Additional G/L accounts for Asset Accounting
Introduction:
This post describes to determine the “Additional G/L Accounts for Asset Accounting” Integration with General Ledger, other than AO90 Account Determination.
Integration with general ledger often using the AO90 configuration to determine the G/L Accounts to post the Asset Transactions in Asset Accounting, we use to assign balance sheet accounts, special reserve accounts, and the depreciation accounts.
If we want to use the Additional G/L accounts for Asset Accounting other than AO90 configuration settings, then please follow below step by step configuration guide and test scenario.
Also Read: SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting Certification Preparation Guide
Scenario: Post the accounting entry with two different G/L Accounts for Asset Retirement by Scrapping
Example:
- Retirement with Scarping – Normal Configuration pick the G/L Account from AO90 Account determination (Loss made on Asset retirement without revenue)
- Retirement for Physical Verification deficit (New G/L Account from OBYD Configuration)
Case 2 scenario Business perform the Asset Physical verification 6 months or 1 year for each location, if there is any assets or assets qty is lost as per the records then need to retire the assets with different G/L account to identify the total lost amount.
Please follow the below step by step configuration.
Step1: Create the new transaction type for the Asset Physical Verification Deficit retirement.
Path: SPRO -> Financial Accounting -> Asset Accounting -> Transactions -> Retirements -> Define Transaction Types for Retirements
Copy the transaction type 200 and 250 and Create the new transaction types
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New Transaction type Z00
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Please note after creating the new transaction type for current year, please update Acquisition in the same year, here example I used Z50.
Current Year Physical Verification Retirement Transaction type Z50
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Step2: Assign the additional G/L Account for Asset Retirement for Physical Verification.
Transaction code: OBYD,
Click on transaction ANC “Additional accounts for Asset Accounting”
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Update the G/L Account with General Modifier
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Step 3: Define new posting schemes for Physical Verification Retirement.
SE38: Program RAVCBUZSM
Copy standard Schema “SAP_200_007” and create new schema
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.erpqna.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/G-L6-1024x704.jpg?resize=730%2C502&ssl=1)
Create the new Schema
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Select the new schema and click on Characteristic values
Select the Account assignment standard accounts for asset accounting ZIT3 created in step 2 for sequence 90 and save it.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.erpqna.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/G-L8-1024x351.jpg?resize=730%2C250&ssl=1)
Step4: Assign the new posting schemas to Transaction Types
SM34: VC_T093h01
Click on Maintain
Select the relevant country and click on assignment line items
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Assign the new transaction types created in step1 with new schema created step3 and save
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Test Scenario1:
Asset Scrapping for Physical verification deficit
Transaction Code: ABAVN
Select the Transaction type Z50 for the current year retirement in the additional details tab
Post the Document
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Accounting Entry: G/L Account is picking from the Additional g/l accounts for Asset accounting not from AO90
Display Asset AW01N
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Click on the line item to display the accounting document
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Scenario 2
Post the standard asset retirement by scrapping with transaction type 250 G/L Account should pick from the AO90 configuration
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.erpqna.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/G-L14-1024x679.jpg?resize=730%2C484&ssl=1)
Accounting entry
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Verify the G/L Account its picked up from the AO90
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.erpqna.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/G-L16-1024x563.jpg?resize=730%2C401&ssl=1)