Activation of New Depreciation Area

[Former Member]

Hi All,

when i am trying to activate new depreciation area using program RAFABNEW system is showing processed is "0" and Errors found also "0". can anyone suggest what is the right procedure to activate depreciation area...

regards...

Pranav....

[javier_reviriego · Accepted solution]

Hello Pranav

Please check if the new area is active on the relevant asset classes. In IMG:

Asset Accounting > Valuation > Determine Depreciation Areas in the Asset Class

Also make sure that there are existing assets (without deactivation date) for which

area should be created.

Regards

Javier

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Javier,

How do we load Asset accounting Tax Data(Depreciation area 10 for usa)?Could you please explain me TAX depreciation business process?

I will assign points.

Thanks

Rau

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

use AS91 and upload the deprication data for all the active book in depreciation values tab of AS91

send me your email i will send you the asset upload file.

Assign points if useful

thanks

shrvanthi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Javier,

Actually my client is requiesting another depreciation area for posting Dep. and APC values to different GL accounts and all otherdepreciation terms are same as Depreciation area 01 - Real Depreciation Area. and also we need to cater the new depreciation area for any change in depreciation terms in future...can you advise how to do this..

i hv some more clarifications here.........

-> how the system will consider APC Values and Acc.Dep for past years.

-> whether we have to specify data specifications for this depreciation area.

-> APC and Acc.Dep GLs are Recon

-> the new depreciation area postings should not post to Controlling Area.

please advice me.

regards,

Pranav.....

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Sravanthi,

actually i am looking for SAP program which can copy all values from one depreciation area to another..if SAP provides this it is useful for us....ok send me my email ID is srnvs_n@yahoo.com. thanks for your help....

regards,

Pranav

[javier_reviriego · Accepted solution]

Hi

-> how the system will consider APC Values and Acc.Dep for past years

Please check indicator "Leave values initial" in RAFABNEW

If you do not set this indicator, the system copies 1:1 the values from the reference depreciation area.

System creates the area and copy the values only for opened fiscal years in AA. No need to do it for years already closed.

-> whether we have to specify data specifications for this depreciation area.

This should be copied from the reference area.

-> APC and Acc.Dep GLs are Recon

SAP note 7595 will give you all the information about how you have to define the accounts

-> the new depreciation area postings should not post to Controlling Area.

please advice me.

Do not carry out the settings to post with an account assignment object for that

area. As of release 4.7 this is done in:

SPRO -> Financial Accounting -> Asset Accounting ->

Integration with the General Ledger -> Additional Account Assignment

Objects -> Activate Account Assignment Objects

Here you will find all the object active for asset accounting (like

cost center, Orders and so on).

An additional path of customizing is:

SPRO -> Asset Accounting -> Integration with the General Ledger ->

Additional Account Assignment Objects ->

Specify Acct Assignment Types for Acct Assignment Objects

For the new area no settings should exist.

In previous releases customizing was done in transaction OAYR.

Regards

Javier

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Shravanthi,

Thanks for your reply.

We went live in July'07 and now we want to load Asset accounting Tax Data(Depreciation area 10(MACRS/ACRS) for usa) for 2006?

How Depreciation area 10 works?do we needs to run any depreciation using t.code AFAB?could you please explain me TAX depreciation business process?

here is my email id:rau.moder@gmail.com

Thanks,

Rau

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

We had the same problem with my previous client we loaded assets like 4 times.

Using AS91 i have loaded master data and book depreciation data since i had cost and accum dep only for book and we did not had accm dep for tax.

If you really want to upload only tax book for the master data then ask your technical guy to upload using AS92 change asset master data for legecy asset and upload only tax book cost and accum dep

IF YOU WANT SYSTEM TO CALCULATE THE DEPRECIATION

Before uploading the asset master you have to configure the system to calulate the accum dep in below path

Spro-> FI->AA->Asset data transfer->check the transfer values

Assign points if helpful

Thanks

shravnathi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Javier,

thanks for your clarifications i was done new depreciation area creation and activation successfully..

my only doubt system is not considering APC values for last periods for GLs...while running ASKB. it is considering only transactions during the activation period for eg; if i activated in dec it is considering only acq and ret during that period whether we have to update manually in GL account for the opening balances to GLs..

thanks for your reply

Regards,

Pranav

[Former Member]

Use AFAMA, select the key and click on activiate icon

Regards

Sanil Bhandari

[Former Member]

i am asking how to activate depreciation area not depreciation key..........

regards....

Pranav

[Former Member]

Hi Sravanthy -

Pls. send the document to my mail id kris_pati@yahoo.com. I appreciate your help.

Thanks

Kris