Post the preacquisition of a fixed asset

This article describes how to set up and post fixed asset preacquisitions with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance.

Note

The functionality for posting fixed asset preacquisitions is only available for legal entities that have their primary address in Hungary or the Czech Republic. A preacquisition of a fixed asset isn't depreciable, and it doesn't affect the acquisition costs or the net book value of the fixed asset. When you post a preacquisition, the status of the fixed asset is changed to Acquired. A fixed asset that has the Acquired status isn't depreciable. By contrast, when you post an acquisition, the status is changed to Open, and the fixed asset is depreciable.

Set up preacquisitions

Before you can post a preacquisition, you must complete the following steps:

1. In Dynamics 365 Finance, go to the Fixed assets parameters page.
2. Set the Allow preacquisitions option to Yes.
3. On the Fixed assets page, go to Setup > Fixed asset posting profiles and set up a fixed asset posting profile for the preacquisition posting type.

Post a preacquisition of a fixed asset

To post a preacquisition of a fixed asset, follow these steps.

1. On the Fixed assets page, create a new journal, and enter all required applicable information.
2. For the journal that you just created, select Lines to open the Journal voucher page.
3. Select New to create a line.
4. In the Transaction type field, select a transaction that has the Pre-Acquisition transaction type.
5. Enter values for the remaining fields as required.
6. Select Validate to validate the journal lines.
7. Select Proposals > Pre-acquisition proposal.
8. Select Select to set up the selection criteria, and then select OK.
9. Select OK to close the Preacquisition proposal page.
10. Select Post > Post to post the preacquisition transaction. On the Books page, the status of the fixed asset should now be Acquired.

Note

In the parameters for the acquisition/acquisition adjustment proposal, you can set the date in the To date field up to the date for which preacquisition transactions are selected.