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Which one of the following statements is true?
a. Financial statement readers cannot determine whether the depreciation method used by a company is appropriate.
b. Financial statement readers can determine the useful lives of assets depreciated during the reported period.
c. Financial statement readers cannot determine the depreciation expense for the reported period
d. Financial statement readers can accurately estimate the effect an alternative depreciation method would have on income.
As explained in this chapter, accounting theory allows firms to choose a depreciation method from several equally acceptable alternatives to allocate the cost of a long-term asset to expense over the useful life of the asset. In practice, however, most organizations use the straight-line method of depreciation for financial statement presentation and the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) for tax reporting purposes because the Internal Revenue Code allows firms to use an accelerated depreciation method on their tax returns, instead of the straight-line method they report under GAAP.
Discuss why a company would choose to use straight-line deprecation for financial reporting purposes and an accelerated method for tax purposes. Speculate on why the tax code might allow firms to accelerate depreciation for investments in productive resources.
Which of the following statements are TRUE? a. The reason for including a treatment of depreciation in this book is to allow you to develop a reasonably accurate report to the owners of a business regarding its value at any given point in time. b. Depreciation spreads investment costs over the useful life of equipment purchased. c. Depreciation allowances can be treated as expenses because they are cash flows. d. Depreciation affects income taxes, which are cash flows.
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