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Automatically Calculating Depreciation

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Good morning,

I am trying to get deprecation automatically calculated on fixed assets. I believe the fixed asset has been set-up correctly as per below:

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The acquisition start date is the 17/07/2017 and depreciation should be calculated up until 16/07/2020 - 3 years. 

The depreciation method and start and end dates are entered. I haven't specified a depreciation table code (not sure if this is required).

A depreciation booking card has been set-up (all integrations ticked):

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FA posting groups have been defined, pointing to the correct G/L's (chart of accounts):

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When I try and use the calculate depreciation batch job, pointing to the depreciation book CHAL DEPRE with the below config:

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I seem to get the below output:

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I click 'Yes' but nothing happens at this point. If I manually search for the fixed asset G/L journal I can see the below:

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Seems to not be calculating the depreciation days or calculating any amounts, can anyone spot where I might be going wrong here?

If there are calculations, then the next step i guess is to 'Post' the journal entry? Where should I see depreciation amounts listed, against the fixed asset or within chart of accounts?

Apologies, fairly new to BC.

Any help would greatly be appreciated.

Regards,

Matt Smith 

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  • Matt Smith - Cha Ltd Profile Picture
    65 on at

    Hi Martin,

    Applying the 'Default' to the Fixed Asset G/L Journal as per below fixed the issue:

    pastedimage1587714843488v1.png

    Thank you for your help. Fantastic!

    Regards,

    Matt Smith

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    MartinNL Profile Picture
    480 on at

    Hi Matt,

    Yes that looks like the 'out of box' setup that BC has. I see that your FA Posting Setup is using the batch 'Default' but in your original post you looking in the FA Journal batch called 'Automatic'. Have you checked if the depreciation values are in the batch 'Default'? 

    FA_5F00_Setup_2800_2_2900_.png

    FA_5F00_Setup_2800_3_2900_.png

    If you want your depreciation to go to your 'Automatic' batch then I suggest you make that amendment in your FA Posting Setup.

    Hope that helps!

    Kind regards,

    Martin

  • Matt Smith - Cha Ltd Profile Picture
    65 on at

    Hi Aotto & Martin,

    Thanks for the replies, some great direction.

    I have checked the FA Journal Templates & FA Journey Setup - as per below:

    FA JOURNAL TEMPLATES

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    Are these 'out of the box' set-up entries or perhaps these have been created?

    FA JOURNAL SETUP

    The FA journal set-up is pointing to the above template (ASSETS)

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    I have also checked the FA Posting Type Setup - In case you may spot anything incorrect here:

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    Would be great to solve this, thanks for your help so far!

    Regards,

    Matt Smith

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    MartinNL Profile Picture
    480 on at

    Hi Matt,


    As mentioned by aotto, you should check to which Journal Batch the depreciation is being created, you can see this by navigating to "FA Journal Setup", here you will see the setup for the depreciation book.

    FA_5F00_Setup.png

    If you have multiple depreciation books you can also navigate via the depreciation book:

    FA_5F00_Setup_2800_1_2900_.png

    Let us know how you get on

    Regards,

    Martin

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    Can you go to Depreciation Books -> FA Journal Setup and check the journal batch setup in there.

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