The reason accelerated depreciation methods are used is to increase net income increase early net operating cashflows reduce operating cost all of these QUESTION 16 Interest expense should be ignored when estimating the operating cashflows from a project. True False QUESTION 17 Preferred and common dividends, even though they are cash expenses, are not included in the operating cash flow (NOCFt) calculation because they are unmeasurable capital costs negligible in terms of income levels noncash expenses