SAP ERP Financials and FICO Handbook

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to company code, all depreciation areas created in the COD will be available to the
assigned company code. A maximum of 99 depreciation areas can be maintained
for a COD.
120. What are the types of depreciation methods?
The following depreciation methods are used in AA:
■ Base method .
■ Decline value method .
■ Maximum method—In this method, you define your maximum depreciation
amount for a particular fiscal year.
■ Multilevel method—This method helps to determine the validity of a particular
depreciation rate. For example, an appropriate depreciation for assets is 5%
for the first five years, and after that the depreciation rate will be 7.5% for the
rest of the periods.
■ Period control method—This determines the depreciation start date and end date
of asset transactions. In this method, you determine the effective start date and
end of depreciation calculation for (1) acquisition, (2) subsequent acquisitions/
postcapitalization, (3) intracompany transfers, and (4) retirements.
121. How do you upload assets in SAP solutions without creating single assets
through T-code AS01?
These are possible ways of uploading the assets master:
■ A legacy upload can happen through T-code AS100 (using XL), but here the
group assets (used for tax purposes) future cannot be used .
■ If group assets are required, using the BDC approach ensures that the legacy
group assets are created prior to upload.
■ For current year acquisition, use T-code ABZON.
122. What is AA company code?
Once you have assigned a COD to a company code, that company code is called
AA company code.