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The Assets module tracks your company’s fixed assets — equipment, vehicles, furniture, and technology — through their full lifecycle from acquisition to disposal, with automatic depreciation posted to Finance.

What Assets owns

  • Fixed assets — the asset register with acquisition details and current book value
  • Depreciation — scheduled and posted depreciation entries
  • Disposals — records of sold or written-off assets

Data flows out of Assets to

ModuleWhat it sends
FinanceDepreciation entries
MaintenanceAsset records for maintenance tracking

Common tasks

Add a fixed asset

1

Open Assets → New Asset

2

Enter asset details

Fill in the asset name, category (e.g. Vehicles, IT Equipment, Furniture), serial number, and location.
3

Set acquisition details

Enter the purchase date, purchase cost, and supplier.
4

Configure depreciation

Choose the depreciation method (Straight-line or Declining balance), useful life in years, and residual value.
5

Assign to an employee (optional)

Link the asset to the employee responsible for it.
6

Save

The asset is added to your register. Depreciation will post to Finance automatically on schedule.

Run depreciation

1

Open Assets → Depreciation → Run Depreciation

2

Select the period

Choose the month/year to depreciate. The system calculates the depreciation amount for every active asset.
3

Review

Check the depreciation schedule. Any asset approaching full depreciation is flagged.
4

Post to Finance

Click Post. Journal entries are created in Finance automatically for the total depreciation amount.

Dispose of an asset

1

Open the asset record → click Dispose

2

Enter disposal details

Set the disposal date, method (Sale or Write-off), and sale proceeds if applicable.
3

Confirm

The system calculates the gain or loss on disposal and posts the entry to Finance. The asset is marked as Disposed and removed from the active register.

Key features

Asset register — Complete record per asset: purchase date, cost, location, assigned employee, depreciation method, and current book value. Depreciation — Straight-line or declining balance. Posts to Finance automatically on schedule with no manual intervention. Asset categories — Group assets for reporting and bulk depreciation configuration. Disposals — Records sale or write-off with automatic gain/loss calculation and Finance journal entry.