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In accounting the "installation" if you are referring to the cost of having something installed is an expense and is recorded as such, that is an operating expense and is recorded as such. Since it is an expense it is not an actual asset, so can not be depreciated.

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Q: In accounting do you depreciate the installation of a fixed asset?
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