Special Periods 
Special Periods
Definition
Special posting periods that subdivide the last regular posting period for closing operations.
Use
Irrespective of how you have defined your fiscal year, you can also use special periods. Special periods subdivide the year-end closing period. They therefore merely divide the last posting period into several closing periods. This enables you to create several supplementary financial statements.
A fiscal year usually has 12 posting periods. In General Ledger Accounting, you can define up to four special periods.
If you do not need 12 posting periods, you can use the posting periods that are not required as special periods. If you use these additional closing periods, you must specify the number you require in the field No. special periods. when defining the fiscal year variants. You cannot exceed a maximum of 16 periods.
Integration
When posting to special periods, you must take the following into consideration: