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Entering data and computing results – Texas Instruments BA II PLUS User Manual

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Depreciation Worksheet

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Entering Values for DB and DBX

If you choose either the declining balance (

DB

) or declining balance with

crossover to

SL

(

DBX

) depreciation method, remember to enter a value

representing the percent of declining balance for the

DB

or

DBX

variable.

Note: The declining balance you enter must be a positive number.

Entering Values for LIF

If

SL

or

SLF

is selected, the

LIF

value must be a positive real number.

If

SYD

,

DB

,

DBX

, or

DBF

is selected, the

LIF

value must be a positive

integer.

Entering Values for M01

The value you enter for the starting month (

M01

) has two parts:

The integer portion represents the month in which the asset is
placed into service.

The decimal portion represents the fraction of the initial month in
which the asset begins to depreciate.

For example, to specify that the asset will begin to depreciate in the
middle of the first month, enter 1.5. To specify that the asset will begin
to depreciate a quarter of the way through the fourth month, enter 4.25.

Working with YR

When computing depreciation, the value you enter for the year-to-
compute (

YR

) variable must be a positive integer.

If the remaining depreciable value (

RDV

) variable is displayed, you

can press

# to return to the year to compute (

YR

) variable. To

represent the next depreciation year, press

% to increment the

value for

YR

by one.

To compute a depreciation schedule, repeatedly return to the year to
compute (

YR

) variable, press

% to increment the value for

YR

, and

compute values for

DEP

,

RBV

, and

RDV

. The schedule is complete

when

RDV

equals zero.

Entering Data and Computing Results

Because the Depreciation worksheet stores values and settings until you
either change them or clear the worksheet, you should not have to
perform every step each time you work a problem.

Note: Dates are not changed when you clear a worksheet.