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

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The primary advantage to using accelerated rather than straight-line depreciation is that with accelerated depreciation the total amount of depreciation that can be taken, assuming the asset is used for its full tax life, is greater.

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