Accounting › Asset Accounting
Depreciation Areas
One book’s opinion of an asset’s value. Area 01 posts to the ledger, 15 is the tax book and posts nothing, 30 is the group book — this is what parallel valuation actually is.
Where to find it
- Module: Accounting
- Group: Ledger
- Section: Asset Accounting
- Screen: Depreciation Areas
Address in the console: /accounting/depreciation-areas
List · 8 columns · 18 fields on its form · 3 of them required
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Area | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Type | Status | area_type |
| Principle | Code | principle_code |
| Ledger | Code | ledger_code |
| Posts | Yes or no | posts_to_ledger |
| Leading | Yes or no | is_leading |
| Valuations | Number | valuation_count |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code required | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| Type required | Choice | book, tax, group, insurance, replacement, management, delta | |
| Ledger | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Accounting principle | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Currency | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Writes journals | Yes or no | A tax area calculates and does not post; its difference reaches the ledger through deferred tax. | |
| Derived from two other areas | Yes or no | ||
| Derived from | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Less | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Permits revaluation | Yes or no | ||
| Permits impairment | Yes or no | ||
| Takes the leading area’s cost | Yes or no | ||
| Takes the leading area’s life | Yes or no | ||
| Leading area | Yes or no | ||
| Sort order | Number | ||
| Active | Yes or no | ||
| Description | Long text |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.