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Conceptual documentation Balance Sheet Adjustments Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

A balance sheet adjustment distributes:

The system also ensures that the business area balance sheet balances to zero.

A balance sheet adjustment is carried out according to business area if "Business area balance sheets" has been activated in the "Details" screen of the company code. To do this, select the Enter Global Parameters activity in the Financial Accounting Global Settings Implementation Guide under Company Code.

The system distributes according to trading partner business area if "Business area consolidation" is also activated.

An adjustment is carried out according to profit center and trading partner profit center if profit center accounting has been activated in the controlling area assigned to the company code.

This function is separated into three steps:

  1. When you post a document, the system determines whether a "Balance Sheet Adjustment" must be carried out. If this is the case, the document is noted for the adjustment.
  2. A report is used to calculate the adjustment for noted documents and this is then stored in special tables The result of this calculation can then be checked for each individual document at any time. You can execute this program as many times as you like. For more information, see: Calculating Balance Sheet Adjustments
  3. Another program reads the calculated distribution and posts it to the accounts set up for this process. This view refers to the key date, which means that postings are made for all receivables open for a key date. The receivables cleared for this key date are disregarded and the postings made during a previous view are reversed. This also applies to payables and taxes. You can also execute this program as many times as you like. The program posts accounting documents that are to be generated directly to the database. A batch input session is only generated when errors occur. This session must be processed.

For more information, see: Posting Balance Sheet Adjustments

Caution

You must carry out the balance sheet adjustment after evaluating open items. After making the adjustment, you can no longer post to the business area.

See also:

Calculating Balance Sheet Adjustments

Posting Balance Sheet Adjustments

Balance Sheet Adjustments: Additional Functions

 

 

 

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