We are trying to configure ECC 5.0 to use a modified sum of the years digits depreciation in area 01 using "Explicit Percentage Rate Depreciation". 

 

The reason for this is that we need to make subsequent acquisions to the same asset in subsequent years and do not want to use asset sub-numbers and want the new additions to have depreciation caught up into the current period using the original depreciation start date.

 

My questions are?

1) Is this possible using post-capitalizations for the additions?

2) Can an asset have many post-capitalizations (i.e. additions in years 3,4,5 etc.)

3) Do post-capitalizations work on assets that were created from internal order settlements?

 

Any advice would be appreciated or another way that this can be handled.

 

Thanks,
Ron

 

The reason for the Explicit Percentage Rate Depreciation is that we want to use Sum of the Years Digits Depreciation but that does not allow subsequent year acquisions.  Additionally, we want the additions in subsequent years to catch up depreciation from original depreciation start date in current year so this was a workaround I thought of.  This is for plant depreciation for book purposes only.  The depreciation acceleration is intended. Will using the post caps work in this scenario?

 

Will I have any problems with post-caps working on assets that were created from internal order settlements?  and, if additions are added in subsequent years via IO settlements, can I reclass to a temp account and repost as a post cap using this temp account as the offset?

I would use a negative acquisition instead of a retirement...they are both CR transactions but obviously, show up on reports differently.

Hope this helps,

Tom