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Accelerated Depreciation

Definition: Accelerated depreciation is any of several depreciation methods that recognize an increased amount of depreciation in the earliest years of asset usage. This results in increased tax benefits in the early years of asset life, since the higher depreciation expense reduces taxable income. An example of an accelerated depreciation method is the sum-of-the-years-digits method.