Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134728520
Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright
Publisher: PEARSON
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Identify the depreciation method which is generally preferable for income tax purposes and its reason.
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1. When the useful life of an asset is more accurately defined in terms of how much it is used rather than the passage of time, the _____ method is used to calculate depreciation.
A. straight-line
B. sum-of-the-years' digits
C. units-of-production
D. declining-balance
2.The name given to tax rules for getting back or recovering through depreciation deductions the cost of property used in a trade or business, or to produce income is known as the _____ Accelerated Cost Recovery System.
A. Municipal
B. Modified
C. Minimum
D. Maximum
For financial accounting purposes, depreciation expense represents the decreasein an asset's fair market value.
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The total amount of depreciation taken over the life of a depreciable asset should be less if the double-declining balance depreciation method is used than if the straight-line method is used.
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Match the concept that closely describes a particular depreciation method. Choose the correct answer
lowers the tax liability
a) double-declining balance method b) units-of-production method c) straight-line method
more closely matches the expense with the benefit of the asset
a) double-declining balance method b) units-of-production method c) straight-line method
most commonly used method
a) double-declining balance method b) units-of-production method c) straight-line method
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Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
Ch. 8 - Prob. 1DQCh. 8 - Prob. 2DQCh. 8 - Prob. 3DQCh. 8 - What is depreciation, and why is it used in...Ch. 8 - Prob. 5DQCh. 8 - Which depreciation method would be moot...Ch. 8 - Prob. 7DQCh. 8 - Prob. 8DQCh. 8 - Prob. 9DQCh. 8 - Prob. 10DQ
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