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 ...

Reviewed by Charlene Rhinehart Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Businesses depreciate long-term assets for both tax and accounting purposes. For tax purposes, businesses can deduct the cost of the ...

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 ...

Straight line depreciation is an accounting method commonly used to allocate an equal amount of depreciation expense over the useful life of a long-term asset. It allows businesses to efficiently ...

Every day, business managers make capital budget decisions -- choices about whether to invest in projects such as building a factory, upgrading machinery or investing in research and development. But ...