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Why is My Depreciation Formula Not Working?

edited Aug 12, 2025 3:53AM in Ask A Guru 8 comments

Hi Gurus!

I have a situation and I believe you are my only resort! :)


So, I need to write a formula where, for a new asset,

1st year depreciation = ( (50%) of (20% of NBV) ) & (divide it by number of periods in the first year)

Following years = (20% of NBV) divided by number of periods in that year.

My formula: IF (NB=OC) THEN ( (NB*0.2) /2/12 ) ELSE ( (NB*0.2) /12 ) ENDIF


Questions please:

  1. NS won't allow me to save this formula for some reason.
  2. NB = OC indicates original cost = NBV and this is to show that it is the first year of this asset.
  3. To make this NB=OC work, I believe I need to set the depreciation method to "annual depreciation, monthly posting" in the depreciation period field, correct? This way, say if the 1st period has only 2 periods, NS will find 50% of 20% of NBV, which will be annual amount, and divide it by 2 periods, which will be the idea of monthly posting?

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