Working with Depreciation What Ifs

  To view depreciation summary data and perform what-if analysis:

1. Open data form 15. Depreciation What ifs (see Logging On and Accessing Capital Asset Planning).

   A composite data form displays with depreciation summary information (top) and global assumptions for depreciation (bottom).

2. Select Total New for asset class and Current Fiscal Year for year.

3. In the bottom data form, change an asset class depreciation method, and then save the data.

   For example, for Computers, change the depreciation method from SYD to SLN.

4. In the depreciation form (top), right-click an asset class, and then select Calculate Asset.

   For example, right-click Computers.

5. In Calculate Existing Asset, Click Finish.

   Similarly, in the global assumptions for depreciation data form (bottom), you can change the values for Useful Life and Depreciation Convention, and then recalculate.