Laurel's Lawn Care, Ltd., has a new mower line that can generate revenues of $135,000 per year. Direct production costs are $45,000, and the fixed costs of maintaining the lawn mower factory are $17,500 a year. The factory originally cost $0.9 million and is being depreciated for tax purposes over 20 years using straight-line depreciation. Calculate the operating cash flows of the project if the firm's tax bracket is 30%. (Enter your answer in dollars not in millions.) Operating cash flows
Depreciation Methods
The word "depreciation" is defined as an accounting method wherein the cost of tangible assets is spread over its useful life and it usually denotes how much of the assets value has been used up. The depreciation is usually considered as an operating expense. The main reason behind depreciation includes wear and tear of the assets, obsolescence etc.
Depreciation Accounting
In terms of accounting, with the passage of time the value of a fixed asset (like machinery, plants, furniture etc.) goes down over a specific period of time is known as depreciation. Now, the question comes in your mind, why the value of the fixed asset reduces over time.
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