HP 20b Consultant Financial manual Acrs

Depreciation

Table 8-1Depreciation Methods

Depreciation	Description
Method
DecBal	Declining balance is an accelerated depreciation method
	that presumes an asset will lose the majority of its value
	during the first few years of its useful life.
DBXover	Declining balance crossover is an accelerated
	depreciation method that presumes an asset will lose the
	majority of its value in the first few years of its useful life,
	but that it will revert to a consistent depreciation during the
	latter part of its life, which is then calculated using the
	straight line method.
ACRS	Accelerated Cost Recovery System calculates the amount
	of tax deduction under U.S. Accelerated Cost Recovery
	System.
Sl Fr	Straight line French. This method of depreciation is similar
	to the Straight line method, except an actual calendar date
	in mm.dd format is entered in for Start= to indicate when
	the asset was first placed into service.

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