2925868 - Fixed Asset Depreciation Amount Calculation for Partial Transfer and Complete Transfer of Individual Material

• You are comparing the depreciation amounts for two receiving Fixed Assets, one received values via the partial transfer and one via a complete transfer posting.
• Both Fixed Assets use the same Depreciation method, calculated on a daily base. 
• For both transfers, you expect the depreciation amount to be calculated the same way in Accounting Period AAA.

AAA means the accounting period.

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For Manual Posting - Partial Transfer of Individual Material:

1. Go to the Fixed Assets work center.
2. Go to the Fixed Assets view.
3. Show All Fixed Assets and Find ABC (ABC represents the Fixed Asset ID), press Go.
4. Select Fixed Asset ID ABC and click Manual Posting - Partial Transfer of Individual Material.
5. Enter the required parameters, Posting Date as current month end day, and click Post.
6. Select Fixed Asset ID ABC in view Fixed Assets and click Edit Values.
7. View Depreciation Overview subtab and check for the Depreciation amount.

For Manual Posting - Complete Transfer of Individual Material:

1. Go to the Fixed Assets work center.
2. Go to the Fixed Assets view.
3. Show All Fixed Assets and Find ABC (ABC represents the Fixed Asset ID), press Go.
4. Select Fixed Asset ID ABC and click Manual Posting - Complete Transfer of Individual Material.
5. Enter the required parameters, Posting Date as current month end day, and click Post.
6. Select Fixed Asset ID ABC in view Fixed Assets and click Edit Values.
7. View Depreciation Overview subtab and check for the Depreciation amount.

Both depreciation amounts for period AAA are different.

Below is the system logic on how the depreciation is calculated in the case of Partial Transfer and Complete Transfer.

The depreciation calculation for partial transfer transaction is treated just like acquisition postings unlike the complete transfer posting. For acquisition postings happening in the same fiscal year as the capitalization fiscal year, the depreciation is always calculated from the depreciation start date.

For any other type of transaction, the depreciation is calculated only as per the period control configuration corresponding to the type of transaction and the posting date of the transaction. For the complete transfer, as it's a daily depreciation based depreciation method, the depreciation is calculated from the date of posting of the complete transfer and not from the depreciation start date.

Hence, system behavior is as designed.

For acquisition postings (including partial transfer) in the first year of capitalization, the depreciation is always calculated from the depreciation start date. For other cases, the depreciation is calculated only from the date of posting of the transaction.

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