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What is double declining balance method of depreciation? And how does it benefit the organisation?

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Question added by Umair Shoukat , Finance & Accounts Officer , USAID | NEDPG Project, Semiotics Consultants
Date Posted: 2017/05/22
Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD)
by Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD) , University Lecturer, Freelancer Consultant and Trainer for Int'l Business & Banking TF. , FreeLancer

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According to the double declining balance method of depreciation, It seeks to take most of the depreciation charges upfront, in the early years, lowering profits on the income statement, sooner rather than later under the theory that most assets lose most of their value shortly after being acquired rather than evenly over a longer period of time.

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