Q. I was excited to see the article about ways to calculate depreciation in Excel, especially when I saw one of them was double-declining balance (DDB). As tax professionals, we’re always trying to ...

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Double declining balance depreciation is a method of depreciating large business assets quickly. Learn how and when to use it. The double declining balance (DDB) depreciation method is an accounting ...

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Depreciation and amortization are two methods used in accounting to assess the decrease in the value of assets over time. While depreciation is similar to amortization, they differ in the type of ...