FI, LO, Localization Topics for Russia 3 
Technical Name of Business Function |
FIN_LOC_CI_19 |
Type of Business Function |
Enterprise Business Function |
Available From |
SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 |
Technical Usage |
Central Applications |
Application Component |
Financial Accounting (FI), Materials Management (MM), Sales and Distribution (SD) |
Required Business Function |
Not relevant |
You can use this business function to meet business requirements in the Financial Accounting (FI), Materials Management (MM), and Sales and Distribution (SD) components for Russia.
Integration
If you activate this business function, then the Russia-specific functions in the FI, LO Localization Topics for Chile, India, Portugal, Russia (BF_FIN_LOC_CI_7) business function are automatically activated as well, except for the following functions:
Functions for transport tax under Asset Accounting
Negative Posting
Note that the functions for Chile, India, and Portugal are not activated. For more information, see FI, LO Localization Topics for Chile, India, Portugal, Russia.
Prerequisites
You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:
Type of Component
Component
Required for the Following Features Only
Software Component
SAP_APPL 605 and EA-APPL 605
Features
Accounting Statement
You can use this report to display or print accounting statements. In Russian accounting law, such a document is required where no primary accounting document (such as an invoice, payment order, or goods receipt) exists to confirm the transaction.
For more information, see: Accounting Statements
Import Customs Declarations
You can use the following new features:
You can create or change import customs declaration data with reference to an inbound delivery or goods receipt.
You can define or change the fields to be copied from a reference document when you create an import customs declaration.
You can trigger automated transfer of import customs declaration data. (This process is required to enable the goods to be sold on with reference to an import customs declaration.)
Using a new external interface, you can create import customs declarations from external systems automatically using RFC (remote function call) technology.
For more information, see: Import Customs Declarations
Payment Terms Based On Shelf Life of Goods
You can determine whether an invoice amount is to be divided into partial amounts with different due dates based on the shelf life of the goods. Retail Trade law in Russia requires that payment terms are dependent on the shelf life of goods, for example:
Shelf life of 1 to 10 days: payment period of not more than 10 days
Shelf life of 11 to 30 days: payment period of not more than 30 days
Shelf life of more than 30 days: payment period of not more than 45 days
For more information, see: Payment Terms Based On the Shelf Life of Goods
Separate VAT Accounting
The following new features are available for separate VAT accounting:
You can use a VAT run to split incoming invoices from a particular VAT period according to different sets of VAT coefficients and to link the incoming invoices to outgoing invoices in accordance with these sets of coefficients.
You can split each individual incoming invoice into 3 parts according to defined coefficients.
For more information, see: Separate VAT Accounting
VAT for Goods in Transit
You can change the invoice billing date before invoices are released to accounting. (According to Russian accounting rules, vendor invoices cannot have a document date that is before the actual posting date.)
For more information, see: VAT for Goods in Transit
VAT Returns
You can use the following new features:
You can define the operation codes required for VAT return sections 2 and 7.
You can create the VAT return for several contractors for which you are serving as tax agent in a single program run
For more information, see: Preparation of VAT Returns