Ifsuchassetsareabandonedwhen the naturalresourceis exhausted, they should bedepreciated over theshorter of the(a) physical life of theassetor(b) life of the natural resource.
Two weeks after the TARP was enacted, Paulson abandoned the toxic asset plan and announced that the money would instead be used to shore up the capital of banks.
This created a fantastic opportunity for asset-based lenders like Presidential to capture large portions of the market that had been abandoned by traditional small business lenders like banks and credit unions over the last three or four years.