Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

When depreciating an asset, companies need to consider either a straight-line or accelerated schedule. When choosing the latter, the double-declining balance mode of depreciation is among the most ...

Q. I was excited to see the article about ways to calculate depreciation in Excel, especially when I saw one of them was double-declining balance (DDB). As tax professionals, we’re always trying to ...

When you run a small business, depreciating your equipment can help offset the purchase costs through tax savings. When handling the depreciation for your property, you get to choose which method you ...

Assets like equipment, vehicles and furniture lose value as they age. Parts wear out and pieces break, eventually requiring ...

Companies that comply with generally accounting principles, called GAAP, may opt to use the declining balance method to calculate depreciation on a particular asset or group of assets. The declining ...

Jim Mueller, CFA, began his career as a scientist. He has five years of experience as a senior analyst and another four years as a research analyst. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant ...

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A sure way to put someone to sleep is to explain double declining balance depreciation to them. There are some hard cases though. You could try sum of the years digits on them, but even better is to ...

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 ...