Capitalize a Project to a Fixed Asset in Dynamics AX 2012

Posted on: July 10, 2017 | By: Jarrod Kraemer | Microsoft Dynamics AX/365

Authored by: Chris Rusing

One of the best features of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is the integration between the various modules.  Some of these integrations are obvious, like accounts receivable and cash and bank management.  However, there are integrations between modules that you may not be aware of.  Capitalizing a project to a fixed asset is a great example of how multiple modules can interact with each other.  In this blog, we will walk through an example of how to do this by utilizing multiple modules in AX.

The first step you want to do is create the project in the project management and accounting module.  Please make sure that the project created is an investment project type.

 

Next, change the status of the project to In process so you can start making transactions against it.

 

Now, I’m going to head over to the accounts payable module and post an invoice for this project.  Please notice that I could designate the offset account type as project and selected the specific project I just created in the offset account field.

 

In the Project tab of the AP invoice journal, I selected my user-defined project category as construction in progress (this can be setup in the project management and accounting module).

 

Once the AP invoice is posted, you can see in the voucher transactions that the CIP account (180050) was debited and the AP account (200100) was credited.  This allows you to keep track of your expenses of your project as it progresses.

 

Now that we have posted an AP invoice against the project, let’s say that we are ready to capitalize the project.  We need to create a fixed asset record initially so the project can be eliminated to.  Go to the Fixed assets> Common> Fixed Assets> Fixed assets and click New fixed asset to create the shell of the asset.

 

I am only concerned with filling out the fixed asset group and the name of the asset.  The rest of the information on the asset will flow over from the project.

 

Now that I have completed creating the asset record, I’ll head back to my project to create an estimate.  At the top of the project, click the Estimate button in the Manage tab.  Click New to create the estimate.  Ensure that your estimate date is the most recent date to pick up all the transactions posted against the project.  Click OK when complete.