Posting Period and Posting Date (SAP Library

Posting Period and Posting Date

The system usually determines the posting date from the current payroll period. As a result, retroactive accounting runs are also posted with the posting date that originates from the current payroll period. Posting to Special Periods is an exception to this rule.

The Accounting components determine the posting period that is posted to, from the posting date.

Use

You have the following options for specifying the posting date:

Using the relevant settings in the table of date specifications for a specific period in Payroll Customizing, under Reporting for Posting Payroll Results to Accounting ® Activities in the HR System ® Maintain the Posting Date for Payroll Periods
By manual entry in the step Create posting run in the Specifications for posting date group box
By setting the Acc.to payment indicator in the step Create posting run in the Posting date specification group box. However, use of the payment date, as a posting date is only useful in countries in which the payment date is given a relevant meaning (for example, USA, Canada, Japan).

In some countries, payroll periods and posting periods can have different lengths. If the start and finish of a payroll period are in different posting periods for a weekly payroll run, it is necessary to distribute the expense from this payroll period (proportionally) to two posting periods. In some countries, this is possible with the help of the Month-End Accruals function.