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Double declining balance depreciation is a method of depreciating large business assets quickly. Learn how and when to use it. The double declining balance (DDB) depreciation method is an accounting ...

Q. I was excited to see the article about ways to calculate depreciation in Excel, especially when I saw one of them was double-declining balance (DDB). As tax professionals, we’re always trying to ...

Depreciation expense can be a big portion of a company’s total expense. And since expenses decrease income, it affects the overall value of a company. Understanding what it is and the methods can help ...

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 a business acquires an asset to be used in its operations, the cost of the asset is generally not expensed all at once. Rather, the cost is depreciated over a period of time that depends on the ...

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Depreciation is how the costs of tangible and intangible assets are allocated over time and use. Both public and private companies use depreciation methods according to generally accepted accounting ...

The sinking fund method is one of several advanced methods of depreciation that are more complex than the familiar straight-line and declining-balance methods. The method is seldom used, because it's ...