ACC 522 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Capital Cost Allowance, Capital Asset, Intangible Property

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12 May 2016
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Businesses acquire property to use in their business for periods longer than one year. Under gaap, such property is capitalized because it has enduring value and then depreciated using management"s best estimate of the assets" useful life, residual value and contribution to the business. Capital property of a business includes: tangible and, intangible property. In general tangible property is depreciated under gaap and intangible property is amortized under gaap. The terms mean the same thing: essentially they mean to write off the cost of the asset over time based on their use in the income earning process. Because management must use substantial judgment to determine their depreciation/amortization policies, there is room for manipulation. Consequently, when determining net income from a business for tax purposes accounting depreciation and amortization is added back when computing net income for tax purposes. Instead, the income tax act has devised the capital cost allowance system and cumulative eligible capital system.

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