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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000093" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Mass Asset Depreciation</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1667917">
         <Level1>Mass depreciation</Level1>
         <Level2>assets</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1667922">
         <Level1>Transactions</Level1>
         <Level2>Mass Depreciate Assets</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1667927">
         <Level1>Mass assets</Level1>
         <Level2>Depreciation</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You mass depreciate
		assets to record the loss of value on a periodic basis for a large number of
		assets at one time. You can depreciate an asset at any time after
		capitalization and prior to full disposal or the removal of capitalization.
		Only vintage and group account assets can accumulate depreciation after they
		have been disposed.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You can record mass
		depreciation for values associated with assets or with specific books related
		to the assets. For information about depreciating specific books, see the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000171" role="manual">Depreciating Asset Books</Link> topic.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For each book selected, LN first determines whether it is time to depreciate. It does this by
		looking at the depreciation frequency and the last depreciated date. If it is a
		period in which the asset book is supposed to depreciate, and no depreciation
		has already occurred in this period, LN passes the necessary depreciation
		information to the depreciation process.</Paragraph>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The frequency
		  indicates that the asset was supposed to depreciate in January, February, and
		  March and it is now currently April. LN then checks the last depreciation
		  date to see whether depreciation has been run through March. If not, it runs
		  depreciation for all remaining periods.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>If the ledger is closed
		  for any of the periods, LN processes the depreciation as one large
		  transaction to the current period, but if the ledger is open, one transaction
		  for each period is created. Depreciation is calculated through the end date of
		  the period selected.</Paragraph>
      </ExampleSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You cannot depreciate
		  beyond the end of the current fiscal year without first closing the last period
		  through the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/fam/tffam8205m000" role="session">Period End (tffam8205m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>