Depreciation Method Example
At the end of the year, Company A uses the straight-line method to calculate the depreciation for the van, arriving at an annual expense of $2,000 ($20,000 purchase price / 10 years of useful life). In note 8 above, the $$3621 million is described as net carrying amount, which represents the cost accumulated depreciation is current asset of the PPE that has not been depreciated or amortised yet. It is calculated by subtracting the accumulated depreciation to date from the cost of PPE. So if the cost of the asset is $500 with $100 of accumulated depreciation, the carrying amount or net book value of the asset would be $400 ($ ).

