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2.
Select the depreciation method (see page 48).
3.
Select depreciation calculations
b
y
pressing
O
.
•
When using the declining
balance method, DB (I/Y) ap-
pears
. Enter the n
umber and press
Q
.
•
T
o
end depreciation calculations
, press
s
. If y
ou press
s
dur
ing entr
y,
an
y entered v
alues will be cleared.
4.
Enter the n
umber of y
ears of depreciation into LIFE (N) b
y
pressing
i
, enter
ing the v
alue
, and pressing
Q
.
•
When using the str
aight-line method, the v
alue should be a
positiv
e real n
umber
, while f
or the SYD or DB methods
, it
should be a positiv
e integer
.
5.
Enter the star
ting month into ST
AR
T MONTH b
y
pressing
i
, enter
ing the v
alue
, and pressing
Q
.
•
Y
ou can enter v
alues betw
een 1 and 13.
• Gener
ally
, it is not necessar
y to enter a decimal v
alue
.
Ho
w
e
v
e
r, if y
ou wish to enter
, f
or e
xample
, the middle of
J
uly
, enter 7.5;
where the decimal is equal to the n
umber
v
alue of the giv
en date divided b
y
the total n
umber of da
ys
in the month.
6.
Enter the cost of asset into COST (PV) b
y
pressing
i
,
enter
ing the v
alue
, and pressing
Q
.
7.
Enter the salv
age v
alue into SAL
V
A
GE (FV) b
y
pressing
i
,
enter
ing the v
alue
, and pressing
Q
.
8.
Enter
the y
ear f
or calculating depreciation v
alue
into
YEAR b
y
pressing
i
, enter
ing the v
alue
, and pressing
Q
.
•
The y
ear f
or calculating depreciation v
alue
is initially 1.
Pressing
@
increments this n
umber b
y
1.
•
This v
alue m
ust be a positiv
e integer
.
9.
Calculate depreciation f
or the y
ear b
y
pressing
i
.
10.
Calculate the remaining book v
alue b
y
pressing
i
.
11.
Calculate the remaining depreciation b
y
pressing
i
.
12.
T
o
calculate depreciation v
alue f
or another y
ear
, press
z
three times to go bac
k to
YEAR, enter a v
alue f
or the ne
w
y
ear
, and recalculate
.
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