Reviewed by Charlene Rhinehart Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Businesses depreciate long-term assets for both tax and accounting purposes. For tax purposes, businesses can deduct the cost of the ...

Two common ways of calculating depreciation are the straight-line and double declining balance methods. Excel can accomplish both using the SLN function to calculate the straight line -- a ...

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