Evaluation Group 
Evaluation Group
Definition
A field in the asset master record that can be used for classifying assets.
You can use an evaluation group to:
Use
The Corporate Tax Law requires you to categorize assets in legal reports according to four criteria
Within each criterion, there are several values allowed (see the list under Customizing). For example, in the category industry, there is farming, mining, and manufacturing. In some cases, the assets are categorized by their useful life (shown in the table in parentheses).
In addition, you have to assign each asset to the appropriate business place.
Customizing
Set up the evaluation groups as follows in Customizing for Financial Accounting (FI), by choosing Asset Accounting ® Master Data ® User Fields ® ….
|
No. |
Eval. Groups 1–4 |
Description |
|
1 |
1100 |
Common (4) |
|
1200 |
Buildings (20) |
|
|
1300 |
Structures (40) |
|
|
2 |
2101 |
Farming, forestry (4) |
|
2102 |
Mining (4) |
|
|
2103 |
Manufacturing (4) |
|
|
2201 |
Manufacturing (6) |
|
|
2202 |
Lodging (6) |
|
|
2203 |
Traffic (6) |
|
|
2301 |
Fishery (8) |
|
|
2302 |
Mining (8) |
|
|
2303 |
Manufacturing (8) |
|
|
2401 |
Manufacturing (10) |
|
|
2402 |
Traffic (10) |
|
|
2501 |
Electricity, gas (16) |
|
|
3 |
3100 |
R&D assets (5) |
|
3200 |
R&D assets (3) |
|
|
4 |
4100 |
Intangible assets (5) |
|
4200 |
Intangible assets (10) |
|
|
4300 |
Intangible assets (20) |
|
|
4400 |
Intangible assets (50) |
Another evaluation group is reserved for the use of the business place. Customize the evaluation group according to the business places so that they match each other one to one, that is, one evaluation field to one business place.
Master Data
Assign each asset to the appropriate category of the evaluation groups.
Reporting
The reports carry a selection field in which the evaluation group must be entered to get the data for the asset classification of the business place.