Tax depreciation benefits on aircraft in the US & Japan, Issue 3 Jan/Feb 1999
Issue 03 Jan/Feb 1999
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Tax depreciation benefits on aircraft have been substantially reduced in
recent years. Its effects have been felt in Europe, and now in Japan. Only
the US is untouched. This article compares the situation in Japan and the
US and looks at Japan’s possible salvation: the operating lease.