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BA II PLUS™ Calculator
Depreciation Worksheet Labels
Label
Meaning
Variable Type
SL
*
Straight line method
Setting
SYD
*
Sum-of-the-years’-digits method
Setting
DB
*
Declining-balance method
Setting/Enter
DBX
*
DB
method with crossover to
SL
Setting/Enter
SLF
*
French straight-line method
Setting/Enter
DBF
*
French declining balance method
Setting/Enter
LIF
Life of the asset in years
Enter-only
M01
Starting month
Enter-only
DT1
Starting date (
SLF
)
Enter-only
CST
Cost of the asset
Enter-only
SAL
Salvage value of the asset
Enter-only
YR
Year to compute
Enter-only
DEP
Depreciation for the year
Auto-compute
RBV
Remaining book value at the end of the year
Auto-compute
RDV
Remaining depreciable value
Auto-compute
*
Press
&
V
repeatedly to view all of the options for depreciation method.
Notes about the Depreciation Worksheet
♦
&
p
&
z
sets
LIF=1
,
M01=1
,
YR=1
;
CST=0
,
SAL=0
.
The depreciation method is not affected.
♦
&
}
!
sets the depreciation method to
SL
;
declining-balance percent (for
DB
and
DBX
only) to
200
;
LIF=1
,
M01=1
,
YR=1
;
CST=0
,
SAL=0
.
♦
SLF
(straight-line, French method) and
DBF
(declining-
balance, French method) are European depreciation
methods. They are only available if you have selected the
European format for entering dates or entering separators in
numbers.
DT1
(initial date) is available only for
SLF
.
♦
DEP
,
RBV
, and
RDV
are computed a year at a time. Results are
rounded to the number of decimal places specified by the
display format.
