EA-FIN: Parallel Accounting

Parallel Accounting is a part of the Financials Extension (EA-FIN) business function.

Technical Data

Technical name of the business function	EA-FIN
Type of business function	Enterprise Extension
Documentation based on release	SAP ERP 6.0
SAP software component	EA-APPL
SAP application component	FI-GL (classic General Ledger Accounting)
Business Intelligence content	Not relevant
Additional content available in other SAP applications	FI-SL
Business function requiring activation in addition	Not relevant

Use

Previously, you could depict parallel accounting in classic General Ledger Accounting by using additional accounts.

When you activate the Financials Extension (EA-FIN) business function, you also have the following options for depicting parallel accounting:

Depiction using additional company codes
Depiction using additional ledgers in the application component Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL) .

With all approaches, it is possible to depict more than two accounting principles. This means that you could, for example, also define two additional ledgers or create two additional company codes.

Note Note

If you have already set up parallel accounting, you can continue to use the same approach without restrictions.

End of the note.

Caution Caution

Note that use of the options mentioned here is only possible in classic General Ledger Accounting and is no longer recommended by SAP. There are currently no standard migration scenarios for the subsequent migration to new General Ledger Accounting.

End of the caution.

Integration

You define additional ledgers in the application component Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL) .

Prerequisites

You have activated the EA-FIN business function. Only then do the necessary IMG activities appear in Customizing for Parallel Accounting .

To depict parallel accounting using an additional ledger, you need to have made the required settings in Customizing for Financial Accounting under Start of the navigation path Financial Accounting Global Settings Next navigation step Company Code Parallel Accounting Accounting Principles and Additional Ledgers End of the navigation path .

At this point in the Customizing structure, the IMG activities are also grouped together from the various SAP application components that you need to be able to depict parallel accounting.

Features

Depiction using additional company codes

You can create an additional company code. This procedure is supported by certain reports in Financial Accounting (FI) and Asset Accounting (FI-AA).

Depiction Using Additional Ledgers

You can depict parallel accounting by defining an additional ledger in the Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL) application component. You then assign your additional (parallel) accounting principle to this additional ledger. This ensures that postings that are the same for both accounting principles are posted to both the general ledger and to the additional ledger.

The posting data, which differs for each the accounting principle, is posted to either the general ledger or the additional ledger, depending on the accounting principle.