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 Account Determination

Definition

Automatic procedure for determining accounts for postings without any action from the user.

Use

The account determination is called up during the transfer of Accrual Engine documents to Accounting . This means that the accounts are determined automatically for each posting (opening posting, periodic posting, closing posting).

Structure

Depending on the transaction, the account determination contains the following information:

Document typefor the posting

Start account, for example, the accrual account

Target account, for example, profit and loss account

The terms start and target account are used for the account determination, since these can change dependent on the posting:

Opening posting

The amount to be accrued is posted to an accruals account. The accrual account is the target account, the start account is the offsetting account for this posting.

Periodic posting and closing posting

The accrual account is the start account, the target account is usually a profit and loss account.

You have two options for defining the account determination:

Simple account determination

You can create your account determination in the form of a set of rules with sequential or parallel rules. You then enter values for the set of rules, that is, the document type and start and target account.

Enhanced account determination

When you define your set of rules you can use account symbols and combinations of characteristics.

For detailed information see Customizing for Manual Accruals under Accruals Posting ® Account Determination