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