Automate repair versus capitalize decisions across high-volume utility plant spend

Evaluate work orders, projects, and asset additions against the industry safe harbor methods utilities actually use, then classify every dollar as a deductible repair or a capital improvement. Integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP ERP keeps plant, work order, and asset data aligned with tax, so classifications stay consistent, reviewable, and traceable from the original transaction to the final tax position.

Overview

Reduce manual effort across high-volume classification work

Replace disconnected data pulls and layered spreadsheets with automated intake and consistent classification logic. Tax teams spend less time assembling data and more time reviewing exceptions, shortening review cycles at every close and filing.

Defend every classification with a complete audit trail

Trace any tax position back through the rules applied, the reviewer decisions recorded, and the source transaction that produced it. Reproducible documentation supports regulatory filings and stands up to IRS and commission examination.

Quantify tax impacts before you file

See repair versus capitalize outcomes by company, line of business, asset class, and cost category as work is processed. Early visibility into drivers and anomalies supports forecasting, rate case support, and proactive planning.

Details

Solution type

Extensions and Add-ons

Industry

Oil, Gas, and Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, Cross-Industry

Compatibility

Works with

This product is compatible with or enhances the functionality of these SAP solutions but doesn't require them.

  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
  • PostgreSQL on SAP BTP
  • SAP ERP
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Features

Track expense and capital outcomes across every line of business

The Repairs dashboard totals every work order as expense, capital, or undetermined, then breaks the result out by line of business. Select any line to open the decision tree behind it and see where its spend landed and why.

Review total expense, capital, and undetermined spend by line of business

Configure a decision tree for each line of business

Every line of business runs its own sequence of tests, whether replacement, automatic capital, minimum cost safe harbor, betterment, or non-linear. Open any test to review the individual rules inside it, so the basis for each conclusion is always visible.

Open any test to see the rules behind it

Support every conclusion with work order level detail

Detailed results list each work order with the test that decided it, the reason, the threshold applied, and the amounts compared. Save custom views, flag exceptions, and record an override reason wherever judgment applies.

Review every work order with the rule, reason, and threshold behind its result
Trace repair spend through each capitalization test to its expense or capital result
Review every work order with the rule, reason, and threshold behind its result
Open any test in the decision tree to see the rules behind it
Company configuration mapping legal entities to external source system company codes
Safe harbor threshold configuration showing capitalization limits by line of business
Unit of property catalog by line of business showing linear designation and cost or quantity basis