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Real Estate/Development

Jan. 28, 2003

Accelerating Depreciation Helps Unlock Tax Savings Hidden in Buildings

BY ERIC JOHNSTON Many property owners make the mistake of depreciating a building's entire cost as real property. That can be expensive. Chances are, a portion of what is being depreciated as real property is considered personal property under the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System, the tax depreciation system that applies to most tangible property placed in service after 1986.

        BY ERIC JOHNSTON
        
        Many property owners make the mistake of depreciating a building's entire cost as real property. That can be expensive. Chances are, a portion of what is being depreciated as real property is considered personal property under the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System, the tax depreciation system that ap...

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