Depreciating Main and Component Fixed Together in Business Central

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Hi Everyone,

Thank you everyone for your extensive support in the forum.

Today I came across a scenario where I want to depreciate a Main Asset and its Components.

1. In Business Central, will the deprecation calculated separately and posted separately for main asset and component?

2. Is there a way where both the depreciation will be calculated for both main and component fixed asset to the Main Asset?

Please confirm.

Thanks.

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Mohamed Amine Mahmoudi 26,449 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Revan Jaunt,

1. Yes, in Business Central, if you set up a Component as a separate Fixed Asset (FA) linked to a Main Asset, depreciation is calculated and posted separately for each.
Each asset (main or component) has its own:

Depreciation book

Depreciation method

Posting setup

FA Ledger entries

This allows individual control over useful life, depreciation start dates, and methods.

You run depreciation for each asset (main and components).

Business Central posts separate entries in the FA Ledger and G/L for each one.

2. No, not directly. Business Central does not consolidate depreciation of a component back into the main asset automatically.

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Mohamed Amine MAHMOUDI

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Ahmad Subhani 585 on at

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Main and Component Assets both have Different FA Cards So system will treat them differently.

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No as explained above system will track the entries of both cards seperatly. But there is a Boolean on Fixed Assets Setup with the name Allow Posting to Main Assets

And using the Fixed Assets Statistics you can get a bit of your desired Results

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWCUU2gY4lY&t=22s

I have created a video on this topic. Do check this out.

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Mansi Soni 8,911 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hello @Revan Jaunt,

1. Depreciation calculated and posted separately for main asset and component?
Yes, in Business Central, depreciation is calculated and posted separately for both the main asset and its components. Each asset (including components) has its own depreciation book, posting profile, and depreciation schedule. This allows precise tracking of each asset’s value and useful life independently.

2. Can depreciation of component be calculated and posted to the main asset?
No, Business Central does not natively support combining depreciation of a component with its main asset. Each component's depreciation must be posted to its own G/L account as per its setup. If you want combined reporting, you can handle it through custom reports or financial dimensions, but the system posts depreciation for each asset individually by design.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/fa-manage

Hope this answer will help you!

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Mansi Soni

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Sohail Ahmed 11,150 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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In Business Central, depreciation is calculated and posted separately for the main asset and each component. There is no standard functionality to combine depreciation of components into the main asset’s entries. Each asset (main or component) maintains its own depreciation schedule and entries.

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Khushbu Rajvi. 20,962 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Just adding more details : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/fa-depreciation-methods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxeqxH0CtBs

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Revan Jaunt 375 on at

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Thank you everyone for sharing your knowledge. It helped me to work with my team.

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Gerardo Rentería Ga... 25,390 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi, good day
I hope this can help you, and give you some hints.

Fixed Assets Main / Component items

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Gerardo

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