Chapter 3
Figuring Depreciation Under MACRS

Introduction

Topics and Useful Items

Which Depreciation System (GDS or ADS) Applies?

Which Property Class Applies Under GDS?

What Is the Placed-in-Service Date?

What Is the Basis for Depreciation?

Which Recovery Period Applies?

Which Convention Applies?

Which Depreciation Method Applies?

How Is the Depreciation Deduction Figured?

How Do You Use General Asset Accounts?

When Do You Recapture MACRS Depreciation?