2486868 - Fixed Asset Acquisition Error: 'An Error Occurred During Depreciation Calculation for Asset ABC Asset ABC val. View XXX: Acquisition cost negative'

While performing a Manual Posting – Acquisition for a fixed asset, the system displays the following error message:

"An error occurred during depreciation calculation for Asset ABC.
Asset ABC Valuation View XXX: Acquisition cost negative."

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1. Go to Fixed Assets work center.
2. Go to Fixed Assets view.
3. Find asset ABC (ABC represents the ID of the Fixed Asset).
4. Click Manual Posting - Acquisition.
5. Enter all the mandatory details.
6. Click Simulate.

Error Message: 'An Error Occurred During Depreciation Calculation for Asset ABC Asset ABC val. View XXX: Acquisition cost negative' is thrown.

The reason for the error message is that the Fixed Asset total amount has acquisitions from previous and current years, and when the Manual Posting amount is bigger than the amount for each individual year the error occurs.

Check the amount of each period following these steps:

1. Go to Fixed Assets work center.
2. Go to Fixed Assets view.
3. Find the Fixed Asset ID ABC.
4. Click View All.
5. Go to Values tab.
6. Go to Book Values subtab.
7. Choose one year at a time.

 The information will be on Acquisition Cost line, on row Posted.

In order to perform the Manual Posting – Acquisition, the amount for each year needs to be posted separately.

One manual posting needs to be created for the previous years, and another manual posting needs to be created for the current year.

Previous years posting:

1. Go to Fixed Assets work center.
2. Go to Fixed Assets views.
3. Find asset ABC.
4. Click Manual Posting - Acquisition.
5. In Transaction Currency Amount field put in amount added to asset on previous years.
6. Set Relating To: 2 - Previous Years.
7. Click Post.

Current year posting:

1. Go to Fixed Assets work center.
2. Go to Fixed Assets views.
3. Find asset ABC.
4. Click Manual Posting - Acquisition.
5. In Transaction Currency Amount field put in amount added to asset on current year.
6. Set Relating To: 1- Current Year.
7. Click Post.

As a result, the acquisitions can be posted successfully.

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