
It’s still very possible the overall venture will be a loss to the company, but not as big of one as you might think when considering the overall tax impact.

Tax regulations will allow Disney to recover the write-down in value of the Galactic Starcruiser hotel and, in the process, pay less tax on the property overall. I would like to include a 'puts' statement to write the result of each test to a file on the machine callin. O'Neal was widely expected to announce his resignation as early as. I am writing an expect script that will ssh into several IPs to test their connectivity.

Though on the surface, this depreciation may sound negative, the company is pleased with the value reduction because of taxation. The larger-than-expected writedown prompted a 2.3 billion loss in the quarter and a downgrade of the firm's credit rating. “I don’t think we’ve talked about this before, but in both Q3 and Q4 as we accelerate depreciation on that Starcruiser, we should expect about $100-150 million acceleration in depreciation,” stated D’Amaro.

Speaking during the recent JP Morgan Global Technology, Media & Communications Conference, D’Amaro reported the closure of the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser this fall will enable Disney to claim a tax write-off of approximately $300 million.įollowing the hotel’s closure, depreciation is expected to accelerate at a rate of $100 million to $150 million per quarter over a span of two quarters. Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro states that although the experience did not perform as well as Disney had hoped, it will ultimately lead to a significant tax break for the company. Last week Disney announced that Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser will permanently close in September 2023. Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) has more than enough capital to deal with an expected writedown on exposure to monoline insurers and collateralized debt obligations, says UBS Investment Research.
