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AGENDA

What is Financial Accounting?

• Introduction to Financial Accounting

• Organizational Structures in Financial Accounting

• Master Data in Financial Accounting

• Transaction Data in Financial Accounting

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Valérie Schauwers

Diegem

Introduction to Financial Accounting

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FINANCIAL VS. MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

2

•External Accounting

•Financial Statements

•Legal Requirement

•Fixed

•Internal Accounting

•Multiple Reporting Approaches

•Not a Legal Requirement

•Flexible

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FI Components or Sub Modules

FI-G/L: General Ledger

FI-AP: Accounts Payable

FI-AR: Accounts Receivable

FI-AA: Asset Accounting

FI-BK: Bank Applications

FI-SL: Special Purpose Ledger

FI-TV: Travel Management

…

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General Ledger and Sub Ledgers

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FI-G/L

FI-AP

FI-AA

FI-AR

MM SD

BS P&L

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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Organizational Structures

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FI

CO

CO-PA Operating Concern

Controlling Area

Controlling Area

Company Code

Company Code

Business Area

Functional Area

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Company Code

In an international business, operations are often located across

numerous countries. Since most governments and tax authorities

require each operating entity to be established as a separate legal

entity, a company code is usually defined.

The smallest SAP entity that supports a full legal set of books. Each

accounting document is assigned to exactly one company code.

Controls the publication of Balance Sheet and P&L

Assigned to exactly one operational Chart of Accounts

Company code = Legal balancing entity

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Fiscal year

Defines number of periods + start and finishing dates of periods

Normal and special periods (in total 16 periods max.)

Special periods for year-end closing

Derive posting period from posting date

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Chart of Accounts

Contains the structure and the basic information about general

ledger accounts

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TFIN52

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