Valuation: Account Determination for Price Differe (SAP Library

Valuation: Account Determination for Price Differences

Description

Up to now, all price differences in Inventory Management were posted to the same price difference account.

As of Release 3.0, you can control different price difference accounts for the following transactions:

goods receipt for a purchase order

goods receipt for an order

other goods movements

This varied control is achieved by defining account grouping codes for transaction key PRD (cost (price) differences) in account determination:

PRF for goods receipt for an order

PRA for other movements

In the case of a goods receipt for a purchase order, you continue to work without an account grouping code.

Change system parameters in customizing

If you wish to use only one price difference account, you do not need to make any configuration. Account determination continues to function with transaction key PRD without an account grouping code.

To control different price difference accounts in account determination for goods movements, you proceed as follows:

1. Define the accounts to which price differences have to be posted for the above transactions and create the price difference accounts.
Proceed

2. Maintain the rules for the account assignments of transaction PRD in Customizing for Valuation:

a) Choose Basic setting -> Account determination -> Create automatic postings.

b) Choose Account assignment. The list of transactions will be displayed.

c) Select the transaction Cost (price) differences (PRD).

After entering a chart of accounts, you will receive the list of account assignments.

d) Choose Rules.

The screen for maintaining the rules for transaction PRD will be displayed.

e) Set the indicator General modification.

f) Save your settings.

It is now possible to maintain account assignments with an account grouping code for transaction PRD.

3. You can, for example, maintain account assignments with an account grouping code as follows:

a) ValGroupCode 0001 Account grouping ' ' -> Debit 231000 Credit 281000

b) ValGroupCode 0001 Account grouping PRA -> Debit 231001 Credit 281001

c) ValGroupCode 0001 Account grouping PRF -> Debit 231002 Credit 281002

The first entry applies to goods receipts for purchase orders.

The second entry applies to goods issues and other movements.

The third entry applies to goods receipts for production orders.

Proceed

For more information on account assignments, please refer to the step "Automatic posting" in the Implementation Guide for Valuation.

It is also possible to achieve a finer subdivision of movements according to movement type by changing the account grouping code for individual movement types:

1. From Customizing for Valuation, choose Basic setting -> Account determination -> Define account grouping for movement types.

2. Replace account grouping code PRA for the required movement types with a new account grouping code. You can define the new account grouping code as you please.

You cannot change account grouping PRF as it is predefined.

Proceed

3. Then maintain the account assignments of the transaction Cost (price) differences (PRD) for the new account grouping code.

Proceed

To find out more about account grouping, please refer to the step "Define account grouping for movement types" in the Implementation Guide for Valuation.