Before building Depreciation Calculator, we checked calculator.net's depreciation calculator directly — it supports straight-line, declining balance, and sum-of-the-years'-digits methods.
Straight line vs declining balance calculator, side by side
Run the same $10,000 asset (salvage value $1,000, 5-year life) through both methods and the difference is stark. Straight-line: exactly $1,800 depreciated every single year. Double-declining balance: $4,000 in year one, dropping to $2,400, $1,440, $864, then a final $296 to reach the salvage value — front-loaded instead of even.
Double declining balance calculator, capped correctly at salvage value
The declining balance methods here never let book value drop below the salvage value — the final year's depreciation is automatically capped to land exactly on it, rather than overshooting into a negative or unrealistic number.
Depreciation schedule csv, every year included
The full year-by-year schedule is always visible, and downloadable as CSV in one click — depreciation and remaining book value for every year of the asset's useful life.
