DB Function

The DB function is one of the financial functions. It is used to calculate the depreciation of an asset for a specified accounting period using the fixed-declining balance method.

Syntax

DB(cost, salvage, life, period, [month])

The DB function has the following arguments:

Argument	Description
cost	The cost of the asset.
salvage	The salvage value of the asset at the end of its lifetime.
life	The total number of the periods within the asset lifetime.
period	The period you wish to calculate depreciation for. The value must be expressed in the same units as life.
month	The number of months in the first year. It is an optional argument. If it is omitted, the function will assume month to be 12.

Notes

How to apply the DB function.

Examples

The figure below displays the result returned by the DB function.