To calculate depreciation
LN uses formulas when it calculates depreciation amounts for assets or its related books. Formulas are part of the depreciation methods assigned to an asset and its related books. These are the formulas used by depreciation methods in LN:
- To calculate Remaining Life depreciation
- Calculating Declining Balance depreciation
- To calculate Declining Balance with Switch to Straight Line depreciation
- To calculate Sum of Year Digits depreciation
- To calculate sum of years digits with switch to SL depreciation
- To calculate Units of Production depreciation
- To calculate MACRS depreciation
- To calculate MACRS table depreciation
- To calculate Alt. Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System depr.
- To calculate Accelerated Cost Recovery System depreciation
- To use Annuity depreciation
- To use First Period depreciation
- Fixed Amount depreciation
- Net Book Value (NBV)-oriented depreciation
- Custom method
- No depreciation method
All depreciation formulas vary based on the calculation mode you set for each type of book in LN. If the calculation mode is periodic, LN considers each period to have the same number of days. If the calculation mode is daily, LN uses the exact number of days in each period.
LN uses the frequency assigned to each of an asset's related books to determine how often to record the resulting transactions. For example, if the frequency is quarterly, LN groups the calculated amounts into quarterly amounts and records the results once a quarter. For more information on depreciation, see the topic, Depreciating Assets.