Why does VegaERP need an opening position for this asset?

You try to post depreciation, or generate a DDPO return, and VegaERP refuses because one or more fixed assets are missing the record of how much depreciation was already posted in the previous system, before you opened your books here. Without that figure, the depreciation schedule would restart from the full purchase cost and depreciate years already expensed as a cost.

What the screen says

A single asset

Nič ni bilo knjiženo: osnovno sredstvo OS-014 je bilo pridobljeno pred odprtjem knjig tukaj in nima zapisanega začetnega popravka vrednosti. Odprite ga in vpišite že obračunano amortizacijo ter datum, do katerega je obračunana. Tudi 0 je veljaven odgovor. (“Nothing was posted: asset OS-014 was acquired before the books were opened here and has no opening accumulated depreciation recorded. Open it and enter how much was already depreciated and up to which date. Zero is a valid answer.”)

Several assets at once, when generating the DDPO return

3 osnovnih sredstev je bilo pridobljenih, preden so bile tukaj odprte poslovne knjige (1. 1. 2025), in nimajo zapisanega začetnega popravka vrednosti: OS-014 Tovorno vozilo, OS-018 Strežnik, OS-021 Pisarniško pohištvo. Pri vsakem vpišite, koliko amortizacije je obračunal prejšnji sistem in do katerega datuma. 0 je veljaven odgovor. Razlika med poslovno in davčno amortizacijo ni bila izračunana: brez teh podatkov bi izhajala iz ponovnega začetka pri celotni nabavni vrednosti in bi kot samodejni popravek prišla v obračun DDPO. (“3 fixed assets were acquired before this company’s books were opened here (1 January 2025) and carry no recorded opening accumulated depreciation: OS-014 Delivery truck, OS-018 Server, OS-021 Office furniture. Record for each of them how much the previous system had already depreciated and the date it was depreciated up to. An explicit 0 is a valid answer. No depreciation difference was computed: without those figures the book-versus-tax difference would be derived from a full-cost restart and would reach the corporate income tax return as an automatic adjustment.”)

An invalid entry

Vpisani začetni popravek vrednosti za to osnovno sredstvo ni mogoč. Preverite, da sta znesek in datum, do katerega je bila amortizacija obračunana, vpisana skupaj, da datum ni pred datumom nabave, da znesek ne presega nabavne vrednosti, zmanjšane za preostalo vrednost, in da davčni znesek ne presega poslovnega. (“The opening accumulated depreciation cannot be true of this asset. Check that the amount and the date it was depreciated up to are entered together, that the date is not before the purchase date, that the amount does not exceed the purchase cost less the residual value, and that the tax figure does not exceed the accounting figure.”)

The asset already has depreciation or a disposal posted here

Začetnega popravka vrednosti osnovnega sredstva OS-014 (Tovorno vozilo) ni več mogoče spremeniti: zanj je bila že knjižena amortizacija ali pa je bilo odtujeno. Najprej stornirajte knjiženo amortizacijo oziroma odtujitev. (“The opening accumulated depreciation of asset OS-014 (Delivery truck) can no longer be changed: depreciation has already been posted for it, or it has been disposed of. Reverse that first.”)

Why this happens

Every asset’s depreciation schedule is computed from two things: its purchase cost, and how much of that has already been depreciated. For an asset you acquired in a previous system, VegaERP doesn’t know that second figure until you enter it yourself. If it defaulted to 0 without asking, every such asset would silently double-depreciate what the previous system had already expensed, and a DDPO return would carry the wrong tax base. So VegaERP would rather refuse the calculation until it has an answer, even when the answer is 0.

What to do

A missing opening position, for one or more assets

1. Open the asset the message names (for several assets, open each one).
2. On the asset’s form, open the Prenos od prejšnjega izvajalca (“Handover from a previous provider”) section.
3. Enter Prenesena nabrana amortizacija (“Transferred accumulated depreciation”). If the asset was never depreciated before, enter 0; a blank field holds the depreciation back and stops you at this same requirement.
4. Enter the date this depreciation was posted up to. The date cannot be before the asset’s purchase date.
5. If needed, enter Prenesena davčno priznana amortizacija (“Transferred tax depreciation”) if it’s lower than the accounting figure; otherwise leave it blank.
6. Click Shrani (“Save”).

The full process for entering a new asset and this handover is described in Fixed assets and depreciation.

An invalid entry

The message names four specific conditions; check them in order: the amount and the date must be entered together, the date cannot be before the purchase date, the amount cannot exceed the purchase cost less the residual value, and the tax figure cannot exceed the accounting figure.

The asset already has depreciation or a disposal posted here

If you can’t fix this yourself

Entering an opening position can be done by anyone with access to the Expenses & Assets module. If you need to correct an opening figure on an asset that already has depreciation posted in a closed period, talk to your accountant before reversing it, since that can affect a return that’s already been filed.