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Note 2 - Other Assets | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Other Assets Disclosure [Text Block] | 2 –Other Assets The capitalized costs, including capitalized interest, of the SAP enterprise software and SAP dealership management system of $39.1 million are recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheet in Other Assets at September 30, 2014. These capitalized costs are net of accumulated amortization of $9.5 million. The SAP software is being amortized over a period of 15 years. The Company is currently operating 83 Rush Truck Centers and all of its leasing operations on the SAP enterprise software and SAP dealership management system, which represent approximately 70% of the Company’s total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The Company plans to convert all of its existing Rush Truck Centers to the SAP enterprise software and SAP dealership management system by the end of the second quarter of 2015. Amortization expense relating to the SAP software, which is recognized in depreciation and amortization expense in the Consolidated Statement of Income, was $0.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014, and $0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013, and $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, and $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The Company estimates that amortization expense relating to the SAP software will be approximately $3.3 million for each of the next five succeeding years. The Company’s only significant identifiable intangible assets, other than goodwill, are rights under franchise agreements with manufacturers. The fair value of the franchise right is determined at the acquisition date by discounting the projected cash flows specific to each acquisition. The carrying value of the Company’s manufacturer franchise rights was $4.5 million at September 30, 2014, and December 31, 2013, and is included in Other Assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company has determined that manufacturer franchise rights have an indefinite life as there are no economic or other factors that limit their useful lives and they are expected to generate cash flows indefinitely due to the historically long lives of the manufacturers’ brand names. Furthermore, to the extent that any agreements evidencing manufacturer franchise rights have expiration dates, the Company expects that it will be able to renew those agreements in the ordinary course of business. Accordingly, the Company does not amortize manufacturer franchise rights. Due to the fact that manufacturer franchise rights are specific to geographic region, the Company has determined that the geographic region is the appropriate level for purposes of testing franchise rights for impairment. Management reviews indefinite-lived manufacturer franchise rights for impairment annually during the fourth quarter, or more often if events or circumstances indicate that an impairment may have occurred. The Company is subject to financial statement risk to the extent that manufacturer franchise rights become impaired due to decreases in the fair market value of its individual franchises. The significant estimates and assumptions used by management in assessing the recoverability of manufacturer franchise rights include estimated future cash flows, present value discount rate, and other factors. Any changes in these estimates or assumptions could result in an impairment charge. The estimates of future cash flows, based on reasonable and supportable assumptions and projections, require management’s subjective judgment. Depending on the assumptions and estimates used, the estimated future cash flows projected in the evaluations of manufacturer franchise rights can vary within a range of outcomes. No impairment write down was required in the fourth quarter of 2013. The Company cannot predict the occurrence of certain events that might adversely affect the reported value of manufacturer franchise rights in the future. However, no facts or circumstances were noted during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 that would indicate impairment.

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