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Maintain Cost Elements for Interest Calculation

In this IMG activity, you create the cost elements for the interest calculation.

For the interest calculation to be recorded in CO, you must define the cost elements matching the accounts defined in the posting details.

Note

For each business transaction, you define a debit account and a credit accounts for recording interest in FI. Maintain a cost element for only one of these accounts; others the system creates an interest balance of zero in CO.

Examples

You have defined the following account symbols for recording interest paid:

Account Symbol G/L Account Name
1 483000 Interest paid
2 222000 Correction: interest paid

The system records the interest paid under G/L account 483000 and the correction under G/L account 222000 in FI. This means that no interest paid is shown in FI.

For the interest to be recorded in CO, you must maintain cost element 483000. You must not maintain a cost element for G/L account 222000. If you did, the interest paid balance in CO would be zero.

Activities

Create the required cost elements.

Further Notes

For more information on cost elements, read "CO Cost and Revenue Element Planning" in the extended help.