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2. Select the depreciation method (see page 48).
3. Select depreciation calculations
by pressing O .
• When using the declining
balance method, DB (I/Y) ap-
pears. Enter the number and press Q .
• To end depreciation calculations, press s . If you press
s during entry, any entered values will be cleared.
4. Enter the number of years of depreciation into LIFE (N) by
pressing i , entering the value, and pressing Q .
• When using the straight-line method, the value should be a
positive real number, while for the SYD or DB methods, it
should be a positive integer.
5. Enter the starting month into START MONTH by pressing
i , entering the value, and pressing Q .
• You can enter values between 1 and 13.
• Generally, it is not necessary to enter a decimal value.
However, if you wish to enter, for example, the middle of
July, enter 7.5; where the decimal is equal to the number
value of the given date divided by the total number of days
in the month.
6. Enter the cost of asset into COST (PV) by pressing i ,
entering the value, and pressing Q .
7. Enter the salvage value into SALVAGE (FV) by pressing i ,
entering the value, and pressing Q .
8. Enter the year for calculating depreciation value into YEAR by
pressing i , entering the value, and pressing Q .
• The year for calculating depreciation value is initially 1.
Pressing @ increments this number by 1.
• This value must be a positive integer.
9. Calculate depreciation for the year by pressing i .
10. Calculate the remaining book value by pressing i .
11. Calculate the remaining depreciation by pressing i .
12. To calculate depreciation value for another year, press z
three times to go back to YEAR, enter a value for the new
year, and recalculate.
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