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Introduction to Financial Accounting

What is Financial Accounting?
Introduction to Financial
Valrie Schauwers
Accounting
Diegem
Organizational Structures in Financial Accounting
Master Data in Financial Accounting
Transaction Data in Financial Accounting

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 FINANCIAL VS. MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

External Accounting Internal Accounting

Financial Statements Multiple Reporting Approaches
Legal Requirement Not a Legal Requirement
Fixed 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

FI-AA
MM SD
FI-AP FI- FI-AR
G/L

BS
P&L

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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 Organizational Structures

Operating
CO-PA Concern

Controlling Controlling
CO Area Area

Company Company Business Functional

FI Code Code Area 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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http://sapcertifications.ol-edu.com/TFIN52.php

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