How best to analyze Depreciation

Perhaps the best, easiest way is to run an Asset Transfer Register which you find in Abila MIP Fund Accounting at Reports>Fixed Assets>Asset Transfer Register.




You can select one of the default reports <By Responsibility>, <Disposals> or design your own.

Frequently the key to such a report is to filter it for the Depreciation Date, Asset ID, or Category (if you have set up categories on the assets)

The following example is by Depreciation Date:



On the content tab I have included the following columns for the body of the report:

Category
Depreciation Date
Asset ID
Description
Status
Original Asset ID
Cost/Basis
Depreciation Expenditure
Accumulated Depreciation
Disposals
GL Code



You can then run the report and analyze as necessary. 

This report returns the assets that had a Depreciation Date of 04/302016.  Basic information about the assets, Cost of the assets, the amount of the depreciation per asset, and the GL’s the depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation has hit. 
 
Of course they are many other options to choice from on the content and filters tabs to get the information you need from this report.