depsoyd - Sum of years' digits depreciation

Syntax

Sum = depsoyd(Cost, Salvage, Life)

Arguments

Description

Sum = depsoyd(Cost, Salvage, Life) calculates the depreciation for an asset using the sum of years' digits method. Sum is a 1-by-Life vector of depreciation values with each element corresponding to a year of the asset's life.

Examples

The cost of an asset is $13,000 with a life of 10 years. The salvage value of the asset is $1000.

Sum = depsoyd(13000, 1000, 10)'

returns

Sum =
       2181.82
       1963.64
       1745.45
       1527.27
       1309.09
       1090.91
        872.73
        654.55
        436.36
        218.18

See Also

depfixdb | depgendb | deprdv | depstln

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