Step 8. Define Posting Rules for Settlement to Financial Accounting

IMG Path - Controlling>Product Cost Controlling>Cost Object Controlling>Product Cost by Sales Order>Period-End Closing>Results Analysis>Define Posting Rules for Settlement to Financial Accounting

Here you specify the G/L accounts in Financial Accounting to which the results analysis data is settled. You assign a results analysis cost element or a group of results analysis cost elements to two G/L accounts.

On the basis of the settlement of the results analysis data, a posting document is generated in Financial Accounting.

•Data is written to the balance sheet.

•Data is written to the profit and loss statement.

On the basis of this posting, an additional document is generated in Profit Center Accounting if the order is assigned to a Profit Center.

Settlement is made by period on the basis of

•The allocation structure in the settlement rule of the internal order

•The posting rules that you define in this step

All cost elements under which results analysis data to be settled are written (such as reserves for unrealized costs, work in process, cost of sales) must be listed in the allocation structure. They must also be assigned to G/L accounts by the posting rules.

Settlement of data to Profitability Analysis is controlled by a PA allocation structure. In the PA transfer structure you list the results analysis cost elements for the revenues, reserves for imminent loss and cost of sales. Then you assign these cost element groups to value fields (see Create PA transfer structure).

You can assign the results analysis data to the G/L accounts at the following levels:

•For each results analysis category

The following results analysis categories are created on the basis of the assignment of the costs to line IDs:

◦WIPR - work in process with requirement to capitalize costs

◦WIPO - work in process with option to capitalize costs

◦WIPP - work in process with prohibition to capitalize costs

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