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Accumulated depreciation is the total amount a company depreciates its assets, and depreciation expense is the amount a company's assets are depreciated for a single period. Essentially, accumulated depreciation is the total amount of a company's cost that has been allocated to depreciation expense since the asset or assets have been put into use. The accumulated depreciation account is an asset account on a company's balance sheet with a credit balance.
Accumulated depreciation is the grand total of all depreciation expense that has been recognized to date on a fixed asset. As such, it is considered a contra asset account, which means that it contains a negative balance that is intended to offset the asset account with which it is paired, resulting in a net book value. Accumulated depreciation is classified separately from normal asset and liability accounts, for the following reasons: