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Hello All,

Great Day!

In BC, we have FA posting group for Fixed Assets. Can anyone explain the purpose of the columns and guide me on how to map the G/L?

For example, 

Acquisition Cost Account - Which is used for recording purchase & acquisition transactions.

Depreciation Account - To record Depreciation.

Gains Acc. on Disposal - To record gains at the time of sales.

Losses Acc. on DisposalTo record losses at the time of sales.

Columns like,

Acq. Cost Acc. on Disposal - ?

Accum. Dep Acc. on Disposal  - ? 

Acq. cost Bal. Acc. - ?

Depreciation Exp Acc. - ?

Kindly tell me the purpose of the above-mentioned columns.

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Should I have to map all the accounts?

Thanks & Regards,

  • Revan Jaunt Profile Picture
    Revan Jaunt 66 on at
    RE: FA Posting Groups

    Hi Steven,

    Thank you so much for your response!

    The information you provided is very helpful and I learned new things from this.

    Once again thank you!

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: FA Posting Groups

    Revan,

    The FA Posting Group is like the General Posting Setup or Inventory Posting Setup in that it relates the fixed asset transaction to the correct G/L Account. I normally fill in all of them, except Maintenance if I am not posting Maintenance entries. I also setup 1 FA Posting Group by my Assets Type or different Chart of Accounts (i.e. Buildings, Leasehold Improvements, FF&E, Machinery, Automobiles, etc..). Here is an overview of the main columns:

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    Acquisition Cost - This is Balance Sheet Account where Fixed Assets are reflected (additions)

    Accum. Depreciation  - This is the Balancing Account when running and posting Depreciation. This account appears in the Balance Sheet next to Acquisition G/L Account

    Acq. Cost Acc. on Disposal - This is the G/L Account that when a Fixed Asset is disposed will record the reversal of the Acquisition Cost. In other words, its a contra-account to the Acquisition Account. Normally, this account is the same as the Acquisition Cost account, unless you like keeping it separate.

    Accum. Depr. Acc. on Disposal - This is the G/L Account that when a Fixed Asset is disposed will record the reversal of the Accum. Depreciation. In other words, its a contra-account to the Accum. Depreciation Account. Normally, this account is the same as the Accum. Depreciation account, unless you like keeping it separate.

    Gains Acc. on Disposal/ Losses Acc. on Disposal - Both of these are the G/L Account that when a Disposal is posted record the NET Gain or Loss on Disposing the Fixed Asset. In most cases the G/L Account is the same. To determine a Gain or Loss you take the Acquisition Cost minus Accum. Depreciation = Net Book Value. Now take the Net Book Value and apply any proceeds received for disposing the Fixed Asset. If the proceeds are greater you have a Gain and if less you have a loss (i.e. Acq. Cost = 10,000, Accum Depr = 5,000, NBV = 5,000, Proceeds = 2,500, Loss of Disposal = 2,500). 

    Depreciation Expense - This is the G/L Account used when posting Depreciation Expense.

    Hope this answers your question.

    Thanks,

    Steve

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