Accelerated Depreciation

Home fuel cell - Incentives 1 For businesses, additional cash advantages can be realized from bonus and accelerated depreciation of fuel cells.

Distributed generation - Wind turbine 1 Construction costs are higher ($0.80/W, 2007) per watt than large power plants, except in very windy areas. Wind towers and generators have substantial insurable liabilities caused by high winds, but good operating safety. In some areas of the US there may also be Property Tax costs involved with wind turbines that are not offset by incentives or accelerated depreciation.[ pdf] Retrieved on 20 October 2010 Wind also tends to complement solar.

Wind power - Incentives and community benefits 1 Another tax benefit is accelerated depreciation

Energy subsidies - Overview 1 * Preferential tax treatments ndash; rebates or exemption on royalties, duties, producer levies and tariffs; tax credit; accelerated depreciation allowances on energy supply equipment.

Accelerated depreciation 1 For tax purposes, accelerated depreciation provides a way of deferring corporate income taxes by reducing taxable income in current years, in exchange for increased taxable income in future years

Accelerated depreciation 1 For financial reporting purposes, the two most popular methods of accelerated depreciation are the 'double declining balance' method and the 'sum-of-the-years’ digits' method. For tax purposes, the allowable methods of accelerated depreciation depend on the tax law that the taxpayer is subject to. In the United States, the two currently allowable depreciation methods for tax purposes are both accelerated depreciation methods (ACRS and MACRS).

Accelerated depreciation - Additional factors 1 There is no evidence, however, that accelerated depreciation leads to higher overall tax revenue for the government

Accelerated depreciation - Additional factors 1 Governments generally provide opportunities to defer taxes where there are specific policy reasons to encourage an industry. For example, accelerated depreciation is used in some countries to encourage investment in renewable energy. Further, governments have increased accelerated depreciation methods in time of economic stress (in particular, the US government passed laws after 9-11 to further accelerate depreciation on capital assets).

Accelerated depreciation - Example 1 As a simple example, a company buys a Electrical generator|generator that costs $1,000 that is expected to last for 10 years. Under the most simple form of depreciation, the company might allocate $100 of the cost of the generator to its expenses every year, until the $1000 capital expense has been used up. Under accelerated depreciation, the company may be allowed to allocate $200 of the cost of the generator for five years.

Accelerated depreciation - Example 1 (This example has been simplified for a basic demonstration of how accelerated depreciation works. It does not factor in an accurate class life, recovery period or account for convention.)

Distributed energy - Wind turbine 1 In some areas of the US there may also be Property Tax costs involved with wind turbines that are not offset by incentives or accelerated depreciation.[ osti/fy97/6980.pdf] Retrieved on 20 October 2010 Wind also tends to complement solar

Tendency of the rate of profit to fall - Marx's argument 1 *accelerated depreciation and faster throughput;

Shopping mall - History 1 Mall construction in America was encouraged by the accelerated depreciation laws of 1954, which incentivized greenfield development on the urban fringe

Fiscal multiplier - United States of America 1 Among tax cuts, multipliers ranged from 1.29 for a payroll tax holiday down to 0.27 for accelerated depreciation

Cost segregation study 1 and maintenance of a building. Reducing tax lives results in accelerated depreciation deductions, a reduced tax liability,and increased cash flow.

Hans-Werner Sinn - Research 1 His study on the stimulating effects of accelerated depreciation and the various components of capital income taxation on intertemporal, international and intersectoral allocation is still considered one of the standard works in this field.Capital Income Taxation and Resource Allocation, North Holland: Amsterdam, New York, Oxford and Tokyo

Alternative minimum tax - History 1 On the other hand, individuals or corporations which received the bulk of their income from such sources as capital gains or were in a position to benefit from net lease arrangements, from accelerated depreciation on real estate, from percentage depletion, or from other tax- preferred activities tended to pay relatively low rates of tax

Totaled - Auto insurance 1 Diminished value is the reduction in a vehicle's market value occurring after a vehicle is wrecked and repaired, otherwise called Accelerated depreciation (automotive)|accelerated depreciation

Totaled - Auto insurance 1 In Canada, this is more commonly called accelerated depreciation; how a person goes about reclaiming those losses in either country is a different process. In some US states, insurance companies acknowledge diminished value and provide this coverage direct to their consumers. In Canada, in order to recuperate the lost value after an accident, a person needs to retain legal counsel and order an acceleration depreciation report on their car for the courts use.

Biofuel in the United Kingdom - Asia 1 One salient feature of the policy is to create an environment conducive to investments through the provision of the following incentives: (a) duty-free importation of renewable energy (RE) machinery, equipment and materials over the initial 10 years through the issuance of certifications to RE developers; (b) duty-free importation of farm machinery and agricultural inputs during the initial 10 years from the effectivity of the Renewable Energy law; (c) income tax holidays over the first seven years of commercial operation; (d) accelerated depreciation if an RE fails to receive an ITH before full operation; (e) cash incentives from RE Developers for Missionary Electrification, i.e., 50% of the universal charge for power needed to service missionary areas; (f) corporate tax rates of 10% on its net taxable income after the initial seven-year ITH period; (g) tax exemptions for carbon credits; (h) special realty tax rates of not more than 1.5% on equipment and machinery, civil works, and other improvements; and (i) net operating loss carry-over (NOLCO) during the first three years of commercial operation will be deductible from gross income over the next seven years of operation

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