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AMORLINC function
The AMORLINC function is one of the financial functions. It is used to calculate the depreciation of an asset for each accounting period using a linear depreciation method.
Syntax
AMORLINC(cost, date_purchased, first_period, salvage, period, rate, [basis])
The AMORLINC function has the following arguments:
Argument | Description |
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cost | The cost of the asset. |
date_purchased | The date when asset is purchased. |
first_period | The date when the first period ends. |
salvage | The salvage value of the asset at the end of its lifetime. |
period | The period you wish to calculate depreciation for. |
rate | The rate of depreciation. |
basis | The day count basis to use, a numeric value greater than or equal to 0, but less than or equal to 4. It is an optional argument. The possible values are listed in the table below. |
The basis argument can be one of the following:
Numeric value | Count basis |
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0 | US (NASD) 30/360 |
1 | Actual/actual |
2 | Actual/360 |
3 | Actual/365 |
4 | European 30/360 |
Notes
Dates must be entered by using the DATE function.
How to apply the AMORLINC function.
Examples
The figure below displays the result returned by the AMORLINC function.
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