Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Amy is an ACA and the CEO and founder ...

When companies invest in assets, they expect those assets to last a certain number of years. Over time, they’re depreciated based on their remaining serviceable life and any potential saleable value ...

The straight-line method depreciates an asset on the assumption that the asset will lose the same amount of value for the duration of its service life. The straight-line method requires you to ...

Two common ways of calculating depreciation are the straight-line and double declining balance methods. Excel can accomplish both using the SLN function to calculate the straight line -- a standard ...

When teaching depreciation in Introduction to Accounting, faculty always cover a variety of different depreciation methods, including straight-line depreciation. Next time you teach this topic, build ...

Depreciation is key in maximizing asset ROI, while minimizing the financial impact of acquisition. How companies choose to write down assets over time differs, yet all write-downs follow a ...

David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of financial accounting, corporate and individual tax planning and preparation, and investing and retirement planning.

Depreciation is a fairly simple concept. When a business owner buys a fixed asset, that asset loses its value over time, and so its most current value must be accounted for on the company’s balance ...