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DatesinAssetAccounting

InadditiontotheusualdatesenteredinFinancialAccounting(postingdate,documentdate),thereare
specialdatestoconsiderinAssetAccounting.Eitheryouentertheseadditionalassetaccountingdates
yourselfwhenpostingtransactions,orthesystemdeterminesthem.

Features

AssetValueDate
Theassetvaluedateisthevaluedateofanassettransactionfromtheassetaccountingpointofview.
Eachtransactiononacapitalizedassettriggerstheautomaticcalculationofdepreciationontheposting
amount.Theassetvaluedate,correctedbytheperiodcontrolofthedepreciationkey,isthekeyfactorin
determiningthedepreciationstartdate.

DefaultValuesforAssetValueDate
Sincetheassetvaluedatehasadirectinfluenceontheamountofdepreciation,thesystemcreatesa
defaultvalueforthisdatewhenitcan.Theoverviewthatfollowsshowsthedefaultassetvaluedateforthe
mostimportantassettransactions:

AssetTransaction DefaultValuefortheDate

Initialacquisition Capitalizationdatefrommasterrecord(ifinsamefiscal
year,otherwisepostingdate)

Subsequentacquisitioninthesameyear Assetvaluedateofinitialacquisition

Subsequentacquisitioninlateryears Documentdate

Downpayment Capitalizationdatefrommasterrecord(ifinsamefiscal
year,otherwisepostingdate)

Investmentsupport Capitalizationdatefrommasterrecord(ifinsamefiscal
year,otherwisepostingdate)

Revaluation Dateofrevaluationmeasure

Creditmemoattimeofinvoicereceipt Valuedateoftheinvoicereceipt(ifinsamefiscalyear,
otherwisepostingdate)

Laterrevenue/costsfromretirement Dateoflastretirement(ifinsamefiscalyear,otherwise
postingdate)

Manualadjustments Firstdayoffiscalyear
AssetTransaction DefaultValuefortheDate

Retirement/transfer Nodefaultvalue(requiredentry)

Settlementofassetunderconstruction Postingdate

Ifthecapitalizationdateisnotsetintheassetmasterrecordaftertheinitialacquisition,orifthisdateis
notinthecurrentfiscalyear,thesystemusesthelogicbelowtodetermineadefaultvaluefortheasset
valuedate:
Ifthedocumentdateandthepostingdatearebothinthecurrentfiscalyear,thesystemusesthe
earlierofthesetwodatesasthedefaultassetvaluedate.
Ifthedocumentdateisinapastfiscalyear,thesystemusesthepostingdateasthedefaultasset
valuedate.

AutomaticallySetAssetValueDate
Inthefollowingpostingtransactions,youcannotenteranassetvaluedatedirectly.Thesystemtherefore
usesthedefaultassetvaluedateautomatically.Itdetermineswhichdateitusesbasedonthetablebelow:

Transaction DefaultValuefortheDate

Goodsreceipt(valuated) Postingdate

Invoicereceiptwithreferencetopurchaseorder Postingdateofgoodsreceipt(ifinsamefiscalyear,
(valuated) otherwisepostingdate)

Invoicereceiptwithoutreferencetopurchaseorder Postingdate
(valuated)

Invoicereceipt(differenceposting) Postingdateofgoodsreceipt

Stockwithdrawal Postingdate

DefiningYourOwnLogicforDeterminingtheAssetValueDate
YoucansetupyourownmethodfordeterminingtheassetvaluedateinCustomizingforAssetAccounting
under Transactions .Oryoucanuseacustomerenhancementproject.

CapitalizationDate
Youcanenterthecapitalizationdatemanuallywhenyoucreatetheassetmasterrecord.Thesystemuses
thisdateasthedefaultassetvaluedatewhenyoupostthefirstacquisitiontotheasset.Ifyoudonot
enteracapitalizationdateintheassetmasterrecord,thesystemautomaticallyadoptstheassetvalue
dateofthefirstacquisitionpostingasthecapitalizationdate.Thesysteminsertstheassetvaluedateof
thefirstacquisitionpostinginthecapitalizationdatefield( Capitalizedon )intheassetmasterrecord,
whenacapitalizingtransactiontypeisused.

DepreciationStartDate
Thesystemdeterminesthestartperiodfordepreciationcalculationfromtheassetvaluedateandthe
periodcontrolspecifiedinthedepreciationkey(periodcontrolmethod)ofthetransactioncategory.The
depreciationstartdateisthefirstdayofthestartperiod.Thesystemdeterminesthebookvalueofan
assetatthepointofretirementInasimilarfashion.
DateAssetIsReadyforOperation
Alongwiththedatespecificationsalreadymentioned,youcanalsoenterthedatetheassetisreadyfor
operationintheassetmasterrecord(inthedetailspecificationsforthedepreciationareas).Thisdateisfor
informationalpurposesonly,andhasnoinfluenceonthecalculationofdepreciation.Ifyoudonotmakean
entryinthisfield,thesystemautomaticallyentersthecapitalizationdate.

FiscalYearsThatCanBePosted
InAssetAccounting,itispossibletoposttothecurrentfiscalyearandallpreviousfiscalyearsbacktothe
dateofthelegacydatatransferforassets.Whenyouposttopastfiscalyears,thesystemautomatically
updatesalltherelevantvaluesinthesubsequentfiscalyears.Therefore,itispossibletomakecorrection
postingsinthepreviousfiscalyear,evenafterthefiscalyearchange(butbeforetheyearendclosing).
However,afterpostinginapreviousfiscalyear,youneedtorunthedepreciationpostingprogramagainfor
thatyearandallthefollowingfiscalyearsuptothecurrentfiscalyear.
Itisnotpossibletoposttofiscalyearsthathavebeenclosedusingtheyearendclosingprogram.

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