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Why Your D365 Depreciation Doesn’t Match: Service Life vs Remaining Explained

If you migrated to Dynamics 365 Finance and your fixed asset depreciation doesn’t match your legacy system—even though the data looks correct—the issue is often not the data, but the depreciation method. In this video, I explain the accounting logic behind Straight Line – Service Life and Straight Line – Remaining, and show with a simple numeric example how the two methods can produce different monthly results after adjustments like impairments or value changes. We’ll also look at where this behavior is controlled in D365 and, more importantly, how to think about which method makes sense depending on your asset history and migration scenario. This is a design decision, not just a configuration choice—and it’s one of the most common reasons depreciation reconciliation fails after ERP changes. 📌 Topics in this video: D365 fixed asset depreciation methods Service life vs remaining approach Why depreciation doesn’t match after migration Where this is set in D365 Finance Best practice for depreciation method selection If you work with D365 Finance as a consultant, architect, or business user and care about business logic and design decisions (not just clicking through setup), consider subscribing for more practical, real-world scenarios. 00:00 Why depreciation doesn’t match after migration 00:25 The real cause: method, not data (best-practice preview) 01:15 Service Life vs Remaining — the core difference 02:10 The example: original asset setup 03:10 Apply a value adjustment (impairment) 04:05 Remaining method: recalculate with numbers 05:05 Service Life method: plan-driven behavior 06:05 Side-by-side comparison: why results differ 07:10 Where this is controlled in D365 08:10 Best-practice guidance: which one should you use 09:30 Summary and key takeaways