You can use a straight line depreciation method as an alternative depreciation method.

When you're using a depreciation method that is based on a percentage, you can use the alternative depreciation profile to automatically switch to the alternative depreciation method from the original depreciation method when the amount for the straight line method would be greater than the original method.

To do this, you must set up a second depreciation profile for the value model. Calculations according to the Depreciation profileand Alternative depreciation profileare compared, and the highest depreciation in the depreciation proposal is suggested for posting.

If an alternative depreciation profile is set up for the value model, the information from the value model will be used during depreciation for the fixed asset.

To view future depreciation, click Value models> Inquiry> Profileto view the future depreciation calculation.