{"id":3627,"date":"2018-11-28T13:39:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T13:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasteyourtime.co\/?page_id=3627"},"modified":"2020-07-20T12:52:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T11:52:35","slug":"tangible-assets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/traders-paradise.com\/magazine\/trading-dictionary\/t\/tangible-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Tangible Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><b>DEFINITION of Tangible assets<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangible assets represent physical items with a clear purchase value used by a company to produce goods and services. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>WHAT IT IS IN ESSENCE<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are physical and measurable assets that some companies use in their operations. Tangible assets can be securities like stocks, bonds, cash, land, vehicles, furniture, machinery, inventory, equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tangible assets are dividing into two groups: fixed and current.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Current assets<\/strong><\/em>, known as liquid assets too. are either cash or items which a company expects to sell by the end of the financial year.\u00a0The company can sell current assets to increase cash flow or ease debts and other liabilities.<\/span><br \/>\nThe stock is an example of a current asset because there is an expectation they will be sell in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Fixed assets<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0are physical items that the company cannot easily sell instant. These assets are long-term investments or they are essential for the day-to-day running of the business. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Machinery and property are examples of fixed assets, as both are essential in the running of the business so cannot easily be sold.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But companies have as properties also intangible assets.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are are nonphysical assets such as intellectual assets. It is difficult to determine their value because of the uncertainty of future benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intangible assets are patents, trademarks franchises, goodwill, copyrights, company&#8217;s brand, internet domain names. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, performance events, licensing agreements, service contracts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or can be computer software, blueprints, manuscripts, joint ventures, medical records, permits, and trade secrets.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>HOW TO USE<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangible assets form an important part of assets owned by a business. They play a critical role in carrying out business operations effectively. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There can be some consideration of the way you calculate them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, fixed assets are depreciated over time, depending on the method of depreciation adopted.\u00a0Hence the figure could vary from one business to another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then again, you must separate such assets from intangible ones. In order to be able to evaluate and measure their worth with any amount of accuracy. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this is exactly what net tangible assets is all about.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having said that, the relevance of measures associated with tangible assets obviously have their limitations. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is due to the difference in levels of intangible and tangible assets for different industries.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION of Tangible assets Tangible assets represent physical items with a clear purchase value used by a company to produce goods and services. WHAT IT IS IN ESSENCE They are physical and measurable assets that some companies use in their operations. 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