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 ...

When businesses buy a large asset for their company, it gets a place as an asset on the balance sheet. But the accounting that happens behind the scenes is much more important than lines on an ...

In modern industry, where machinery often represents the largest share of capital investment, understanding the real economic ...

Understanding the differences between depreciation and amortization is essential for managing assets and financial reporting. Both are methods of allocating the cost of an asset over its useful life, ...

Depreciation is an accounting methodology that allocates the cost of an asset over its expected useful life. Learn more about how depreciation works and how it affects company financials. blackred ...

The Treasury has issued final regulations (Treasury Decision 9314) explaining how to depreciate modified accelerated cost recovery system (MACRS) property that has been acquired in a section 1031 like ...

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.

Recently released Revenue Procedure 2021-26 (the Revenue Procedure) provides taxpayers with guidance regarding accounting method changes made on behalf of foreign corporations. The Revenue Procedure: ...