enacted‚ or if the new legislation is enacted and the capital project is contracted early enough so that it is grandfathered in. With tax legislation grandfathered‚ the project gets the benefit of the new lower corporate tax rate and the old ACRS depreciation method. Although when presented with this project one year ago in 1984‚ Paperco was able to be postponed this capital project since it was merely “moderately attractive”. The prospect of new tax legislation being enacted as rumored makes the Net
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New Economy Transport (A) p. 182The New Economy Transport Company (NETCO) was formed in 1955 to carry cargo and passengers between ports in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. By 2008 its fleet had grown to four vessels‚ including a small dry-cargo vessel‚ the Vital Spark. The Vital Spark is 25 years old and badly in need of an overhaul. Peter Handy‚ the finance director‚ has just been presented with a proposal that would require the following expenditures: Mr. Handy believes that all
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ACCTNG 3402 – Financial Accounting and Reporting II Assignment due February 13‚ 2013 Spring‚ 2013 Depreciation: Airplanes and Garbage Trucks Your answers to the questions below should be clear‚ well-written‚ free of grammar and spelling errors‚ double-spaced with margins of at least one inch on all sides‚ and word-processed. In preparing this assignment‚ you may discuss the issues with each other or with anyone else‚ but your written answers must be your own work. If you need to quote someone
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(excluding VAT). The total transportation and testing cost is 5 million VND. Their estimated useful life is 5 years. Required: 1. You are asked to create a depreciation table for these equipments‚ using these following methods: a. Straight line method b. Double declining balance method c. Sum of years’ digits method 2. Compare their depreciation expenses and rates‚ then comment on their capital recovery rates. (Assume that this enterprise pay VAT by the tax deduction method) EXERCISE 2 A forestry
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truck and an overhead pulley system‚ in this year’s capital budget. The projects are independent. The cash outlay for the truck is $17‚100 and that for the pulley system is $22‚430. The firm’s cost of capital is 14%. After-tax cash flows‚ including depreciation‚ are as follows: Year Truck Pulley 1 $5‚100 $7‚500 2 $5‚100 $7‚500 3 $5‚100 $7‚500 4 $5‚100 $7‚500 5 $5‚100 $7‚500 Calculate the IRR‚ the NPV‚ and the MIRR for each project‚ and indicate the correct accept-reject decision for each.
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Accounting Depreciation at Delta Airlines & Singapore Airlines (Solution to Case #2) 24th November‚ 2009 1. Calculate the annual depreciation expense that Delta and Singapore would record for each $100 gross value of aircraft. a. Delta: i. Prior to July 1‚ 1986 the Delta airline assets were depreciated using Straight Line Method at 10% for 10 years for a salvage value of 10%. Depreciation Expense = (Cost of Asset – Salvage Value) / number of year Depreciation Expense
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The word ’Depreciation ’ has been derived from the Latin word ’Depretium ’ which means ’decline in price ’ or ’value ’. Depreciation relates to fixed assets which loose value on account of usage. Therefore ’Depreciation ’ means decline in value of fixed assets on account of usage. Definitions: Depreciation may be defined as the permanent and continuing diminution in the quality‚ quantity or the value of an asset.William Pickles Depreciation in the shrinkage in the value of an asset at a given
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Depreciation at Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines Acct 531 – Intermediate Finance Acct 1 SECTION 1 – 13WQ Instructor: John V. Merle‚ MBA February 27‚ 2013 Emma Waage Roarke Stone Tim Gould Introduction Depreciation expense is the way that the use of an asset is matched with the revenue that is generated from the asset on the income statement during the time period being reported. Each asset used in a business has a useful life as disclosed by the company’s depreciation
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Depreciation: Airplanes and Garbage Trucks Part I: Airplanes Assume that on January 1‚ 2005‚ each of the three airlines purchases a new Boeing 757 for $75 million. Each airline estimates that the residual value will be 5% of cost. Each airline uses the average depreciation period that is consistent with its policies as stated in the Appendix‚ found on page 3. On January 1‚ 2009‚ each firm sells the plane. First‚ assume that Northwest sells its plane for $55 million‚ Delta sells its plane
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Sum of the Years’ Digits Method of Depreciation Sum of the years’ digits method of depreciation is one of the accelerated depreciation techniques which are based on the assumption that assets are generally more productive when they are new and their productivity decreases as they become old. The formula to calculate depreciation under SYD method is: SYD Depreciation = Depreciable Base × Remaining Useful Life Sum of the Years’ Digits In the above formula‚ depreciable base is the difference between
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