Fixed Assets

Register, depreciate and dispose of the things your business owns.

Automatic monthly depreciation
Runs monthly — switch off to run or roll back manually.
Register and general ledger differ by $. A manual journal may have touched a fixed-asset account.
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Asset #NameAccount

All values are GST-exclusive — you're GST-registered. Click an asset to open it. ·

📅Run depreciation

Posts book depreciation for every registered asset up to the date below. Review before posting.

runs everything up to this date — Xero-style, so assets added mid-year catch up

AssetBasisDepreciation
Total to post

ℹ️Posts to each asset's depreciation-expense and accumulated-depreciation accounts. Assets set to no depreciation (or already fully written off) don't appear here.

↩️Roll back depreciation

Reverses posted depreciation back to the date you choose. Registered assets only; can't cross the lock date or your depreciation start date.

depreciation posted after this date is reversed

AssetBasisReversed
Total to reverse

ℹ️Reverses to each asset's depreciation-expense + accumulated-depreciation accounts. Book values go back up. Logged in each asset's history.

⚖️Fixed asset reconciliation

Compare the register against the general ledger. A difference usually means a manual journal touched a fixed-asset account.

CostAccum. depreciationBook value
General ledger (Balance Sheet)
Asset register
Difference
New fixed assetadded manually

For assets not from the bank feed (bought before Cashbook, owner-contributed).

what the asset is — Cashbook AI suggests the IRD method + rate from this

Cashbook AI is finding the right IRD depreciation rate…
Cashbook AI suggests · — adjust below if needed.
Couldn't auto-detect a rate from that — pick a method and rate below.
$
$

leave blank for a brand-new purchase; depreciation resumes forward from here

Cost for depreciation

GST-exclusive — depreciation & Investment Boost run on this.

%

%

Investment Boost not available — the asset must be available for use on or after 22 May 2025 (this one is dated before then).

Boost applies to new (or new-to-NZ) assets only; not land, dwellings, or previously-used assets.