The calculation key offers three other settings for depreciation calculation, in addition to the settings already discussed.

By specifying shutdown periods in the master record, you can use this indicator to suspend depreciation during shutdown periods.

By means of this indicator, the system can depreciate acquisitions in the original acquisition year either starting from the depreciation start date or from the asset value date of the acquisition. In the first case, the system carries out uniform depreciation for all acquisitions to an asset. In the second case, the system depreciates each acquisition from the asset value date of the acquisition posting.

This indicator enables you to use depreciation that is accurate to the day. The period control rules in the calculation key are deactivated for the entire life of the asset. This affects all transactions (acquisitions, retirements and transfers). The system always uses the asset value date as the depreciation start date. This type of depreciation is a legal requirement in France, for example.

• The system takes the 29th of February into account only if there were transactions for the asset during this leap year. If there were no transactions during a leap year, the annual depreciation for the year is the same as in a normal year. This special handling meets legal requirements in France.
• "Depreciation to the day" becomes active for an asset as soon as the asset is capitalized (posted) if the asset has the required depreciation key (calculation key). Once the "depreciation to the day" function is active, you cannot deactivate it for the asset (not even by changing the calculation key). The reverse is also true. You cannot activate this function for an asset after it has been posted using a different calculation key.