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If you buy residential real estate as an investment, should you use accelerated or straight line depreciation? Many accountants will recommend straight line because they reason that when you sell, you have to pay back the excess depreciation in the form of ordinary income taxes. If you think about it, this reasoning does not make sense.
If you do not use accelerated methods, you have to pay tax on the same amount at ordinary income tax rates. By using accelerated, you postpone paying that ordinary tax until you sell. Furthermore, if you decide to exchange the property instead of sell
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