Depreciation: Depreciation Value Purpose of Depreciation Types of Depreciation
Depreciation: Depreciation Value Purpose of Depreciation Types of Depreciation
Depreciable Property
1. Be used in business or held for the production of
income;
2. Have a definite service life, which must be longer
than one year; and
3. Be something that wears out, decays, gets used up,
becomes obsolete, or loses value from natural
causes.
DEPRECIATION
Properties that depreciates
Buildings
Machinery
Equipment
Vehicles
lists; franchises)
Driveways
Parking lots
Landscaping
Cost Basis
Includes the actual cost of an asset and all incidental
Cost Basis
1. Raymond Stamping Services purchased a stamping
machine prices at $21,500. The firm had to pay a sales
tax of $1,200 on this purchase. Raymond also paid the
inbound transportation charges of $525 on the new
machine, as well as a labor cost of $1,350 to install the
machine in the factory. In addition, Raymond has to
prepare the site before installation at a cost of $2,125.
Determine the cost basis for the new machine for
depreciation purposes.
DEPRECIATION
Cost Basis
(F) Depreciation. –
(1) General Rule. - There shall be allowed as a depreciation
deduction a reasonable allowance for the exhaustion, wear and tear
(including reasonable allowance for obsolescence) of property used in
the trade or business. In the case of property held by one person for
life with remainder to another person, the deduction shall be
computed as if the life tenant were the absolute owner of the property
and shall be allowed to the life tenant. In the case of property held in
trust, the allowable deduction shall be apportioned between the
income beneficiaries and the trustees in accordance with the pertinent
provisions of the instrument creating the trust, or in the absence of
such provisions, on the basis of the trust income allowable to each.
Tax Reform Act of 1997
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DEPRECIATION METHODS