correct me. 😀