TITLE:
Development of a Simulation Software for Plant Asset Depreciation Computation Using Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System
AUTHORS:
Basil Olufemi Akinnuli, Oluwole Timothy Ojo
KEYWORDS:
Simulation, Software, Plant Asset, Depreciation
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.5 No.3,
March
22,
2018
ABSTRACT: This work presents the computation of depreciation under Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System using simulation software developed for the purpose. The three case studies presented provide in-depth analysis and applications of the simulation software that was developed. The results from the three case studies proved that the investment of $900,000 by Virgin Atlantic airline to purchase three new aircrafts will be recovered in 8 years; Toyota’s investment of $152,000 in the automated assembly line will be recovered in 8 years while AEG’s investments in the two forklift trucks and crane will both be recovered in 8 years for the same reason. These results gave a quick insight for evaluating such an unstructured real life problem as depreciation (cost recovery) in organizations.