Depreciation and Capital Gains


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Depreciation and Capital Gains
Capital Gains - Asset Appreciation
Depreciation of assets

Depreciation and Capital Gains

This section provides a treatment of the handling of depreciation and appreciation of assets in GnuCash.

It also provides a brief introduction to the related tax issues.

Warning: Be aware that different countries can have substantially different tax policies for handling these things; all that this document can really provide is some of the underlying ideas to help you apply your "favorite" tax/depreciation policies.

Note that appreciation and depreciation of assets tend to be treated somewhat differently: