As a Result of Changes in the Tax Laws in the Late

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Essay

As a result of changes in the tax laws in the late 1980s, interest payments on consumer loans were no longer deductible. How should this change in the tax law affect the consumption expenditure line, assuming everything else held equal?

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Definitions:

Direct Method

A method for allocating service department costs directly to producing departments without intermediate allocations among service departments.

Operating Activities

Activities that are directly related to the running of a business and the production of its goods and services, affecting the company's cash flow.

Direct Method

In financial accounting, refers to a way of allocating service department costs directly to producing departments without intermediate allocations.

Cash Basis

A bookkeeping practice in which income and outgoings are documented at the point of actual transaction, instead of when they are accrued.