Lets contend to decrease the 4 year aged office building you’ve been regulating the double-declining shift process for the final 4 years. Now we wish to shift to the true line process upon the 5th year? Does this violate GAAP?
ACCORDING TO GAAP, CAN YOU USE MULTIPLE DEPRECIATION METHODS FOR ONE ASSET OVER THE COURSE OF ITS LIFE?
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Yes, it does. If you want to change then you must work backwards from year 1 – and depreciate using straight line for whole 5 years.
If you change only in year 5- there amount will be slight difference. Tax authorities might see it as ‘creative accounting’ if they detect you.
Good Luck.
Jas