FE Exam Prep 11, Depreciation — Straight-Line, MACRS, Book Value

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Straight-line depreciation is a simple method calculated as (Initial Cost - Salvage Value) / Useful Life. - MACRS is an accelerated, tax-based depreciation method that uses percentage factors from tables in the NCEES Reference Handbook. - A critical exam trap is to remember that salvage value is always ignored in MACRS calculations, even if provided in the problem. - Book value represents the remaining value of an asset and is calculated as the Initial Cost - Accumulated Depreciation. - To calculate book value with MACRS, you must sum the annual depreciation amounts from each year up to the point in question. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep