1.304 -Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) for Equipment

Item	Description	FY2010	FY2011	FY2012
1.304	Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) for Equipment For depreciable tangible personal property placed in service after 1980, capital costs may be recovered using the Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS), which applies accelerated methods of depreciation over set recovery periods. For property placed in service after 1987, Massachusetts has adopted the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), which generally uses double declining balance depreciation over specified periods that are substantially shorter than actual useful lives (200% declining balance for 3-, 5-, 7- and 10-year recovery property and 150% declining balance for 15- and 20-year property). The excess of accelerated depreciation over economic depreciation is a tax expenditure, resulting in a deferral of tax or an interest-free loan. Origin: IRC S. 168 Estimate: $45.9	60.8	45.7	45.9

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ORIGIN
IRC	Federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.)
U.S.C	United States Code
M.G.L.	Massachusetts General Laws
Rev. Rul.; C.B.	Revenue Ruling; Cumulative Bulletin of the U.S. Treasury
ESTIMATES	All estimates are in $ millions.