Closing Activities in General Ledger Accounting 

Purpose

In this process, you first reconcile the debit and credit balances of the posted documents with the debit and credit balances of the transactions figures in A/P, A/R, and the general ledger, in order to check the consistency of the data in the system.

You then complete various closing activities: Foreign currency valuation of assets, accruals and deferrals, analysis of the purchase orders in process, and clearing of accounts.

In the last part of this process, you run a few programs that document the accounting documents (document journal, list of G/L account postings), and then create financial statements.

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    2. Choose the Defaults tab, and then enter the following data:

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Process Flow

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  1. Reconciliation Documents - Transaction Figures
  2. Accruals/Deferrals: Entering Rent Expense
  3. Accruals/Deferrals: Creating Accrual/Deferral Postings
  4. Accruals/Deferrals: Creating Reversal Postings
  5. Foreign Currency Valuation of Balances: Entering Bank Postings
  6. Foreign Currency Valuations of Balances: Entering Exchange Rates
  7. Foreign Currency Valuation of Balances: Performing Valuations
  8. Foreign Currency Valuation of Balances: Processing Batch Input Sessions and Displaying Posting Documents
  9. Analysis of GR/IR Clearing Accounts: Entering Material Orders
  10. Analysis of GR/IR Clearing Accounts: Entering Goods Receipts
  11. Analysis of GR/IR Clearing Accounts: Running Programs
  12. Analysis of GR/IR Clearing Accounts: Processing Batch Input Sessions and Displaying Posting Documents
  13. Automatic Clearing of GR/IR Clearing Accounts
  14. Compact Document Journal
  15. Balance Audit Trail: Compilation of G/L Account Postings
  16. Creating Business Reports
  17. Sending Business Reports
  18. Receiving Closing Reports
  19. Information on Exchange Rate Types
  20. Lowest Value Principle
  21. Batch Input Session
  22. Analysis Information
  23. Information on Creating Business Reports