
116 9:
Depreciation
To see the value currently stored in a variable, press
R
menu label
.
Doing Depreciation Calculations
DB, SOYD, and SL Methods
To calculate the depreciation for an asset:
*
1.
Display the DEPRC menu: press
"
…
.
2.
Define the characteristics of the asset:
a.
Key in the cost basis and press
†
b.
Key in the salvage value and press
‡
. If there is no salvage
value, enter zero.
c.
Key in the useful life and press
ˆ
.
3.
Press
)
for the rest of the DEPRC menu.
4.
Key in the number for the year of depreciation you want to calculate
(1, 2, 3, etc.) and press
‹
.
5.
If you are using the declining-balance method, enter the DB factor (a
percentage) and press
Œ
.
6.
Press
•
,
Ž
, or
•
to calculate the appropriate
depreciation.
7.
To see the remaining depreciable value (basis
―
salvage value
―
accumulated depreciation), press
]
.
8.
To calculate the depreciation for another year, just change
YR#
and
press
•
,
Ž
, or
•
again.
*
The calculated values of
RDV
,
DB
,
SOYD
, and SL are rounded internally to the
number of decimal places specified by the current display setting. A setting of
+
2 means that these values will be rounded internally to two decimal
places.