Hear more on calculation of depreciation in Excel from a Technology Q&A author, and hear from a risk management expert on what organizations have learned in the past year.

Learn how to calculate asset depreciation and amortization using the straight-line basis method. Discover its advantages, ...

How Is Depreciation Handled in Accrual Accounting?. In accrual basis accounting, when your business purchases a long-lived asset, such as a vehicle, a building or a piece of equipment, you don't ...

The Methods for Accounting for Changes in Depreciation. When your company purchases a fixed asset with an estimated lifetime exceeding one year, you cannot deduct the entire cost in the year of ...

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released an integrated Federal Depreciation Handbook and Calculator for CPA firms and corporate tax professionals.

Depreciation expenses are meant to estimate how much "wear and tear" expense should be matched against yearly sales based on how much was paid for the asset, how much the company thinks the asset ...

Depreciation is a non-cash accounting expense that doesn’t involve cash flow, but it is a factor that can impact all areas of a company’s financial performance.

Differences The key difference between amortization and depreciation is that amortization is used for intangible assets, while depreciation is used for tangible assets.

This accounting adjustment will result in Kohl's using a time period for its straight-line rent expense calculation that equals or exceeds the time period used for depreciation.

In June 1907, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) released new reporting rules that would require railroads to change from betterment to depreciation accounting for equipment. The new rules set ...

"It's a term companies use when they want to make it seem like they're doing better than they are," he said of the oft-cited financial metric, which stands for earnings before interest, taxes ...