Financial Accounting Configuration
Financial Accounting Global Settings
Maintaining Fiscal Year Variant
Use
Fiscal year contains the number of Periods that are followed in the Accounting year of the Company and to prepare the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss account for reporting.
Procedure
Define Fiscal Year is having the following steps:
- Maintain Fiscal Year Variant
- Assign Company Code to a Fiscal Year Variant
The following is the IMG path to maintain this activity
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB29 |
Assigning Company Code to a Fiscal Year Variant
Use
Fiscal year contains the number of Periods that are followed in the Accounting year of the Company and to prepare the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss account for reporting. The Fiscal year variant need to be assigned to the Company Code
Procedure
- The following is the IMG path to maintain this activity
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB37 |
- On the Change View "Assign Company Code -> Fiscal Year Variant": Overview screen, make the following entries:
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
CoCd | Company Code Key | R | BP01 | Defaulted |
Company Name | Name of the Company Code | R | India Best Practices Ltd | Defaulted |
Fiscal Year Variant | Fiscal Year Variant | R | V3 | Select the Fiscal year variant V3 |
Description | Description of Fiscal year Variant | R | Apr.- March, 4 special periods | Defaulted from Fiscal Year Variant V3 |
Defining Variants for Open Posting Periods
Use
By using the posting period variant, the posting to the periods and General Ledger Accounts can be controlled by opening or closing the periods.
Procedure
Posting Period variant is having the following steps:
- Define Variants for Posting Periods
- Open Close Posting Periods
- Assign Variants to Company Code
- The following is the IMG path to maintain this activity
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBBO |
- On the Define Variants for Open Posting Periods screen, make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Variant | Variant Key | R | BP01 | Enter the input value |
Name | Name of the Variant | R | India Best Practices-PP. Variant | Enter the input value |
- To save the entries use save icon or press Ctrl+S.
Results
You have maintained the Posting Period Variant BP01
Opening and Closing Posting Periods
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB52 |
- On the Open and Close Posting
Periods screen, make the following entries.
Var. | A | Fr.A/c | To
A/c | Fr
Per1 | Year | To
Per2 | Year | Fr.
Per2 | year | To
Per2 | year | Au Gr. |
BP01 | + | | | 1 | 2003 | 12 | 2010 | 13 | 2003 | 16 | 2003 | |
BP01 | A | | zzzzzzzzzz | 1 | 2003 | 12 | 2010 | 13 | 2003 | 16 | 2003 | |
BP01 | D | | zzzzzzzzzz | 1 | 2003 | 12 | 2010 | 13 | 2003 | 16 | 2003 | |
BP01 | K | | zzzzzzzzzz | 1 | 2003 | 12 | 2010 | 13 | 2003 | 16 | 2003 | |
BP01 | M | | zzzzzzzzzz | 1 | 2003 | 12 | 2010 | 13 | 2003 | 16 | 2003 | |
BP01 | S | | zzzzzzzzzz | 1 | 2003 | 12 | 2010 | 13 | 2003 | 16 | 2003 | |
- To save the entries use save icon or press Ctrl+S.
Results
You have maintained the allowable posting periods for the Variant - BP01
Assigning Variants to Company Code
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBBP |
- On the Assign Variants to Company Code screen, make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
CoCd | Company Code Key | R | BP01 | |
Variant | Posting Period Key | R | BP01 | |
- To save the entries use save icon or press Ctrl+S.
Results
You have assigned the Posting Period Variant BP01 to the Company Code BP01.
Defining Document Number
Use
The document number is the key the SAP R/3 system to access the accounting document posted in the system.
The document number is unique per Company Code and Fiscal Year. When entering an accounting document, via Document Type system will assign the Document number.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or FBN1 |
- On the Numbers Ranges for Accounting Documents screen, enter the Company Code BP01 and select the Change Intervals push button.
- On the Maintain Number Range Intervals screen, make the following entries by selecting Insert Interval pushbutton or press Shift+F1. Insert the row one after another row.
No | Year | From No. | To No. | External |
00 | 2003 | 100000 | 999999 | |
01 | 2003 | 100000000 | 199999999 | |
02 | 2003 | 200000000 | 299999999 | |
03 | 2003 | 300000000 | 399999999 | X |
04 | 2003 | 400000000 | 499999999 | |
05 | 2003 | 500000000 | 599999999 | |
12 | 2003 | 1200000000 | 1299999999 | |
13 | 2003 | 1300000000 | 1399999999 | |
14 | 2003 | 1400000000 | 1499999999 | |
15 | 2003 | 1500000000 | 1599999999 | |
16 | 2003 | 1600000000 | 1699999999 | |
17 | 2003 | 1700000000 | 1799999999 | |
18 | 2003 | 1800000000 | 1899999999 | |
19 | 2003 | 1900000000 | 1999999999 | |
20 | 2003 | 2000000000 | 2099999999 | |
47 | 2003 | 4700000000 | 4799999999 | |
48 | 2003 | 4800000000 | 4899999999 | |
49 | 2003 | 4900000000 | 4999999999 | |
50 | 2003 | 5000000000 | 5099999999 | |
51 | 2003 | 5100000000 | 5199999999 | |
X1 | 2003 | 9100000000 | 9199999999 | |
X2 | 2003 | 9200000000 | 9299999999 | |
JV | 2003 | 1000000 | 1099999 | |
CR | 2003 | 1100000 | 1199999 | |
CP | 2003 | 1200000 | 1299999 | |
B0 | 2003 | 1300000 | 1399999 | |
B1 | 2003 | 1400000 | 1499999 | |
B2 | 2003 | 1500000 | 1599999 | |
B3 | 2003 | 1600000 | 1699999 | |
Document number ranges are to be maintained as year dependent enters the Fiscal Year, '2003'.
Fiscal year 2004 (i.e.1st April 2004 to 31st March 2005) year dependent document number range will be maintained as follows:
No | Year | From No. | To No. | External |
01 | 2004 | 100000000 | 199999999 | |
02 | 2004 | 200000000 | 299999999 | |
- To save the entries use Save on the Maintain Number Range Intervals screen or Ctrl+S,
Defining Document Types
Use
Document types differentiate business transactions and control document filing. Document numbers are chosen from this number range key specified in Document Type. Number range Key contains the Number Series. Document Type also controls the accounting area that can be posted by using the Document Type.
Prerequisites
If any change to the Document Number series that need to be defined in the Define Document Number activity.
Procedure
- To see the list of document types in system, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBA7 |
Defining Maximum Exchange Rate Difference per Company Code
Use
In this activity you can define the maximum difference between exchange rates for postings in foreign currency transactions.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB64 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Financial Accounting global settings ® Document ® Document Header ® Maximum Exchange rate difference ® Define Maximum Exchange Rate Difference Per Company Code |
- On the Change View "Maximum Difference Between Exchange Rates": Overview screen, make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
CoCd | Company Code Key | R | BP01 | |
Company Name | Name of the Company | R | India Best Practices Ltd | |
City | City of Company | R | Bangalore | |
Max. Exch. rate Dev. | Maximum Exchange Rate Deviation | O | 10% | Input the Value as 10%. If the deviation is more than 10% system will give the warning message |
- To save the entries use save icon or press Ctrl+S.
Maintaining Field Status Variants
Use
In this activity you can define variants and field status groups. Group several field status groups together in one field status variant. The field status group determines which fields are ready for input, which are required entry fields, and which are hidden during document entry. Fields status group will be assigned to General Ledger Account Master Record while creating the GL Account.
Procedure
Maintain Field Status Variant is having the following steps
- Define Field Status Variant
- Add Field Status Groups under the Field Status Variant
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBC4 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Financial Accounting global settings ® Document ® Line items ® Controls ® Maintain field status variants |
- On the Change View Field Status Variants: Overview screen, select the 0001 – Field Status for 0001 and use the copy icon to copy the field Status Variant to BP01 and change the description as Field status for BP01.
- Select Copy all option on the pop screen to copy all the Field Status groups also to the variant BP01.
- The following Field Status Groups has been displayed by the system in the Change View "Field Status Groups:" Overview screen
- To save the entries use save icon or press Ctrl+S.
Assigning Company Code to Field Status Variant
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBC5 |
- On the Assign Company Code to Field Status Variant screen, make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
CoCd | Company Code Key | R | BP01 | Defaulted |
Company Name | Name of the Company Code | R | India Best Practices Ltd | Defaulted |
City | | R | Bangalore | Defaulted |
Fld stat. var. | Field Status Variant Key | O | BP01 | Assign the Field Status Variant which is maintained |
Screen Variants for Document Entry
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB71 |
- On the Screen Variants for Document Entry screen, make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
CoCd | Company Code Key | R | IERP | |
Screen Variant | Screen Variant key defined in the system | O | 2 | For countries where withholding tax is applicable, to display withholding tax details screen at the time of transaction |
Defining Tolerance Groups for Employees
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBA4 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Financial Accounting global settings ® Document ® Line items ® Define Tolerance Groups for Employees |
- On the Change view "FI Tolerance Groups for Users": Overview screen, select New Entries push button.
- On the New Entries: Details of Added Entries screen, make the following entries
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Group | | O | Keep blank. No value to be entered | |
Company code | | R | BP01 - India Best Practices Ltd | |
Currency | | O | INR | Defaulted from Company Code |
Amount per document | | O | 9,999,999,999.00 | |
Amount per open item account item | | O | 9,999,999,999.00 | |
Cash discount per line item | | O | 5.000% | |
Amount | | O | Revenue: 5.00
Expense: 5.00 | |
Percent | | O | Revenue: 2.0%
Expense: 2.0% | |
To save the entry use Save icon or press Ctrl+S.
Enabling Fiscal Year Default
Use
In this activity you can define that the fiscal year is proposed during document display and for document change functions. The system uses the year which was last used by the user in the work session.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB63 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Financial Accounting global settings ® Document ® Default Values for Document Processing ® Enable Fiscal Year Default |
- On the Change View "Default Fiscal year": Overview screen, enter the following values:
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Company Code | Company Code Key | R | BP01 | Defaulted |
Propose Fiscal Year | Propose Fiscal Year | O | Activate the Check Box | Select the check box to propose the Fiscal Year during the document processing |
- To save the entries use save icon or press Ctrl+S.
Default Value Date
Use
In this activity you define, when entering line items, you may need to enter a value date. In this activity you can determine, per company code, whether the CPU date is defaulted as the value date. If you activate, system will propose the CPU date as Value Date during the document entry.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB68 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Financial Accounting global settings ® Document ® Default Values for Document Processing ® Default Value Date |
- On the Change View "Default Fiscal year": Overview screen, enter the following values:
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Company Code | Company Code Key | R | BP01 | Defaulted |
Company Code Name | Name of the Company Code | R | India Best Practices Ltd | |
City | Name of the City | R | Bangalore | |
Propose Value Date | Propose Value Date | R | Activate the Check Box | Select the check box to propose the Value Date during the document entry |
- To save the entries use save icon or press Ctrl+S.
Entering Global Parameters
Use
The purpose of this activity is to maintain the global parameters for TAN and PAN number of the Company Code BP01 as allotted by the statutory authorities.
TDS No and PAN No. are assigned in the Additional Details.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBY6 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Financial Accounting Global Settings ® Company Code ® Enter Global Parameters |
- Select the BP01 Company code row on 'Change View"Company Code Global Data": Overview' screen select details Icon to enter the Global Parameters.
- On the Change View "Company Code Global Data": Details ,
- On the Maintenance of Additional Data for Company Code BP01 screen
make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
TDS No | Income Tax TAN number | O | - | Company's TAN to be maintained |
PAN No | Income Tax Permanent Account Number | O | . | Company's PAN number to be maintained |
GIR No | Income Tax GIR Number | O | | |
- Press green arrow (back button) to leave the screen.
- Use Save
to save the entry
General Ledger Accounting
Editing Chart of Account List
Use
Chart of Account is an index of General Ledger Accounts Master. The Accounts required to be posted in the Company Code need to be maintained in the Chart of Account. CAIN - Chart of accounts – India is being defined in Standard SAP R/3 system. Same being used for the Company BP01.
Procedure
- Check for the following parameters for the Chart of Accounts CAIN.
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB13 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® General Ledger Accounting ® G/L Accounts ® Master Records ® Preparations ® Edit Chart of Account List |
- On the Change View "List of All Chart of Accounts": Overview screen select the CAIN press the Details icon or Ctrl+Shift+F2 and check for the following details and if required make necessary modification to the values:
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Chart of Accts | Chart of Account ID | R | CAIN | |
Description | Chart of Account Description | R | Chart of accounts - India | |
Maintain Language | Chart of Account maintenance language | R | EN – English | Check for the Maintenance Language and change if required to English |
Length of GL account number | No of Digits of GL Account Code | R | 8 | Check for the No. of Digits for the GL Accounts length, if required change to 8 |
Controlling Integration | Creation of Cost Element | R | Manual Creation of Cost Elements | |
Group Chart of Accts | Assignment of Group Chart of Account | O | | |
Status-Blocked | Blocking for creation of new GL Accounts | O | Unchecked | |
- To save the change, if any, use Save icon or press Ctrl+S.
Assigning Company Code to Chart of Accounts
Procedure
- To carry out the activity
choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB62 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® General Ledger Accounting ® G/L accounts ® Master Records ® Preparation ® Assign company code to chart of accounts |
- On the "Change view "Assign Company Code -> Chart of Accounts": Overview screen, make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Company Code | Company Code | R | BP01 | Display |
Company name | Company Code Description | O | India Best Practices Ltd | Display |
City | City | O | Bangalore | Display |
Chrt/Accts | Chart of Accounts | O | CAIN | Input the Value |
Cty Ch/ Act | Country specific Chart of Accounts | O | | Leave Blank |
- To save input entry use Save icon or use Ctrl + S.
Defining Account Group
Use
When creating a G/L account, you must specify an account group. The account group determines:
- the interval in which the account number must be
- which fields are required and optional entries when creating and changing master records
- which fields are suppressed when creating and changing master data.
Prerequisites
The Accounts Groups are Chart of Account dependent. The chart of accounts must be specified in the Chart of Account List.
Procedure
For the Company Code BP01, Chart of Account CAIN – Chart of Account for India, is being used, which is already defined in the standard SAP R/3 System.
Hence these steps no need to carry out.
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBD4 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® General Ledger Accounting ® G/L accounts ® Master Records ® Preparations ® Define account group |
- The following entries maintained for Chat of Account CAIN on 'Change View"G/L Accounts Groups": Overview' screen.
Chart of Account | Account Group | Name | From Account | To Account |
CAIN | AS | Fixed assets accounts | | 99999999 |
CAIN | CASH | Liquid funds accounts | | 99999999 |
CAIN | GL | General G/L accounts | | 99999999 |
CAIN | MAT | Materials management accounts | | 99999999 |
CAIN | PL | Income statement accounts | | 99999999 |
CAIN | RECN | Recon. account ready for input | | 99999999 |
Defining Retained Earnings Account
Use
You assign a retained earnings account to each P&L account by specifying a P&L statement account type in the chart of accounts area.
At the end of a fiscal year, the system carries forward the balance of the P&L account to the retained earnings account. Retained Earnings Account is specific to the Chart of Account.
Prerequisites
Retained Earnings Account is specific to the Chart of Account. The chart of accounts must be specified in the Chart of Account List.
Procedure
For the Company Code BP01, Chart of Account CAIN – Chart of Account for India, is being used, which is already defined in the standard SAP R/3 System.
Hence these steps no need to carry out.
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB53 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® General Ledger Accounting ® G/L accounts ® Master Records ® Preparations ® Define Retained Earnings Account |
- The following entries maintained for Chat of Account CAIN on 'Maintain FI Configuration: Automatic Posting – Accounts' screen.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Chart of Accounts | Chart of Accounts | C | CAIN | Enter Chart of Account CAIN |
Transaction | Transaction | C | BIL | Defaulted and in display |
P & L statement Account Type | Symbol to identification of P & L statement Account Type | R | X | Will be assigned to all Expenses and Revenue GL Accounts |
Account | General Ledger Account | R | 900000 | System will carry forward the Profit or Loss to next financial year via this account |
Copying General Ledger Accounts to Company Code
Use
All the General Ledger Accounts will be copied from source Company Code to Target Company Code.
Prerequisites
No G/L accounts may exist in the target company code.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity
choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBY2 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® General Ledger Accounting ® G/L accounts ® Master Records ® GL Accounts Creation and Processing ® Alternative Methods ® Copy GL Accounts ® Copy Company Code |
- On the "Copy Company Code: G/L Accounts" screen, make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Company Code | Target Company Code | R | BP01 | Input BP01 |
Copy from Company name | Source Company Code | O | IN01 | Input IN01 |
Test Run | | O | | Check in the Test run by activating the Check box. |
- Check the activity in the Test Run by activating the check box and Execute icon or press F8.
- See the result on the "Copy Company Code: G/L Accounts" screen, the list of General Ledger accounts to be copied from Reference Company Code IN01.
- Use Back arrow or press F3 to leave the screen and to go to the previous screen Copy Company Code: G/L Accounts initial screen.
- Remove the test run check box and Execute the activity or press F8.
- System will give you information message "You are making a Production run"
- Press enter to proceed with activity.
Defining Accounts for Exchange Rate Differences
Use
The purpose of this activity is to post automatically the realized exchange rate differences when clearing the open items.
In clearing open items, the system posts any realized gains or losses (realized exchange rate differences).
Prerequisites
Define necessary GL Accounts, Reconciliation accounts and Exchange Gain and Loss accounts to assign. The assignment is specific to Chart of Account CAIN.
Procedure
The assignment is specific to Chart of Account CAIN. The necessary Account assignment has been made in Standard SAP R/3 system.
- To see the account assignment, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OB09 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® General Ledger Accounting ® Business transactions ® Open item clearing ® Define accounts for exchange rate differences |
- For the following Accounts Exchange Gain or Loss Account assignment has been made for the Chart of Account CAIN on the "Change View "Acct Determination for OI Exch. Rate Differences": Overview, screen:
GL Account | Currency | Currency Type |
13110000 | | |
13111000 | | |
13112000 | | |
24430000 | | |
24431000 | | |
24432000 | | |
24433000 | | |
- For each GL Account the following account has been made in the "Change View "Acct Determination for OI Exch. Rate Differences": Detail screen
Nature of Assignment | Activity | GL Account |
Exchange Rate Difference Realized | Loss | 58240000 |
Exchange Rate Difference Realized | Gain | 44020000 |
Valuation | Value Loss1 | 58241000 |
Valuation | Value Gain 1 | 44401000 |
Valuation | Balance Sheet Adj. 1 | 30091000 |
Translation | Loss | 58242000 |
Translation | Bal. Sheet adj. Loss | 30091000 |
Translation | Gain | 44402000 |
Translation | Bal. Sheet adj.gain | 30091000 |
Tolerances for Groups of G/L Accounts
Use
For General Ledger account clearing, Tolerance Groups Defines the limits within which differences are accepted and automatically posted to predefined accounts.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBA4 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® General Ledger Accounting ® Business Transactions ® Open Item Clearing ® Clearing Differences ® Define Tolerance Groups for G/L Accounts |
- On the Tolerances for Groups of G/L Accounts screen, make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Company Code | Company Code | R | BP01 | |
Tol. Group | Tolerance Group | O | | |
Debit | Debit Amount | O | 1 | Difference Rs.1/- can be allowed |
Credit | Credit Amount | O | 1 | Difference Rs.1/- can be allowed |
PerD | % of Debit | O | 1% | 1% difference can be allowed |
PerC | % of Credit | O | 1% | 1% difference can be allowed |
| | | O | | |
- To save the entry use Save icon or press Ctrl+S.
House Banks
Defining House Bank
Use
Each Bank is represented by House Bank ID in the SAP system and every account at a house bank by an account ID.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or FI12 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Bank Accounting ® Bank Accounts ® Define House Banks |
- Enter company code BP01.
- On the Change View "House Banks": Details screen, select the New Entries push button and enter the following entries
Field name | Description | R/O/C | values | Note |
House Bank | House Bank | R | SBI | Assumed SBI As house Bank |
Bank Country | Bank Country | O | IN | Country of House Bank India |
Bank Key | House Bank Key | O | SBI | Uniquely identified for each House Bank |
- Select the Create button on New Entries: Details of Added Entries' screen for house bank SBI as entered in the previous step and enter the following values:
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Bank Name | House Bank Name | R | State Bank of India | Name of the House Bank – SBI |
Region | Region of House Bank | O | 10 | Select the Region of the bank based on the address |
Street | Street of House Bank | O | M G Road | Enter the Street name of the bank |
City | City of the House Bank | O | Bangalore | Enter the City of the House bank |
Bank Branch | Bank Branch | O | MG Road Branch | Enter the Bank Branch |
- To save the entry use the Save icon or use Ctrl+S.
- Use Green arrow or press F3 and you are in Change View "House Banks": Overview screen
- Select the House bank ID and double click on the Bank Accounts
- To enter the Bank Accounts use New Entries push button Change View "Bank Accounts": Overview screen and maintain the following values:
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Company Code | Company Code | R | BP01 | |
House Bank | House Bank | O | CITI | |
Account ID | Account ID in the House Bank | O | CITI | |
Description | Account Description | O | CITI Bank Current Account | |
Bank Account Number | Account number at Bank Branch | O | 045 | |
Currency | Account Currency | O | INR | |
GL Account | GL account for the Bank Account | O | | Assign the GL Account to post the Bank account entries |
Discount Account | GL to post Discount | O | | Assign the Discount Account to post the Discounts |
- To save the entry use the Save icon or use Ctrl+S.
- To maintain the additional House Banks and House Bank Accounts repeat the above step no 3 to step no.9 (Example House Bank ID - CITI and House Bank Account ID – CITI).
Financial Accounting AR/AP – Customer Accounts
Defining Account Groups with Screen Layout (Customers)
Use
When creating a Customer account, an account group must be specified. The account group determine.
- The interval for the customer account numbers
- Whether the number is assigned internally by the system or externally by the user (type of number assignment)
- Whether it is a one-time account
- Which fields are ready for input or must be filled when creating and changing master records (field status)
The fields are grouped as General Data, Company Code Data and Sales Data.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBD2 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Account Receivable and Accounts Payable ® Customer Accounts ® Master Records ® Preparations for creating customer master records ® Define account groups with screen layout |
- On the Define Account Groups with Screen Layout screen, make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Account group | | R | 0009 | |
Name | | O | Sold-to party- IN | |
One-time account | | O | Un-checked | |
Output determ.proc. | | O | Blank | |
- To select the field status, select the General data and press Edit Field Status push button on the "Maintain Field Status Group: Overview" screen.
System will display fields groups under General Data on the Maintain Field Status Group: Overview screen.
Address
Communication
Control
Marketing
Payment Transactions
Unloading points
Contract Person
Foreign Trade
Under Company Code data the following Groups are displayed
Account Management
Payment Transactions
Correspondence
Insurance
Withholding tax data, w/h Tax2
Under Sales data the following Groups are displayed
Sales
Shipping
Billing
Partner usage
Documents
- The following field options has been changed from Default (optional) in the Maintain Field Status Group: screen each group wise:
Data | Group | Field | Changed Status | Note |
General Data | Address | Name 1/ Last name | Req. Entry | |
| | | Search Term | Req. Entry | |
| | | Postal Code City | Req. Entry | |
| | | Transportation Zone | Req. Entry | |
| | Communication | Tele box | Suppress | |
| | | Data line | Suppress | |
| | Control | Reference account group (OTA) | Suppress | |
| | | CFOP category | Suppress | |
| | | Brazilian taxes: ICMS,IPI,S.T. | Suppress | |
| | Marketing | Hierarchy Assignment | Suppress | |
| | Payment Transactions | DME details | Suppress | |
Company Code Data | Account Management | Reconciliation Account | Req. Entry | |
| | | Preference indicator | Suppress | |
| | | Release Group | Suppress | |
| | | Gross Income Tax | Suppress | |
| | Payment Transactions | Terms of payment | Req. Entry | |
| | | Credit memo terms of payment | Suppress | |
| | | Diff. payer in document | Suppress | |
Sales Data | Sales | Pricing procedure | Req. Entry | |
| | | Currency | Req. Entry | |
| | Shipping | Shipping condits/POD relevance | Req. Entry | |
| | | Rail specifications | Suppress | |
| | Billing | Taxes and licenses | Req. Entry | |
| | | | | |
- To save the entries use Save icon or use Ctrl+S.
Assigning Number Ranges to Customer Account Groups
Use
The number key number series (Internal or external assignment), which will be assigned to the Customer Account Groups. While creating the Customer Master Record, you will be using the Account Group. System automatically recognizes the number series linked to the account group.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBAR |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Account Receivable and Accounts Payable ® Customer Accounts ® Master Records ® Preparations for creating customer master records ® Assign Number Ranges to Customer Account Groups |
- On the Change View "Assign Customer Acct Groups -> Number Range": Overview screen, make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Group | Account Group | R | 0009 | Defaulted |
Name | Description of Account Group | O | Sold-to-party-IN | Defaulted |
Number range | Number Range Key | O | XX | 'XX' is the key is having the Alphanumeric External number assignment |
- To save the entry use Save icon or use Ctrl+S.
Financial Accounting AR/AP – Vendor Accounts
Defining Account Groups with Screen Layout (Vendors)
Use
When creating a vendor account, an account group must be specified. The account group determine
- The interval for the account numbers
- Whether the number is assigned internally by the system or externally by the user (type of number assignment)
- Whether it is a one-time account
- Which fields are ready for input or must be filled when creating and changing master records (field status)
The fields are grouped as General Data, Company Code Data and Purchasing Data.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBD3 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Account Receivable and Accounts Payable ® Vendor Accounts ® Master Records ® Preparations for creating vendor master records ® Define account groups with screen layout (Vendors) |
- On the Change View "Vendor Account Groups": Overview screen, select the New Entries push button and make the following entries.
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Account Group | Name Key of Account Group | R | BP01 | |
Name | Description of Account Group | O | Vendor for BP01-(External No.) | |
One Time Account | Is the Account group relevant for One time Vendors | O | Unchecked | |
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- To select the field status, select the General data and press Edit Field Status push button on the "Maintain Field Status Group: Overview" screen.
System will display fields groups under General Data on the Maintain Field Status Group: Overview screen.
Address
Communication Data
Control
Payment Transactions
Contract Person
Under Company Code data the following Groups are displayed
Account Management
Payment Transactions
Correspondence
Withholding tax data, w/h Tax2
Under Purchasing data the following Groups are displayed
Purchasing data
Partner usage
Add. Purchasing data
- The following field options has been changed from Default (optional) in the Maintain Field Status Group: screen each group wise:
Data | Group | Field | Changed Status | Note |
General Data | Address | Name 1 | Req. Entry | |
| | | Search Term | Req. Entry | |
| | | Postal Code City | Req. Entry | |
| | Communication | Tele box | Suppress | |
| | | Data line | Suppress | |
| | | Language | Req. Entry | |
Company Code Data | Account Management | Reconciliation Account | Req. Entry | |
| | | Sort Key | Req. Entry | |
| | | Preference indicator | Suppress | |
| | | Gross Income Tax | Suppress | |
| | Payment Transactions | Terms of payment | Req. Entry | |
| | | Credit memo terms of payment | Suppress | |
| | | Alternative payee in document | Suppress | |
| | Correspondence | Bank Statement | Suppress | |
Purchasing | Purchasing data | Purchase order currency | Req. Entry | |
| | | Vendor schema group | Req. Entry | |
| | | Pricing hierarchy | Suppress | |
- To save the entry use Save icon or use Ctrl+S
Assigning Number Ranges to Vendor Account Groups
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBAS |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Account Receivable and Accounts Payable ® Vendor Accounts ® Master Records ® Preparations for creating vendor master records ® Assign number ranges to vendor account groups |
- On the Change View Assign Number Ranges to Vendor Account Groups -> screen, make the following entries
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Group | Group Key name | R | BP01 | |
Name | Description of the Account Group | O | Vendor for BP01-(External No.) | |
Number Range | Number Range Key | O | XX | XX is number range key defined in the Standard SAP R/3 system for External number assignment |
To save the entry use Save icon or use Ctrl+S
Financial Accounting AR/AP – Business Transactions
Defining Tolerances (Vendor)
Use
The purpose of this activity is to define tolerances, which are used for dealing with differences in payment and residual items, which can occur during payment settlement.
Procedure
- To carry out the activity, choose one of the following navigation options:
Transaction Code | SPRO or OBA3 |
IMG Menu | Financial Accounting ® Account Receivable and Accounts Payable ® Business Transactions ® Outgoing Payments ® Manual outgoing Payments ® Define Tolerances (Vendors) |
- On the Change View "Customer / Vendor Tolerances": Overview screen, select the New Entries:
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Company code | | R | BP01 | |
Currency | | O | INR | Default from the Company Code |
Tolerance group | | O | | Keep Blank |
Specifications for clearing procedures |
Grace days due date | | O | Blank | |
Cash discount terms displayed | | O | Blank | |
Permitted payment differences |
| | Amount | Percent | Adjust discount by |
Gain | 999.0 | 10.0 % | 2% |
Loss | 5.00 | 0.5 % | 2% |
Field name | Description | R/O/C | User action and values | Note |
Specifications for posting residual items from payment differences |
Payment term from invoice | | O | Blank | |
Fixed payment term | | O | Blank | |
Only grant partial cash disc | | O | Checked | |
Dunning key | | O | Blank | |
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Tolerances for payment advice |
| | Amount | Percent |
Outst.receiv.from |
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Outst.payable from | | |
- To save the entries use save icon or use Ctrl+S.
Summary Table
Activity | Explanation | TC | Data |
Maintaining Fiscal Year Variant | Fiscal year contains the number of Periods that are followed in the Accounting year of the Company and to prepare the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss account for reporting. For the Company Code AUM, Fiscal Year, V3 – April - March, 4 special periods is being used, which is already defined in the standard SAP R/3 System | OB29 | |
Assigning Company Code to a Fiscal Year Variant | Assigning Company Code to a Fiscal Year Variant | OB37 | Assign Fiscal year variant V3 to Company code IERP |
Define Variants for Open Posting Periods | By using the posting period variant, the posting to the periods and General Ledger Accounts can be controlled by opening or closing the periods | OBBO | Variant : IERP Name : India Best Practices |
Opening and Closing Posting Periods | Opening and Closing Posting Periods |