Steve is the practice administrator of a medical group practice (for-profit) and the organization just financed the purchase of a large fluoroscopy machine in their outpatient procedure suite. At the following board meeting, the physician owners as Steve about the tight budget constraints that are projected, partially due to the new monthly payments for the fluoroscopy machine bank loan. Specifically, they question the administrators recommendation to depreciate the machine, therefore using such funds for regular/daily operating expenses, instead of funding the accumulated depreciation account.

Using quotations (as if you were actually responding to the physician owners in this situation), respond to the doctors request. Keeping in mind that you work for them, provide a brief explanation as to the importance of depreciating large assets and use several reasons or examples to clarify to them your position/suggestion.