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Financial statement effects of depreciation —straight-line versus accelerated methods Assu...

Financial statement effects of depreciation —straight-line versus accelerated methods Assume that a company chooses an accelerated method of calculating depreciation expense for financial statement reporting purposes for an asset with a five-year life.

Required:

State the effect (higher, lower, no effect) of accelerated depreciation relative to straight-line depreciation on

a. Depreciation expense in the first year.


b. The asset’s net book value after two years.


c. Cash flows from operations (excluding income taxes).

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