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Doug has attended:
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Depreciation

which functions calculate depreciation please

RE: depreciation

Hi Doug,

Here are some different functions associated with depreciation. They return different calculations based on different inputs and different methods.

=SYD(cost,salvage,life,period) this calculates the sum of the years depreciation.

=SLN(cost,salvage,life) returns the "striaght-line" depreciation for one period

=DDB(cost,salvage,life,period,factor) returns depreciation using a double declining method.


=DB(cost,salvage,life,period,month) returns the depreciation based on a fixed-declining balance method.

If you go to the Function wizard under Insert>Function and select these functions you can get more details about them and see precisely what each argument means. If I can help you at all please let me know

Tracy

Excel tip:

Checking if a calculation adheres to Order of Precedence

When writing formulas you must make sure that results will be calculated as you intended.

Excel adheres to the standard order of precedence for calculations. It calculates percentages, exponents, multiplication, and division in this order before calculating addition and subtraction.

For example, =7+5*3 results in an answer of 22, not 36.

To force a calculation to be completed before another calculations, place the section in parentheses: =(7+5)*3 will result in 36.

To check how excel is evaluating a formula, click on the cell and select the 'Tools' menu, select 'Formula Auditing' and click 'Evaluate Formula'

In the dialog box click on 'Evaluate' to watch as each part of the formula is successively calculated.

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