Carrying out Account Assignment 

Prerequisites

Account assignment for the shipment cost item, that is G/L account determination and assignment for cost accounting can only be carried out if shipment cost calculation has been carried out.

Procedure

  1. In the shipment cost document, go to the detail screen of a shipment cost item, for which costing has already been carried out and for which you want to carry out account assignment.

    2. In the Settlement tab page, the field should have a status of account assigned.

  2. Choose Item ® Account assignment.

You reach the Shipment cost item: Account assignment screen. This is where you can view the account assignment data and the account assignment lines, as well as the G/L account determined and the CO assignments per account assignment line. You can also change these accounts and assignments manually.

The number of account assignment lines depends on the value in the cost apportionment field. This field determines whether account assignment is carried out per shipment cost item, per delivery or per delivery item. The definition of the shipment cost item category controls the cost apportionment .
  1. If you want to change the G/L accounts or the CO assignments determined, you can overwrite the default values.
  2. You can make additional entries in the detail screen for account assignment.
  3. Save the shipment cost document.

After saving, you return to the initial screen for shipment costs.

You can still delete an account assignment that has been carried out, as long as forwarding to FI has not yet taken place. Otherwise, you must cancel forwarding first and then delete the account assignment.

To delete the account assignment you select Settlement in the tab field of the detail screen for the shipment cost item, and then Item ® Delete account assignment.

Result

The account assignment status is changed. The shipment cost item can now be forwarded to FI.

See also:

G/L Account Determination

Assignments for Cost Accounting