You need to calculate the depreciation for each of the method and then recommend which method will give you the best tax benefit.You also need to tell us what is the extra depreciation Alaska Airlines will be able to deduct if it uses the favored tax benefit.
COMPUTING FIRT -YEAR DEPRECIATION AND BOOOK VALUE (10 MINS). At the beginning of the year,Alaska Freight Airlines expects the plane to remain useful for five years, ($4,000,000 miles) and to have a residual value of $7,000,000. The company expects the plane to be flown, 1,4000,000 miles the first year. Selecting the best depreciation method for tax purpoe for tax purposes (10 mins). this exercise use the Alaska Freight Airlines data from short execercise 9-3. Alaska Freight Airlines is deciding which depreciation method to use for income tax purposes.
Requirement;
1. which depreciation method offers the tax advantage for the first year? describe the nature of the tax advantage.
2. how much extra depreciation will Alaska Freight get to deduct for the first year as compared with the straight-line method?