Discover how different depreciation methods affect long-term asset values and short-term earnings, plus key assumptions that ...

Assets like equipment, vehicles and furniture lose value as they age. Parts wear out and pieces break, eventually requiring repair or replacement. Depreciation helps companies account for the ...

Learn how the general depreciation system (GDS) works within MACRS, its methods, tax implications, and how it accelerates asset depreciation.

If you take a bite into an apple and let it sit, over time, the bite mark will begin to brown. That browning is a lot like "depreciation." Depreciation in accounting means to spread the cost of buying ...

Depreciation expense can be a big portion of a company’s total expense. And since expenses decrease income, it affects the overall value of a company. Understanding what it is and the methods can help ...

When your company purchases a fixed asset with an estimated lifetime exceeding one year, you cannot deduct the entire cost in the year of purchase. Rather, you must depreciate the asset by expensing a ...

Depreciation recapture is the process by which the IRS reclaims tax benefits previously obtained through depreciation when an investor sells a depreciable asset for more than its depreciated value.

Karla Dennis, EA, MST, is CFO/CEO of the award-winning tax accounting firm KDA Inc.—specializing in tax planning. Buried in the July 4 tax overhaul, formally titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, was ...