Depreciation calculator
The gross price on the label isn't what stays in your business. Calculate what's left after input tax and depreciation – for your equipment and your country.
Your Tool, Calculated After Tax
First the input tax – then two ways
As a business, you first deduct the VAT – gross becomes net. What's left after that, you account for in two ways, depending on the equipment's value.
Up to €800 net: fully deductible immediately
Clamping accessories and all three drilling tables below the threshold for low-value assets. The full amount reduces your profit in the year of purchase—nothing is spread out over subsequent years.
Above that: depreciate, but you can accelerate it
You router tables lifting tables router tables over their useful lives. With declining-balance depreciation and special depreciation, you can still claim a large portion in the first year—the calculator above shows exactly how much.
What the financial levers add up to in the first year
A lifting table , net price €2,427, in a carpentry shop with annual revenue under €200,000. Here’s how many of them you’ll sell in the first year alone:
over 14 years
and special depreciation §7g
Simplified guidance based on Haufe/ETL and depreciation table AV (BMF). These levers shift the tax burden to the first few years – the total depreciation amount stays the same. What applies to you depends on your legal form, profit, and usage.
We build tools, not tax forms
Bringing it forward isn't free money. Declining balance depreciation shifts the tax burden to the first few years – that gives you liquidity and interest advantages, but the total amount remains the same.
This is guidance, not tax advice. What you can deduct depends on your legal form, profit, and usage – you'll clarify the details with your tax advisor.
If you only use the table occasionally, a simpler frame is probably a better deal. We'd rather tell you when RUWI worth it than sell you something that will just sit around.
Do you want to calculate this for your business?
Give us a call at +49 7402 8414 or write to us. Our team of master carpenters and wood professionals will go through the numbers and the right table with you – on-site, via video, or at a partner location.