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Unit 3 - Financial Accounting
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05/08/2012

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Term
Chart of Accounts
Definition
Contains definitions of all G/L accounts. These definitions include account number, the G/L account designation and the categorization of the G/L account as an income statement or balance sheet account.
Term
Company Code Level
Definition
General Ledger is managed at this level, and from this the required balance sheet and the P/L statement are compiled.
Term
One (Other ledgers can also exist WITHIN the G/L however)
Definition
There are exactly how many leading ledgers with each client?
Term
1. Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (SAP Biller Direct)
2. SAP Dispute Management
3. SAP Collections Management
4. SAP Credit Management
5. SAP Cash and Liquidity Management
6. SAP In-House Cash
7. SAP Treasury and Risk Management
Definition
SAP Financial Supply Chain Management is Comprised of what? (7 things)
Term
Company Code
Definition
This is usually based on geographic considerations. This is the smallest SAP entity that supports a full legal set of books.
Term
Business Segment
Definition
Represents a subactivity of a company, involving the manufacture of a product of provision of a service, with risks and revenues that differ from those of other business segments.
Term
controlling area
Definition
Self-contained organizational structure for which costs and revenues can be managed and allocated.
Term
one or more (as needed)
Definition
How many company codes can be assigned to a controlling area?
Term
1. Chart of accounts - high level control features
2. Company code segment - details how company code manages the account
Definition
What are the two segments to the G/L master record?
Term
Suppress, required, display, optional
Definition
4 field statuses of a field
Term
direct posting
Definition
The G/L reconciliation account is not designed for?
Term
An organizational unit within the company (like a plant, a line of business, a geographical location

STILL CONSIDERED AS MASTER DATA
Definition
A profit center can represent (3 things)
Term
1. Work templates
2. Header data (applies to whole document throughout)
3. Line item information
4. Information area (debits and credits)
Definition
What are the parts to a general ledger account posting? (4 things) [same parts as in an invoice and credit memo entry]
Term
1. the account type to be posted
2. whether it is a debit or credit posting
3. which fields of the line item may have or require an entry
Definition
A posting key specifies: (3 things)
Term
company specific records
Definition
Master data that is needed by a company to define how that particular company code will process transactions with the vendor/customer is stored where?
Term
Vendor Master record
Definition
the various purchasing organizations of the group have to enter data specific to purchasing in the ____ before the supplier's master record can be used.
Term
Corporate groups are required to create balance sheets at segment level but no segment entries exist in two line items which means that the B/S would not be complete. The balance is not zero for the segments and therefore wouldn't be balanced. Also reduces time and effort to enter documents.
Definition
Why is document splitting used?
Term
1. posts payment documents
2. clears open items
3. prepares data for the printing of payment media
Definition
What happens during an automatic payment run? (3 things)
Term
GR/IR (Goods receipt/Invoice Receipt)
Definition
An account called _____ is used to make sure that a goods receipt is executed for every invoice. This is used when goods are received (which is when the first posting is made in financial accounting)
Term
Posted and Processed
Definition
Customer master records contain data that controls how transaction data is ____.
Term
credit segment data
Definition
The ______ contains all the data required for checking credit when a sales order is accepted and for the resulting order-related credit decision.
Term
MM, FI
Definition
A goods issue document is created in ________ and an accounting document is created in ______ so that the goods issue is posted to the correct G/L accounts.
Term
debit - (COGS)
credit - Inventory
Definition
In a goods issue, the accounting document debits _____ and credits ______
Term
debits - customer (receivable)
credits - revenue
Definition
In a billing document, the accounting document debits the _____ and credits _____
Term
An expenditure that is paid through bank accounts precedes what?
Definition
external procurement of services and in-house production follows what? (account types)
Term
Tolerance group

(partial payment and residual item)
Definition
The maximum amount that constitutes a minor payment difference is defined in what settings?
Term
Required: Company code, business area
Optional: CO Objects, logistic organizational units
Definition
Each asset belongs to: (2 things required, 2 things optional)
Term
1. Without a vendor or a purchase order
2. to a vendor but without reference to a purchase order
3.via the materials management using the MM functions (PO, GR, Inv. receipt)
Definition
In FI-AA you can post in these ways: (3 things)
Term
Specifies exactly where the asset posting is listed in the asset history sheet.
Definition
Why is the transaction type nevessary for asset accounting?
Term
asset accounting, general ledger
Definition
Only after the depreciation posting run has been completed is the depreciation actually posted in _____ and in the _______
Term
Financial statement version
Definition
The ______ determines the structure of the balance sheet and the income statement as far as which accounts map to which line items on the report.
Term
Gives a clear overview of the activity for an asset per depreciation area and fiscal year for planned values, posted transactions, posted amounts, posted and planned depreciation, and depreciation parameters.
Definition
What is the purpose of asset explorer?
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