Asset accounting refers to the process of accounting and managing a company's fixed assets. This involves recording, valuing, depreciating, and tracking the value development of fixed assets. This area of accounting is crucial for accurately representing and valuing a company's long-term assets in its balance sheet.
Typical functions of software in the field of asset accounting are:
Asset recording: Capturing and recording all fixed assets of a company, including their characteristics, acquisition costs, locations, and useful lives.
Depreciation management: Calculation and booking of depreciations according to applicable depreciation rules and methods to account for the decrease in value of fixed assets over their useful lives.
Impairment assessment: Monitoring and assessing impairments of fixed assets to make appropriate depreciations or value adjustments.
Accounting control: Ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations related to the valuation and booking of fixed assets.