simplest, and to minimize our information system costs, the machinery will just be depreciated based on the total carrying simplest, and to minimize our information system costs, the machinery will just be depreciated based on the total carrying amount of the machinery. \"When we purchased new manufacturing machinery during the year, we had several discussions about how to depreciate the asset. We really wanted to be sure that recording depreciation wouldn\'t decrease our profits any more than it needed to. Tulani suggested we start by estimating the expected revenue to be generated from the asset over its life. Then, at the end of the year we would take the actual revenue generated as a proportion of the total expected revenue