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Straight-line depreciation calculator
Turn cost, residual value and useful life into a reconciled month-by-month book schedule. Runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Numbers stay in this tab until you export a file. No financial inputs are sent to analytics.
Enter one asset in one declared currency. Amounts stay in that currency — nothing is converted.
Inputs
Enter an amount.
Enter an amount.
Three-letter code such as USD. Amounts stay in this currency; nothing is converted.Enter a three-letter currency code.
Whole months from 1 to 1,200.Enter an amount.
Year and month as YYYY-MM, from 1900-01 to 2100-12. The first full charge posts at the end of this month.Enter a month as YYYY-MM.
Results
Fill every field to see the depreciation schedule.
Journal accounts
Debit account for each monthly charge, for example Expenses:Depreciation.
Contra-asset account credited each month, for example Assets:Accumulated-Depreciation.
Off by default: paste into a ledger where both accounts already exist.
Exports
Exports are available for a valid schedule.
Read the method
Keep the schedule in a plain-text ledger
Beancount.io helps you post depreciation next to the assets it belongs to, so the schedule stays auditable.