Learn account determination techniques for integration touch-points with SAP ERP Financials Increase productivity by automating commonly used business processes Reduce implementation time while debugging account determination problems Take control of your company s financial future by mastering account determination with this book. This updated and expanded new edition equips you with step-by-step instructions, effective techniques, and real-world business examples so you can run your business smoothly and more efficiently. Learning to accurately configure and implement General Ledger account determination will save you time and effort. Account Determination Demystified Reinforce your understanding of the General Ledger transactions and techniques that make your business successful. Real Business Examples and Processes Take advantage of relevant and practical examples that mirror your own account determination processes to supplement the step-by-step instructions in the book. Immediate Applicability Find important and useful information that you can apply to your daily business processes right away.
Complete Coverage of Common Transactions Discover information about the transactions that you use in your daily work, such as sales and purchasing, payroll, inventory, and tax transactions. Updated and Expanded This second edition has been updated for SAP ERP 6.0 to offer new and expanded solutions for your current account determination challenges, such as how to handle external tax calculation and cash journals.
1 ... Overview ... 15
... 1.1 ... Chart of Accounts ... 15
... 1.2 ... General Ledger Account Master ... 20
... 1.3 ... Account Determination Techniques ... 25
... 1.4 ... Summary ... 31
... 1.5 ... Reference ... 32
2 ... General Ledger Transactions ... 35
... 2.1 ... Foreign Currency Transactions ... 35
... 2.2 ... Other General Ledger Transactions ... 41
... 2.3 ... Accrual Transactions ... 49
... 2.4 ... Summary ... 53
... 2.5 ... Reference ... 54
3 ... Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable Transactions ... 57
... 3.1 ... Reconciliation Accounts ... 58
... 3.2 ... Basic Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable Transactions ... 63
... 3.3 ... Payment Card Accounts ... 72
... 3.4 ... Interest Calculation ... 75
... 3.5 ... Summary ... 80
... 3.6 ... Reference ... 80
4 ... Tax Transactions ... 83
... 4.1 ... Account Determination Objects ... 84
... 4.2 ... General Ledger Account Determination ... 87
... 4.3 ... Other Relevant Information ... 95
... 4.4 ... Withholding Tax ... 97
... 4.5 ... Summary ... 100
... 4.6 ... Reference ... 100
5 ... Bank Transactions ... 103
... 5.1 ... House Bank and Other Subaccounts ... 103
... 5.2 ... Account Determination Objects ... 105
... 5.3 ... General Ledger Account Determination in Banking Processes ... 109
... 5.4 ... Bill of Exchange Transactions ... 117
... 5.5 ... Summary ... 121
... 5.6 ... Reference ... 121
6 ... Asset Transactions ... 123
... 6.1 ... Account Determination Objects ... 123
... 6.2 ... General Ledger Account Determination ... 131
... 6.3 ... Summary ... 143
... 6.4 ... Reference ... 143
7 ... Travel Expense Transactions ... 147
... 7.1 ... Account Determination Objects ... 147
... 7.2 ... General Ledger Account Determination ... 159
... 7.3 ... Summary ... 166
... 7.4 ... Reference ... 167
8 ... Sales and Purchasing ... 169
... 8.1 ... Sales (Order-to-Cash) ... 170
... 8.2 ... Purchasing (Procure-to-Pay) ... 184
... 8.3 ... Summary ... 190
... 8.4 ... Reference ... 190
9 ... Inventory Transactions ... 193
... 9.1 ... Material Valuation ... 193
... 9.2 ... Account Determination Objects ... 196
... 9.3 ... General Ledger Account Determination--Procurement ... 204
... 9.4 ... General Ledger Account Determination--Revaluation and Other Accounts ... 214
... 9.5 ... Summary ... 220
... 9.6 ... Reference ... 220
10 ... Payroll Transactions ... 225
... 10.1 ... Account Determination Objects ... 226
... 10.2 ... General Ledger Account Determination ... 236
... 10.3 ... Other Transactions ... 241
... 10.4 ... Summary ... 243
... 10.5 ... Reference ... 244
... 10.6 ... Conclusion ... 246
... Appendices ... 247
... A ... Field Status Group ... 249
... B ... Validations and Substitutions ... 255
... C ... The Author ... 263
... Index ... 265
Manish Patel is a senior SAP professional with close to 20 years of experience in the IT industry. After graduating from Bombay University, Manish worked at an Indian software company on various financials projects in Asia Pacific. During his tenure at this company, he gained experience as a finance lead responsible for implementing the company's indigenously developed ERP system. After forming his solid foundation at this company in the various areas of software development and project management, he started his career as an SAP consultant. Over last 15 years, he has worked on variety of SAP projects in number of different industries. He has also conducted several successful SAP trainings at various training locations of SAP America. This breadth of assignments honed his abilities to successfully perform different roles in an SAP project ranging from system configuration to project management. He is also the author of a best selling book SAP Account Determination published by SAP Press, targeted at the technical and consulting SAP community. The book explores vital design elements that carry out automatic determination of GL accounts from business transactions in various SAP components. Manish enjoys working through the challenges and complexities that are inherent in implementation of such an enterprise wide system. He understands that experiences and aftereffects of such implementations can range from justifiably thrilling to maddeningly frustrating. Hence, he thrives in contributing to ease transition of SAP users into the new, integrated world of SAP.
