The functions related to intra-group transfers/sales are used to carry out different types of operations. This can be:

  • A provision of partial assets
    This is an operation by which at least one company (the source company) brings a part of the asset elements to a target company.

  •  A merger of companies
    This is an operation which carries out :
    - either in the form of the absorption of one or more companies by another: the merger leads to the dissolution of the absorbed company/companies.
    - or through the creation of a new company to which several companies bring their assets: the companies will disappear to build up a new company.

  •  the de-merger of companies
    This operation consists in the total and simultaneous absorption of a company by at least 2 companies between which all assets and liabilities for the de-merged company (which is immediately dissolved) are split.

  •  an intra-group sale
    This is an operation by which a company sells to another company some of its asset elements.

Operation process

The use of an intra-group transfer/sale operation is carried out is several stages that are run in the following order :

1/ Definition of the operation

This first stage consists of:
- the creation of an operation with the indication of the transfer type, as well as the companies involved,
- the definition of the selection criteria for the assets involved in the transfer,
- the setup of certain rules particularly related to the transfer/sale price, the loading of the depreciation plans for the target company/companies, as well as the management of the capital gain or loss,
- specification of the references for the information recoding process(es) (particularly the Sites) that are associated.

2/ The Pre-recording of issues

process.This second stage is used to execute the operation previously defined and to store in a temporary table the result of this process. A log file, available at the end of the process, is used to display the list of these assets as well as their sales amount.

3/ Manual adjustment of issuesProcess

This process is used to intervene in the process result by excluding the issue, if necessary, of one or more selected assets and updating their transfer/sale price if required.

4/ The Transfer/sale confirmation

process.This last stage is used to save both the issue of the assets from the source company that are stored in the temporary table, and the receipt of these assets in the target company/companies.

Note: the closure for any company used as a source or target company in an intra-group transfer operation, is not authorized as long as the transfer validation process is not completed.

Prerequisite

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Screen management

This function is the first step of a Fixed asset transfer operation within a group. It consists of:

  • a header that is used to enter the identification information for the operation,
     
  • a grid that is used to select the source company/companies as well as the target company/companies,
     
  • four tabs that are used, respectively:
     
    - to select the assets and define their transfer/sale price calculation rules,

    - to define the terms for loading the depreciation plans in the target company/companies,
     
    - to set up the different rules applied to the assets on exiting the operation,

    - to associate with the operation, one or more references to the setup of the Recoding process, to be used in the mass recoding of the different values, in particular those of the source company sites.

Header

The header contains the transfer/sale operation information. It is used:

  • To specify:

    - its reference and description,
    - the operation type: Partial provision of assets, intra-group sale, merger, de-merger,
    - the fiscal rule associated with the operation,
    - the effective date of the operation. This is the issue date displayed at the level of the source company assets. The "effective" date of the issue taken into account at the level of the charge calculation for the fiscal year, will in reality correspond to the effective date minus 1 day.
    It is mandatory that this date falls in the current fiscal year for each of the plans in the source company and target company, used in the operation setup.
     
  • To view the operation status. This cannot be modified directly but evolves as the different stages in the transfer/sale process progress.
     
    Thus it automatically takes as its value:

    - In preparation during the creation of the transfer/sale.

    Issues processed after use of the Pre-recording of issues process. From now on, the operation setup cannot be modified. Only by cancelling this process is it possible to return to the status In preparation.

    - Receipts processed after the Transfer/sale confirmation operation. This status is irreversible.
     
  • To enter, in a grid, the references to the companies for which the process is carried out, each line being used to associate a source company with a target company.

Notes:

  • 1/ If several source or target companies are involved in the operation, the user must carry out the setup of each source company / target company pair (selection, loading terms for the target company plans....) before adding an additional line.
  • Up to a maximum of 10 source or target companies can be specified.

 

Tab Selection

  • This tab is used to select the assets that will be subject to the transfer/sale by entering one or more selection references. These selections have been previously defined in the window accessible using the right-click option "Selection tunnel." If a single asset is subject to several selections, the setups defined for the first selection will be applied to it.
     
    The user can add a filter on the assets in the selection according to their CoA account nature: FA In process and/or In service.

    Three additional criteria are also available to indicate whether the selected assets and presenting the following characteristics must be saved during the selection:

    - assets where the Holding type is In lease,
    - assets purchase since the effective date (these assets to not take the transfer/sales price but are cancelled in the source company and recreated identically in the target company),
    - the assets issued since the effective date (in this case, their issue is cancelled in the source company ; the assets are created in the target company then issued according to the terms that are set up in the source company).

    Notes:

    1/  The Components assets are automatically excluded by the selection. However, when the asset status Principal is selected, all the assets with the status Component that are attached to it, are automatically selected even it they do not meet the other selection criteria.

    2/ When an asset attached to a lease contract with the status In process is selected, all the assets attached to this contract are automatically selected, even if they do not meet the other selection criteria.
     
    3/ When a selected asset has been created by the capitalisation of expenses, with a receipt date greater than or equal to the effective date, the expenses attached to the asset are automatically transferred and recreated identically in the target company, keeping their link with the financial asset.
     
    4/ When a selected asset is assigned to physical elements, these elements are automatically issued and created again identically (except for localization) in the target company where their link with new assets is preserved.
     
    5/ The assets, for which the issue date is earlier than the effective date, are never selected.

    6/  The Inactive assets are automatically excluded by the selection.
     
  • This tab is also used to specify the calculation rule for determining the transfer/sale price. The sale/transfer price can correspond :

    - to the Net value of a specified plan on the effective date,
    - to the Gross value of a specified plan,
    - to the result of the Distribution of a global envelope; the distribution can be carried out according to the Net value or to the Gross value of a specified plan,
    - to a Transfer/sale price entered by the user, identical for each asset.

Tab Plan to be loaded

This tab is used to set up the loading rule for the values of each of the target company plans.

Several rules are available:

  • Values identical to the template plan specified in the next field: the Gross value, Charge and Net value will be loaded by those of the template plan in the source company. This rule is only available if the start and end dates of the fiscal year, as well as the period division are identical in the template plan and if both plans are managed in the same currency.
     
  • Identical values: the Gross value, Charge and Net value will be loaded by those of the identical plan in the source company. This rule is only available where :
    * this plan exists in the source company
    * the start and end dates of the fiscal year as well as the period sub-division are identical in the two companies in this plan,
    * their management currency is the same.
  • Gross value = Transfer/sale price. The Gross value will be loaded with the transfer/sale price. The method is entered in the next field; otherwise, the depreciation method in the source plan is used. The depreciation duration must be entered in the next field.
  • Gross value = Net value from the template plan. The Gross value will be loaded with the net value of the template plan from the source company, specified in the next field. The method is entered in the next field; otherwise, the depreciation method in the template plan is used. The depreciation duration must be entered in the next field.

Tab Other rules

This tab is used to define the additional management rules that determine:

  • the value used to define the tax basis,
  • the purchase date and first use date retained in the target company,
  • the status on the purchase of the asset,
  • VAT transfer rule,
  • the basis used to calculate the capital gain or loss.

    A flag is used (when activated) to request the transfer process, in the target company, of the +/- value generated during the transfer/sale. In this case it will be reintegrated in a deprecation plan and depreciated according to a method that allows the user to set up by specifying :

    - the welcome plan,
    - the re-integration date,
    - the depreciation method,
    - the depreciation duration.

Tab Recoding

This tab is used to display the reference(s) for the Recoding processes associated with the transfer/sale operation.
It is also used to add or delete one or more processes previously defined for the operation in process.
The right click is used to access, by tunnel, the Recoding function.

The recodings are used to replace, for the assets transferred to the target company/companies, the value:

- the information controlled for a miscellaneous table,
- the analytical dimensions,
- the location,
-the geographic and financial sites.

Note: a reference to the Site is unique in the application and cannot exist in more than one company. As a consequence, in order to complete the transfer/sale confirmation process, it is mandatory that a Site recoding process for the source company/companies, is associated with the transfer/sale in process.

Error messages

The only error messages are the generic ones.

Tables used

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