Posting to Company Code Clearing Accounts (SAP Library

Posting to Company Code Clearing Accounts

Cross-company code transactions are characterized by the fact that payables are assigned to a company code other than the one in which the corresponding expenses arose. This results in receivables and payables between company codes.

If you want to post these receivables and payables to company code clearing accounts, you must make the settings in several steps, as outlined in the following.

Note that in the case of separate HR/AC systems, posting to company code clearing accounts can only be implemented if the AC system is in Release 4.5A or higher.

For more information on cross-company code transactions and business considerations, refer to the SAP Library under Payroll -> country -> Subsequent Activities -> Posting to Accounting -> Special Business Requirements for Posting -> Cross-Company Code Transactions.

Settings for Posting to Company Code Clearing Accounts

1. In the step

Define Symbolic Accounts , you must assign an account determination type to each symbolic account in Human Resources . For specific postings to balance sheet accounts, the account assign types FL and FO are used. From a technical viewpoint, these account assignments are defined as follows:

Wage types that are assigned to a symbolic account with account assignment type FL are posted in accordance with the information from the last period in the WPBP table (Work Center Basic Pay) for the current original result.

Wage types that are assigned to a symbolic account with account assignment type FO are only used for posting in the evaluation of a current original result.

1. In the step

Define Posting Characteristics of Wage Types, you must assign the symbolic accounts with the account assignment types FL and FO to the corresponding wage types:

You assign the symbolic accounts with account assignment type FL to wage types that, in the case of retroactive accounting, contain the difference between old and new payment amounts. In countries that use the principle of origin, this usually involves wage types /551 Recalculation difference and /552 Subsequent clearing from previous month.

You assign symbolic accounts with the account assignment type FO to wage types that contain payments to employees and whose amounts do not change in the case of retroactive accounting. This usually involves wage types /557 Cash payment , /558 Payment of balance, /559 Transfer and other, country-specific wage types.

2. In the step

Create Posting Variants , you must set the Post to company-code clearing account indicator for the variants that you use. Otherwise, payables and receivables between company codes are not posted to company code clearing accounts, and remain as the balance on the document split account for the company codes affected.

Further Notes

You set up company code clearing accounts in Customizing for Financial Accounting under General Ledger Accounting -> Business Transactions -> Prepare Cross-Company Code Transactions .