The Primary Advantage to Using Accelerated Rather Than Straight-Line Depreciation

question 3

True/False

The primary advantage to using accelerated rather than straight-line depreciation is that with accelerated depreciation the present value of the tax savings provided by depreciation will be higher, other things held constant.

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