Using Depreciation Frequencies

Depreciation frequencies identify when depreciation must be run and recorded for assets and their related books. When depreciation is run, LN uses the frequency to determine whether the asset books are eligible for depreciation. You assign default depreciation frequencies to book types in the FAM Parameters (tffam0100s000) session. LN applies the defaults to all the books related to an asset during asset entry. You can change the default frequency for an asset book.

LN checks the frequencies each time you run depreciation. For example, you are depreciating an asset whose related book uses a quarterly frequency. LN checks to make sure you are at the end of the quarter each time you run depreciation for that asset and the related book. If you are at the end of a quarter, LN calculates depreciation for each period in that quarter and records one transaction for the total of these amounts. If you are not, depreciation does not occur.

Depreciation frequencies also indicate which periods, if any, are suspended for an asset and its related books. When a period is suspended, LN does not accumulate depreciation for any assets and their related books in that period.

For example, you want an asset to depreciate in every month except June. The company that owns the asset uses a 12 period calendar that runs from January to December. You would create a depreciation frequency that uses the same 12 period calendar, select Periodic as the recording frequency, and suspend depreciation in period 6, June.