Summary of External and Internal situation of Delta Air Lines Technological advancements‚ mergers and acquisitions‚ volatility in crude oil prices‚ currency depreciation‚ ground staff management and baggage handling are the major external factors for Delta Air Lines. The Monroe oil refinery purchased by Delta Air Lines provides an opportunity for the company to deal with the volatility in crude oil prices. Presently Delta Airline is over dependent on the North American markets‚ which
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Delta with Northwest which is a larger airline carrier. Delta Air Lines’ quarterly earnings announcement contained a glimmer of hope for the airlines sector‚ as the carrier revealed a significant bump to its forecasted synergies expected to come out of its planned merger with Northwest Airlines. Delta anticipates as much as $500 million in synergies next year‚ increasing to the full-run rate of approximately $2 billion in annual synergies by 2012. Conversely‚ the expected integration costs have also
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new machine that costs $100‚000 and requires installation costs of $10‚000. The new machine would have a 5-year usable life and would be depreciated under MACRS using a 5-year recovery period. The firm’s projected revenues and expenses (excluding depreciation and interest)‚ if it requires the machine‚ would be as follows: Year Revenue Expenses (Excl‚ depr‚ and int.) 1 $1‚000‚000 $764‚500 2 1‚175‚000 839‚800 3 1‚130‚000 914‚900 4 1‚425‚000 989‚900 5 1‚550‚000 998‚900 The new machine
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CHAPTER 11 DEPRECIATION‚ IMPAIRMENTS‚ AND DEPLETION TRUE-FALSE—Conceptual Answer T F T T F F T F F T T F T F T T F T F T No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20 Description Nature of depreciation. Nature of depreciation. Depreciation‚ depletion‚ and amortization. Definition of depreciation base. Factors involved in depreciation process. Definition of inadequacy. Objection to straight-line method. Units-of-production approach. Accelerated depreciation method
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the importance of depreciation expenses. Depreciation as a concept and in practice plays a very important role in a company ’s cash flow hence in funding. The reason ’s are basically two‚ firstly because depreciation is a way of self finance for an organization and secondly because is a way of decreasing taxes that the government claims as the company doesn ’t have to pay taxes on depreciation which consequently enlarges the cash flow of the company. As a term depreciation in accounting is the
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Differentiating Depreciation Methods Straight-line method of depreciation is where the depreciation is charged as long as you have an asset. However‚ an accelerated method of depreciation is where the depreciation that you have charged the amount will decline over a period of time. In straight-line method in order for you to get the depreciation amount the asset is subtracted from its cost. In the mean time‚ accelerated method is charged in the beginning of the life time but in the end it
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Depreciation of Fixed Assets Depreciation A business may acquire fixed assets such as land‚ buildings‚ machinery‚ office equipment‚ delivery equipment and natural resources (e.g. a piece if mining land)to help in the process of its operations to earn revenue in order to make a profit. Such assets‚ by their very nature‚ provide benefits to the business for more than one financial year or period. In fact‚ when a business buys a fixed asset at a certain cost (say $10‚000)‚ it is actually buying
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CURRENCY DEPRECIATION AND ITS IMPACTS Devaluation means decreasing the value of nation’s currency relative to gold or the currencies of other nations. Devaluation occurs in terms of all other currencies‚ but it is best illustrated in the case of only one other currency. Devaluation and Depreciation are sometimes used interchangeably‚ but they always refer to values in terms of other currencies and the value of currency is determined by the interplay of money supply and money demand. In common modern
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practice of depreciation and depletion play an integral part in a company ’s cash flow and profit or loss statements. Depreciation‚ according to investopedia is a method of allocating the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life. Depletion is very similar to depreciation with very subtle differences‚ the first one being what is depreciated verses depleted. All assets (except land) are depreciated but the assets with natural resources are depleted. The methods on how depreciation and depletion
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ELEMENTS OF DEPRECIATION COMPUTATION Depreciation accounting may be defined as a systematic procedure for allocating the cost of a long-lived asset over its useful life. The determination of the depreciation expense of a period depends on three basic elements. These are: • Depreciation Base. The cost to be allocated over the period of use is known as the depreciation base. This consists of the initial purchase cost of the asset minus any salvage value expected at the time of retirement plus
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