Payment via Data Medium Exchange in Local and Hard Currency (SAP Library

Payment via Data Medium Exchange in Local and Hard Currency

Use

Beginning with Release 4.6A you can use SAP Travel Management to pay travel expenses via data medium exchange in local and hard currency.

Payment in hard currency is currently only possible for Mexico.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite for this is that you require the reimbursement of receipts in hard currency and that this is set up in the Customizing for Travel Management. In Customizing for Travel Management under Travel Expenses ® Master Data ® Control Parameters for Travel Expenses ® Define global settings, in the area Settlement of foreign curr.receipts set the In hard currency indicator.

In order to transfer the trip reimbursement amounts to the employees in local and hard currency you must also create two lots of bank details for the respective employees in their personnel master record. Enter these specifications in bank details (Infotype 009):

Enter the bank details for trip reimbursements in local currency under Main bank details or alternatively under Bank details: Travel expenses.

Enter the bank details for hard currency under Bank details: Travel expenses in hard currency. Enter the hard currency in the Currency field. If you enter a bank account for the employee with these bank details, you should manage the account in hard currency so that the bank does not convert the transferred amounts to the country currency.