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 ...

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 ...

Depreciation is an accounting tool used to spread the cost of valuable assets over a number of accounting periods. Rather than incurring the entire expense in a single period, business owners can ...

This paper provides an algebraic alternative to the usual method of determining the optimal time to switch from a declining-balance method of depreciation to the straight-line method of depreciation.