Fixed assets
French fixed assets in Business Central, focused on accelerated depreciation. It covers how the tax and accounting depreciation books differ, how to set them up, and how to run the Calculate Depreciation batch job. It answers setup and calculation questions for the French localization.
Path: Business functionality > Local functionality > France > Fixed assets · tier official · system fixed-assets · narrative reviewed (checked by Opus)
Overview
This section covers one topic for the French localization: accelerated depreciation of fixed assets. It applies to companies that meet specific size criteria. The feature calculates the differences between tax depreciation and accounting depreciation, and it uses derogatory posting types to record those differences.
The three pages follow a natural order. The concept page explains the method and why separate accounting and tax depreciation books are needed. The setup page describes how to configure the depreciation books, including integration settings and the derogatory calculation. The how-to page describes running the Calculate Depreciation batch job and where the resulting entries go.
Start with the Accelerated Depreciation page for the concepts. Then follow the setup page before you calculate anything, because the batch job needs both books to exist on the fixed asset.
Key points
- Accelerated depreciation in the French localization calculates differences between tax and accounting depreciation books.
- It applies to companies meeting specific size criteria.
- Derogatory posting types are used to record the differences.
- Setup requires separate accounting and tax depreciation books with specific integration settings.
- The Derogatory Calculation field on the depreciation books is part of the setup.
- The Calculate Depreciation batch job is used, with options such as force number of days, posting date and balancing account.
- Entries go to the general journal or the fixed asset journal depending on the book type.
- The fixed asset must have both an accounting and a tax depreciation book.
Learn pages
- Accelerated Depreciation [FR]: Learn how to use the accelerated depreciation method to post the extra tax amounts if they meet specified criteria in the French version.
- How to Calculate Accelerated Depreciation [FR]: In Business Central, you calculate periodic depreciation for fixed assets by using the Calculate Depreciation batch job.
- Set Up Accelerated Depreciation: Set up depreciation books for fixed assets to use accelerated depreciation calculations in Business Central.
Business Central pages and reports
The pages, reports and queries this hub’s Learn pages name (ms.search.form, API reference), joined to the code by exact object id (data/index/docs-objects.json); a page shows the table it runs on.
- Page 5610 “Depreciation Book Card” · on Table 5611 “Depreciation Book”
- Page 5611 “Depreciation Book List” · captioned “Depreciation Books” · on Table 5611 “Depreciation Book”
- Page 5612 “FA Posting Group Card” · on Table 5606 “FA Posting Group”
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