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  Cleared Items

Definition

Posting to a contract account when the posting represents a no longer existing receivable or payable. A cleared item is produced when an open item is cleared by an accounting transaction such as a payment or reversal.

Use

A cleared item documents when and how a open item was cleared.

Structure

The following data is included in the cleared item in addition to the information that was already contained in the open item:

  • Clearing date

  • Clearing reason

  • Clearing currency

  • Clearing amount

  • Document number of the clearing document

  • Posting date of the clearing document