D&A & Capex

What D&A & Capex is for

Fixed assets tie three numbers together: the investment (capex), the depreciation it creates over its useful life, and the PPE balance that carries on the Balance Sheet. The D&A / Capex structure lets you plan all three from one editor — enter the investments and their useful lives, and statycs depreciates them and rolls the asset balance forward for you.

TL;DR

On a fixed-asset line, pick the D&A / Capex structure mode. Add capex lines (amount per month, a useful life in years, and a capex / asset-sale flag) plus any existing and additional depreciation. statycs computes the depreciation schedule and the rolling PPE balance automatically.

How D&A & Capex works

On a fixed-asset / depreciation Level 2 position, open the structure dropdown in edit mode and choose D&A / Capex. The row switches to a twin-card editor:

  • Investments — the capex you plan to make.
  • D&A — the depreciation that results, plus any depreciation already running.

The Investments card

Add one line per investment stream. Each capex line carries:

  • A label — what the investment is (e.g. “New machinery”, “Fit-out”).
  • A capex / asset-sale flag — a positive investment, or a disposal of an existing asset.
  • A useful life in years — how long the asset depreciates over.
  • The investment amount per month — spread it across the months you expect to spend.

The D&A card

The depreciation card has three parts:

  • Existing D&A — depreciation already running on assets on the books at the start of the plan.
  • Capex schedule — the depreciation statycs derives from the investments you entered (read-only, computed).
  • Additional D&A — any manual depreciation adjustments on top.

How the schedule is calculated

statycs previews the schedule instantly as you type. Each investment depreciates straight-line — investment ÷ (useful life × 12) per month — starting in the month of the investment itself. The depreciation streams are summed into the capex schedule, added to existing and additional depreciation for total D&A, and the PPE balance rolls forward each month:

PPE this month = PPE last month + investment − depreciation

seeded from the opening PPE balance. On save, the planning engine recomputes these forward values server-side, so the preview and the saved plan agree.

The result flows through the statements automatically: capex and disposals hit Cash Flow, depreciation hits the P&L, and the PPE balance carries on the Balance Sheet.

  • Planning — the planning workspace and structure modes
  • Loans — the sibling flow for debt and interest
  • Department planning — the per-department Investments block
  • Financials — where PPE, depreciation, and capex appear