User Guide

116 9: Depreciation
File name : 17BII-Plus-Manual-E-PRINT-030709 Print data : 2003/7/11
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.