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Straight-Line Depreciation

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A method employed to calculate the decline in the value of income-producing property for the purposes of federal taxation.

Under this method, the annual depreciation deduction that is used to offset the annual income generated by the property is determined by dividing the cost of the property minus its expected salvage value by the number of years of anticipated useful life.



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Only the excess depreciation over straight-line depreciation (the additional depreciation) is subject to recapture.
Assume the improvements are finished on January 1, 2004 so that both the bonus and a full year of regular straight-line depreciation are available fur 2004.
A lack of IRS direction and guidance caused taxpayers to revert back to straight-line depreciation, and the TRA '86 had longer recovery periods, too.
 
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