- sum-of-the-year’s-digits depreciation
- Finaccelerated depreciation, conferring tax advantage by assuming more rapid depreciation when an asset is new
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sum of the digits — ˌsum of the ˈdigits also ˌsum of the ˌyears ˈdigits noun [singular] ACCOUNTING one of the ways of calculating the depreciation (= loss of value over time) of an asset. For example, if an asset has a life of four years, 4+3+2+1= 10, so in the… … Financial and business terms
Sum-Of-The-Years' Digits — An accelerated method for calculating an asset s depreciation. This method takes the asset s expected life and adds together the digits for each year. So if the asset was expected to last for five years, the sum of the years’ digits would… … Investment dictionary
sum-of-the-digits method — A method of calculating the amount by which a fixed asset is depreciated in an accounting period. The estimated life is expressed in years, and the digits for each year of its life are totalled. The proportion of the asset s cost or valuation… … Accounting dictionary
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depreciation — /dapriyshiyeyshsn/ In accounting, spreading out the cost of a capital asset over its estimated useful life. Depreciation expense reduces the taxable income of an entity but does not reduce the cash. A decline in value of property caused by wear… … Black's law dictionary
depreciation — /dapriyshiyeyshsn/ In accounting, spreading out the cost of a capital asset over its estimated useful life. Depreciation expense reduces the taxable income of an entity but does not reduce the cash. A decline in value of property caused by wear… … Black's law dictionary
Depreciation — Not to be confused with Deprecation. Depreciation refers to two very different but related concepts: the decrease in value of assets (fair value depreciation), and the allocation of the cost of assets to periods in which the assets are used… … Wikipedia
Accelerated depreciation — refers to any one of several methods by which a company, for financial accounting and/or tax purposes, depreciates a fixed asset in such a way that the amount of depreciation taken each year is higher during the earlier years of an asset’s life.… … Wikipedia
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