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Thank you for the helpful reply and advice on subsequent acquisitions to same asset.
Is there a way to stop the smoothing for the very first acquisition? If it is entered two months late/tardy such that the Asset Value Date from the acquisition transaction is two months after the "Capitalized on" date of the brand new asset record, I want the two months of missed depreciation to fully post in the first AFAB run instead of smoothing over the life of the asset. This way I do not have to input an unplanned adjustment to get those two months included entirely in the first fiscal year. Would save time and money. Thank you.
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From: SAP_EZ
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 8:33 PM
Subject: "Capitalized on" versus "First acquisition on" date in asset master data effect on start of Depreciation
After searching the archives and not finding answer, I need to ask a question to AA experts please, because at work yesterday I was totally surprised at my observation for our ECC 6 version. The trigger to start ordinary depreciation of completed asset settled from a WBS project AuC is not the "Capitalized on" date but is the "First Acquisition on" date. As I was not involved in configuration at launch, my question is whether or not this is standard SAP way?
Details are that the "Capitalized on" and the "First Acquisition on" dates come from the Asset Value Date of the PS Settlement transaction feeding value from AuC to completed assets, assuming the two date fields are blank before Settlement. We manually add "Capitalized on" dates however before running Settlement, so only the "First Acquisition on" date is actually updated for PS Settlements to completed assets.
My frustrating surprise was that even though the first day of the month from the "Capitalized on" date copies to the "ODep Start" and "Ord. deprec. start" fields, it is actually the first day of the month from the "First acquisition date" used by AFAB as the start of ordinary depreciation. This means the dates in master data Deprec. areas tab for "ODep Start" and in master data Parameters tab for "Ord deprec. start" are NOT the true starts of ordinary depreciation.
Standard SAP configuration? I have assumed (and desired) that the first day of the month from my "Capitalized on" date be the start of ordinary depreciation as my master data screens seem to suggest is the case.
To me, an organization can acquire an asset but not place it into service until a later "Capitalized on" date. Depreciation should not commence until placed into service for US GAAP.
Would appreciate your comments please if my firm has standard SAP setup. Regards. |
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