Using intracompany asset transfer, you transfer a fixed asset, or an asset component, to a different asset master record. The target asset has to be in the same company code as the sending asset. Intracompany transfer may be necessary for one of the following reasons:

• An asset was created in the wrong asset class. Since you cannot change the asset class in the asset master data, you have to transfer the asset to a new master record.

• You split up an asset or move part of an asset (transfer from asset to asset).

You configure the transfer of capitalization and depreciation dates, as well as the transfer of field contents from the sending to the receiver asset, in Customizing for Asset Accounting. Intracompany transfers (within a company code) use transfer variants and field transfer rules, as do intercompany transfers. You find the Customizing steps for making these settings (for both types of transfer) by choosing Intercompany Asset Transfers Õ Automatic Intercompany Asset Transfers.

SAP supplies standard transaction types for intracompany asset transfers. You can create additional transaction types or change existing ones in Customizing for Asset Accounting (choose Transactions Õ Transfers Õ Define Transaction Types for Transfers).

For intracompany asset transfers, the system determines the transaction types from the transfer variant, the same as it does for intercompany (cross-company code) asset transfers. The system default for intracompany transfers is always transfer variant 4 (Transfer within a company code). However, you can change the transfer variant on the Additional details tab page. You define transfer variants, both for intracompany and intercompany transfers, in Customizing for Asset Accounting. Choose Transactions Õ Intercompany Asset Transfers Õ Automatic Intercompany Asset Transfers Õ Define Transfer Variants.

Transfer posting from one fixed asset to another within the same company code can be carried out in one step. The prerequisites, however, for automatic transfer posting are that no values (APC and depreciation) from the sending asset are lost, and that every area of the target asset is supplied with values. Below is a more detailed listing of what you need to fulfill these prerequisites:

• Each depreciation area of the sending asset, for which the system determined a retirement amount, also has to be managed in the target asset.

• Each non-dependent depreciation area in the target asset also has to be managed in the sending asset.

• If ordinary depreciation is calculated for a depreciation area of the sending asset, the corresponding area in the target asset also has to calculate ordinary depreciation. The same applies for special depreciation.

• The keys used for investment support measures must correspond in each depreciation area. The same applies to revaluation keys.

If it is not possible to use automatic transfer posting because of these restrictions, you have to manually post a retirement and then an acquisition to carry out the transfer.

You can create a new asset within the transfer posting transaction, or you can transfer to an existing asset. The system enters the number of the sending asset in the target asset (on the Origin tab page).

As with asset retirement, the intracompany transfer posting procedure distinguishes between prior-year asset acquisitions and current-year acquisitions. Full and partial transfer postings are possible. Full transfers can be posted in a single step (prior-year asset acquisitions and current-year acquisitions together). However, for partial transfers, you have to post prior-year acquisitions and current-year acquisitions separately. Partial transfers can posted by specifying a quantity, a percentage rate, or an amount (on the Partial transfer tab page). The system determines the amounts to be transferred and the proportional accumulated depreciation in the same way as for asset retirement posting.