Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System

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Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (alternatively known as General Depreciation System or GDS or by its acronym, MACRS) is a system for businesses to calculate depreciation for tax purposes based on the Tax Laws of 1986, 1989, and 2010).


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According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎,

Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS). A system for businesses to calculate depreciation for tax purposes based on the Tax Laws of 1986, 1989, and 2010; also known as the General Depreciation System (GDS).

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