Function DepreciationLinearLife(PurchaseDate, NextPeriodDate, Cost, Salvage, Life, Period, Basis)

DepreciationLinearLife

The function DepreciationLinearLife returns the depreciation of an asset for the specified period, using straight-line depreciation. The accounting periods have a length of one year, but they don’t necessary need to start January 1. The depreciation amounts are equal for every period. In case of partial periods, a relatively equal part must be depreciated.

DepreciationLinearLife(
    PurchaseDate,             ! (input) scalar string expression
    NextPeriodDate,           ! (input) scalar string expression
    Cost,                     ! (input) numerical expression
    Salvage,                  ! (input) numerical expression
    Life,                     ! (input) numerical expression
    Period,                   ! (input) numerical expression
    [Basis]                   ! (optional) numerical expression
    )

Arguments

PurchaseDate

The date of purchase of the asset. PurchaseDate must be given in a date format. This is the first day that there will be depreciated.

NextPeriodDate

The next date after the balance is drawn up. NextPeriodDate must also be in date format. NextPeriodDate is the first day of a new period and must be further in time than PurchaseDate, but not more than one year after PurchaseDate. When NextPeriodDate is an empty string, it will get the default value of January 1st of the next year after purchase.

Cost

The purchase or initial cost of the asset. Cost must be a positive number.

Salvage

The value of the asset at the end of its useful life. Salvage must be a scalar numerical expression in the range \([0, Cost)\).

Life

The number of periods until the asset will be fully depreciated, also called the useful life of the asset. Life must be a positive integer.

Period

The period for which you want to compute the depreciation. Period an integer in the range \(\{1, Life + 1\}\). Period 1 is the (partial) period from PurchaseDate until NextPeriodDate.

Basis

The day-count basis method to be used. The default is 1.

Return Value

The function DepreciationLinearLife returns the depreciation of an asset for the specified period.

Equation

The method-dependent depreciation \(\tilde{d_i}\) is expressed by the equation

\[\begin{split}\begin{aligned} \tilde{d_1} &=f_{PN}\frac{c-s}{L}\\ \tilde{d_i} &= \frac{c-s}{L} \qquad (i \neq 1). \end{aligned}\end{split}\]

Note

The function DepreciationLinearLife is similar to the Excel function SLN.

See also

Day count basis methods. General equations for computing depreciations.