Financial Level: Expert Available in: Excel 2007+
In this article Syntax Examples Example 1 Related functions VDB returns declining-balance depreciation between any two periods and, by default, switches to straight-line when that gives more — as many tax rules expect.
Syntax
=VDB(cost, salvage, life, start, end, [factor], [no_switch])
Argument
What it means
start, endCan be fractions, e.g. 0 to 0.5 for a half year.
Examples
Example 1
=VDB(90000, 10000, 5, 0, 0.5)Depreciation for an asset bought mid-year.
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Written by Atul Vij Atul (AJ) builds office-automation and local-first AI tools as Atulya AI, and works with Excel, SAP and Oracle EPM every day. He writes about the shortcuts, macros and automations that actually save time — plus the occasional wacky fact.
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