Adjust a Building, Fixed, Land, or Leased Asset Subsidiary
These steps explain how to make an adjusting entry on the subsidiary ledger for a building, fixed, land, or leased subsidiary.
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Any adjustment made to a subsidiary record should balanced back to G/L’s.
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Launch Tool #1772 Work/View Subsidiaries.
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Highlight the asset to be adjusted and select Adjust.
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Enter the Transaction post date and Transaction description.
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Enter a Debit/Credit amount to be adjusted for the desired G/Ls.
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Each entry must have a Debit & offsetting Credit to balance.
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A Debit to the Asset G/L will increase the Invoice/Total cost (Asset) & Net book value, which would mean you need to expense more in the future. This adjustment will NOT recalculate your subsidiary monthly expense.
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A Credit to the Asset G/L will decrease the Invoice/Total cost (Asset) & Net book value, which would mean you will expense less in the future. This adjustment will NOT recalculate your subsidiary monthly expense.
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Click Create J/E if an entry needs to be made to CU*BASE General Ledger. Click Skip J/E if an entry needs to be made ONLY to the subsidiary record.
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In most cases, the entry is a debit or credit to the Asset G/L and offset to a Miscellaneous G/L. Since it isn’t posting to the CU*BASE General Leger, you are only trying to adjust the Asset & Net book value for the change. Changes to Asset & Net book value could include adjustments for:
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Credit memo for original invoice/total cost.
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Additional expense for original invoice/total cost.
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Wrong amount invoiced and entered for original invoice/total cost.
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Adjustments for manual depreciation.
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You will be brought back to the main screen in Tool #1772 Work/View Subsidiaries. Highlight the asset you just adjusted.
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Select Edit.
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Check the box next to Recalculate. This will recalculate the subsidiary record for the adjustment just performed.
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Use enter to accept the recalculation. This will change your monthly expense based on the new Invoice/Total cost & Net book value from the adjustment.
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You may change the number in the Month remaining field if you would like to adjust the term length based on your newly adjusted Invoice/Total cost and Net book value.
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Check the box next to Recalculate to change your monthly expense, accounting for the new Month remaining number entered.
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Use enter to accept the recalculation.
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Click Add/Update. In the confirm popup, click Add/Update again.
Post the J/E (if created)
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Launch Tool #61 Create/Post GL Journal Entries.
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Highlight the J/E just created.
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The J/E should have an ID of “FA/BA/LA/LI” and the effective date you entered in the Transaction post date field previously.
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Select Post.
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Verify the correct J/E was selected and click Post again to confirm.
Learn More
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Learn more about adjusting subsidiaries. |
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