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AM05


AM05.1 - Account Group

**Form Purpose
Use Account Group (AM05.1) to define the accounts to be used to post journal
entries created when adding, adjusting, transferring, or disposing of assets.
At least one account group must be set up if a book was defined as a posting
book for the company on Current Calendar (AM01.1).

**Process at a Glance
1. Define at least one depreciation book.

2. Define a depreciation calendar for the current year (AM01.1).

3. Define an asset type (AM06.1)

4. (This step) Define an account group (AM05.1)

5. Define an accounting unit group (AM09.1)

**Processing Effect
Changes to account groups are dynamic, affecting all assets using an account
group.

**More Information
Use deferred gain and loss accounts if you are going to have like-kind
exchanges.

To generate a listing of your account group setup parameters, run Company
Setup Listings (AM205).




Updated Files

    AMACCOUNT  - Detail file. Used to store AM Accounts for CLR, PRO, COS, GAN,
                 LOS, DGN, DLS.

    AMACCTGRP  - Header file.  Used to store Account Group records.

    AMAUGROUP  - Used to retrieve and validate account unit groups.

    AMCONTROL  - Updated when adding or changing account groups.  A record is
                 added to the AMCONTROL file for each company used in the AM
                 system.

    AMSEGBLOCK -

    CKPOINT    - Accessed by common library; not used by this program.


Referenced Files

    AMASSET    - Used to retrieve an asset and validate that an asset exists.

    GLADDRESS  - Accessed by common library; not used by this program.

    GLCHART    - Accessed by common library; not used by this program.

    GLSYSTEM   - Accessed by common library; not used by this program.


INVOKED Programs

    ACAC
    ACCL
    API4
    IFAC
    IFCU
    IFSG
    SLSE
    SLSU
    IFAU