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Depreciation spreadsheet cost calculator
Estimate what keeping a fixed asset schedule in Excel costs each year: time spent updating it at every close, plus the scramble when an auditor asks for the register. You enter the time: no effort figure is assumed for you.
Spreadsheet upkeep: 60 hours per year
Upkeep cost: $3,000 per year
Auditor requests: $1,000 per year
Combined: $4,000 per year.
Your numbers stay in your browser. Defaults are round placeholders, not benchmarks. The calculator does not compute depreciation itself, and leaves out error-correction time, tax-versus-book reconciliation and software licence costs.
Annual upkeep cost by asset count and minutes per asset (illustrative grid)
| Register size | 0.5 min/asset | 1 min/asset | 2 min/asset | 4 min/asset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 assets | $250 | $500 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| 200 assets | $1,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $8,000 |
| 500 assets | $2,500 | $5,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 |
| 1,000 assets | $5,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $40,000 |
| 2,500 assets | $12,500 | $25,000 | $50,000 | $100,000 |
Download this grid as CSV. Method: assets x minutes / 60 x 12 closes x $50. The $50 rate and the minute values are assumptions spanning a range; they are not measured effort and not from any vendor or survey.
What the calculator leaves out
- Time fixing formula errors or broken links between tabs.
- Book versus tax method differences; see depreciation methods.
- The cost of any dedicated software, which does not exist for this concept yet.
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