HP 17bII - Doing Depreciation Calculations; DB, SOYD, and SL Methods

116 9: Depreciation
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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 .
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 .
6. Press , , 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 , , or  again.
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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.