Canned Depreciation Report by Department problems
Problem with the Canned Altiris Depreciation by Department report.
First off here is what I have configured for all assets.
1. Computer Serial Number is used as the Computer name on the client in the record for that asset. It is also used as the System Number.
2. Purchase or Lease: Purchase
3. Expense Type: Depreciation
4. Business Use Ratio: 100
5. Book, Custom and Tax Depreciation: Straight line 36 mths, rate 2.77777.
6. Cost Item: Type: Purchase, Accounting Code: Purchase Cost, Status: Incurred
7. I have Run the Depreciation Items Cost Evaluation Task.
When I run the report for any reporting period or Purpose I get one of 2 results.
1. The report will return data with current values of assets higher than purchase price. For example my $800 HP Desktop purchased a year ago will return a current value of $26,000.
2. If the results aren’t as listed above with excess current values, it returns all “0” in all columns.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Comments
Did you fix this?
Hi,
Did you fix this issue? I am having a similar issue - I have assigned assets to a Cost Centre and even though the assets exist in the Cost Centre, I am getting no depreciation!
Are there any other tasks to run other than the Depreciation Items Cost Evaluation Task?
Thanks in advance,
QuietLeni
I stand by the accuracy of my Inventory of the organisation. Don't blame me for the picture that it presents...
Resurrecting an old topic
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to resurrect this topic as I am having this issue. I have followed the steps in AKB 44219 but I am still seeing VERY skewed results.
As an example, a $1,500 computer purchased only 6-7 months ago has its current value listed as $0.68 and a $900 computer purchased back in 2006 has a current value of over $4,000.
Does anyone else use depreciation on the v6 platform, and if so, have you had similar issues?
--Dave
Dates entered
What are the dates you entered the equipment on. I think the depreciation calculations use these and not the purchase or available for use dates when doing their calculations. I did some work with a customer at the beginning of the year where we had to write some additional procedures to reset calc from dates correctly. THis may not be the answer but just worth checking.
Steve
We typically have the
We typically have the purchase data entered within 2 weeks of receiving the asset, so the purchase data should be entered pretty close to the actual discovery date of the asset.
--Dave
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