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Procedure documentationReversing the Bill Liability of a Check/Bill of Exchange in Accounts Receivable  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

After the due date has elapsed, including any country-specific protest period, you are free from any liability to recourse and can reverse the bill liability.

Reverse the bill liability by carrying out the following steps from the Accounts Receivable menu:

  1. Choose Document ® Special G/L trans. ® Reverse stat. posting.

    2. The system now displays the screen Reverse Statistical Posting: Header Data.

  2. Enter the header data and the data to select the bill of exchange.

    3. In the field General ledger, enter the G/L account number of the special G/L account for incoming check/bill of exchange transactions. You can also enter a due date, document numbers and account numbers to select the bill of exchange.

  3. Choose ENTER .

    4. The system displays the bills of exchange you selected. For each bill, the system displays the postings made to the customer account and to the clearing account for the bill liability.

  4. Select the bill of exchange for which you want to reverse the bill liability.
  5. Choose Document ® Post.

The system makes a reverse posting and clears the amounts. The bill liability is marked as cleared.