Posting to Material Accounts

Use

You post to material accounts , if you, for example, want to debit or credit a material without using a purchase order reference.

Prerequisites

Function

Setting in Customizing for Logistics Invoice Verification

You can show or hide the tab page Material as required.

Start of the navigation path Incoming Invoice Next navigation step Activate Direct Posting to G/L Accounts and Material Accounts End of the navigation path

Posting Without Purchase Order Reference

If you want to create a posting line without purchase order reference to a material account, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Invoice Verification Next navigation step Document Entry Next navigation step Enter Invoice End of the navigation path or Park Invoice.

  2. Enter the header data as required and enter the number of the invoicing party on the tab page Details in the field Inv. party .

  3. Choose the tab pageMaterial.

  4. Enter data as required:

  • Material number

  • Plant

  • Valuation type, if applicable

  • Credit or debit posting

  • Amount

  1. Choose Post .

Posting with Purchase Order Reference

If you want to create a posting line with purchase order reference to a material account, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Invoice Verification Next navigation step Document Entry Next navigation step Enter Invoice End of the navigation path or Park Invoice.

  2. Enter header data as required.

  3. Allocate the invoice to a document and check the goods items to be settled.

  4. Choose the tab pageMaterial.

  5. Enter data as required:

  • Material number

  • Plant

  • Valuation type, if applicable

  • Credit or debit posting

  • Amount

  1. Choose Post .