You can make your own: To make buttermilk, use 1 cup milk and 1 tablespoon lemon juice or white vinegar. Allow it to sit for a few minutes. If you do purchase buttermilk and have extra, freeze it in 1 cup containers or in Ziplock bags. You can also purchase powdered buttermilk in grocery stores.
Straight-line depreciation allows an equal portion of the laptop's cost to be claimed in each year over the total depreciation period. If the cost of the computer was $1,000, for example, then $200 a year can be included in the company's total depreciation amount each year for five years.
How to depreciate carpets and other flooring. Carpeting is depreciated over either five years or 27.5 years depending on how it is installed. Most other types of flooring are depreciated using the 27.5 year schedule only.f the idea of paying several thousand dollars for new flooring without the ability to write off the cost in a short time frame is unappealing then tacked down carpet (with its shorter 5 year depreciation schedule) should be strongly considered.