Special Books

The Special book type, which is a non-United States book type, permits specific depreciation methods to be posted to the general ledger. It supplements Commercial or Statutory depreciation.

You cannot use this book as the posting book in the FAM Parameters (tffam0100s000) session, however you can use a check box in the Asset Books (tffam1510m000) session to enable posting. Additional posting is allowed which allows extra posting of a Fixed Amount amount and/or method.

Special books have no subtypes and use section 179 values in depreciation calculation if entered. Both the Annuity depreciation method and Economic Recapture are invalid for this book type. This book uses the special account type in the Integration Schemes to determine the debit accounts and the credit accounts for posting.