Document splitting, Zero balance clearing account

[Former Member]

Good afternoon

When configuring document splitting and setting up a 'zero balance clearing account', how does the "zero balance clearing account" need to be set up?

I have read SAP note 961937, but still don't know if it should be set up as a balance sheet or income statement account?

SAP standard COA "INT" defines it as a balance sheet account, while SAP Best Practice COA "BPNZ" defines it as an income statement account?

As such I will appreciate it if you can advise on the correct set up of the zero balancing clearing account for document splitting and the reasoning behind it.

Kind regards

Dolf

[Former Member]

Create the Zero balance accout as balance sheet account and there is no big difference about the account is balance sheet or P&l.

balance in this account is always Zero, It is just a control account

Dont think much about the account type.

[Former Member]

Hi Friend

In the standard system, you can balance each business area to zero by means of adjustment postings.

You can use the balance sheet adjustment to do this. When you post a document, the system checks the business area balance and if this is not zero it marks this document for the balance sheet adjustment. Program SAPF180A reads the marked documents, calculates the adjustment postings required, and updates these in its own database tables. A second program, SAPF180, reads the adjustment posting tables and on this basis posts the accounting documents required.

The adjustment postings are posted to a clearing account. This account fulfills the function of a receivable or payable from a business area against all other business areas.

The balance sheet adjustment generates summarized transfer postings to the clearing account.

You can run a balance sheet adjustment as often as you require.You cannot however run the balance sheet adjustment without first activating the business area balance sheets for the company code in question.

You can display the calculated adjustment postings for each individual document from the document display.

Kind regards

Arman

SAP FICO

[Former Member]

Hi Friend

In the standard system, you can balance each business area to zero by means of adjustment postings.

You can use the balance sheet adjustment to do this. When you post a document, the system checks the business area balance and if this is not zero it marks this document for the balance sheet adjustment. Program SAPF180A reads the marked documents, calculates the adjustment postings required, and updates these in its own database tables. A second program, SAPF180, reads the adjustment posting tables and on this basis posts the accounting documents required.

The adjustment postings are posted to a clearing account. This account fulfills the function of a receivable or payable from a business area against all other business areas.

The balance sheet adjustment generates summarized transfer postings to the clearing account.

You can run a balance sheet adjustment as often as you require.You cannot however run the balance sheet adjustment without first activating the business area balance sheets for the company code in question.

You can display the calculated adjustment postings for each individual document from the document display.

Kind regards

Arman

SAP FICO

[Former Member]

Document Splitting Zero Balance in the sence. System will split the values base on our Configuration

Zero Balance Splite

1. Segment wise Zero balance

2. Profit Center wise Zero Balance

3. Business area wise Zero Balances

Like this Zero Balance Splitting Happned in ECC

Regards,

Viswa

[Former Member]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I was also of the opiniion that it had to be set up as a Balance Sheet account as defined in COA INT (194500), but we are using SAP Best Practice COA BPNZ, where it is predefined as an Income Statement account (690020). Hence the question why SAP would have defined it as an Income Statement account in BPNZ and Balance Sheet account in INT.

Also, SAP recommends in SAP note 961137 that "line item display" must NOT be activated, which totally negates the reason for defining it as a clearing account, because you can't see the entries making up the balances in the individual business segments e.g. profit centres.Please advise on this logic???

Kind regards,

Dolf

[Former Member]

Hi

As the name indicates it, a zero-balance clearing account is a balance sheet account which is maintained for the purpose of posting additional clearing entries in the event of the documents are not balanced with the respect to different dimensions used for your reporting such as profit centre, business area, segment, etc.

Regards