GetStarted

Solutions Support Training Community Developer Partner

About

Community / Blogs

CrossCompany/Intercompany
transactions
May4,2013 | 12,309Views |
VenkatEmani
morebythisauthor

FIN(Finance)

SAPERP | | accounting | company | cross | enterpriseresourceplanning | intercompany | sap | saperp

financials

share
0 share
0 tweet share
0

Follow

CrossCompany/Intercompanytransactions
Severalcompanycodesareinvolvedinacrosscompanycodetransaction.Ina
crosscompanycodetransaction,thesystempostsaseparatedocumentwithits
owndocumentnumberineachofthecompanycodes.

Individualdocumentsarelinkedbyacommoncrosscompanycodenumber.
Thesystemgenerateslineitemsautomatically(receivablesandpayablesarising
betweencompanycodes)inordertobalancethedebitsandcreditsineach
document.
Attimesonecompanycodemakespurchasesonbehalfofanothercompany
codeormakespaymentonbehalfofanothercompanycode.Thisneedsentries
tobepassedinbothcompanycodes.

Ifcrosscompanycodesettingsaredone,entryinonecompanycodewould
generatetheentryintheothercompanycodealso.

Inthisexample,wehavealreadytwocompanycodes1009and1011incountry
USA.

1.1CheckwhetherDoctypeSAallowscrosscompany
postings
ViaMenus IMG(SPRO)>FinancialAccounting(new)>FinancialAccountingGlobal
Settings(New)>Document>DocumentTypes>DefineDocument
typesforEntryView

ViaTransactionCode OBA7

SelectPositionbuttonandgiveDocumenttypeSAandpressEnter

MakesureDocumenttypeSAallowsIntercompanypostings

1.2CreateClearingG/Laccountinbothcompanycodes
inFS00
CreatebelowG/Laccountsinrespectivecompanycodes
1.3PrepareCrosscompanycodeTransactions
ViaMenus IMG>FinancialAccounting>GeneralLedgerAccounting>Business
transactions>Preparecrosscompanycodetransactions

ViaTransactionCode OBYA

ProvidebelowdetailsandsaveClickonSave

Note:Alternatively,youcanuseCustomerandvendorPostingKeysandgive
IntercompanyCustomerandVendornumbers

1.4PrepareCrosscompanycodeforManualPayments
ViaMenus IMG>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivablesandPayables>Business
transactions>Outgoingpayments>ManualOutgoingpayments>PrepareCross
Companycodeformanualpayments
 ViaTransactionCode OB60

ClickonNewEntries

ClickonSave

1.5PrepareCrosscompanycodeforAutomatic
Payments
ViaMenus IMG>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivablesandPayables>Business
transactions>Outgoingpayments>AutomaticOutgoingpayments>Payment
method/BankSelectionforPaymentProgram>setupallcompanycodesfor
paymenttransactions

ViaTransactionCode FBZP

Selectcompanycode1011(secondcreatedCompanycode)andgivebelow
details:

ClickonSave

1.6Postacrosscompanytransaction
ViaMenus Accounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsPayables>
DocumentEntry>Invoice

ViaTransactionCode FB60

Providebelowdetails
Makesuretousecocode1009ontheheaderandcocode1011ontheline
item.

SelectSimulateandthenSave

ClickonContinue.CrossCompanycodedocumentisposted.

ToDisplaythecrosscompanyDocument

ViaMenus AccountingFinancialAccounting>GeneralLedger>DocumentCross
Companycodetransaction>Display

ViaTransactionCode FBU3

ProvideCrosscompanycodedocumentnumberorselectfromdocumentlist

PressEnter
OtherCrossCompanytransactionsi.e.Change/DisplayReverseCross
Companydocument

1.7ProcessManualpaymentonbehalfofothercompany
code
ViaMenus Accounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsPayable
Payment>Post

ViaTransactionCode F53

Prerequisite:Makesurethattherearesomeopenitemsforavendorin
companycode1011orprocessavendorinvoicein1011usingFB60/F43

GotoF53andprovidethebelowdetails


ClickonProcessOpenItemsandSelecttheinvoicetobepaid

Document>Simulate>Save
Note:Alternatively,youcanrunAutomaticPaymentProgram(F110)aswell.

Hopethisdocumenthelps

BestRegards,

VenkatEmani

AlertModerator

67Comments
YoumustbeLoggedontocommentorreplytoapost.

ChiragShah

May7,2013at11:34am

DearVenkat,

Verygoodefforts.

Thanksforsharing

Regards
Chirag
VenkatEmani Postauthor

May7,2013at1:00pm

ThankyouChirag

NarasimhuluKonnipati

May9,2013at7:08am

Venkat,

Itseems,thereisnothingtolearnbeyondthisonthistopic.You
coveredeverythingwithscreenshotswhichgivesclearideaon
crosscompanycodetransactions.

Goodworkandweexpectmanymorefromyoulikethis.

Ifpossible,pleasemoveittoERPFinancialsforumwhichhelps
manyuserstolearntheconcept.


Thanks,
Narasimhulu

VenkatEmani Postauthor

May9,2013at1:03pm

ThankyouNSKforthesuggestion,Ihavemovedit
nowtoERPFinacials

suryakumar

April20,2014at6:33pm

HiVenkatJi,

Yourdocumentisaslucidasever,Ihavelearnteverythingabout
crosscompanytransactionfromthisDoc.

Couldyoupleaseclarifymydoubtonthebelow

 inyourdocumentsection1.7
Prerequisite:Makesurethattherearesomeopenitemsforavendorin

companycode1011orprocessavendorinvoicein1011usingFB60/F43

Vendor(900000)liabilitybookedincocd1009butwhilepayingf53you

showedasvendor900010from1011,whyitisrequiredopenitemsoncocd

1011?

Inadvancethanksforyourreply

Regards,
Surya

BHASKARK

August2,2016at5:44am

NiceVenkat.

SrinivasanRavichandran

May8,2013at11:32pm

HiVenkat

Veryclearexplanationofthetopic.Thanksforsharing.

Regards
Srini

VenkatEmani Postauthor

May9,2013at1:04pm

ThankyouSrini

DineshJ
May10,2013at11:05am

Hivenkat,

Goodexplaination..
Manythanks

Dinesh

GodavariSAP

May13,2013at8:59am

HelloVenkat,

Excellentdocumentation.CanyoupleaseletusknowhowIntComClearinghappensinthe
monthend?

Thanks

VenkatEmani Postauthor

May13,2013at1:28pm

ThankyouGodavariforthecomments.Inthemonthendweneedtodotwo
thingsthoughthesemaynotbe
mandatory1)
Intercompanyreconciliation:Toensurebalanceissameinbooksofboththe
entities
2)IntercompanyClearing:tomakethebalancezero.NormallyDebitbalancein
onecompanycodeisequaltoCreditbalanceinothercompanycode.Passa
journalentrytooffsetthisbalanceandclearit.
Hopethisanswersyourquestion,pleaseratethisdocumentifitisuseful

thanks,
Venkat

JayF

April21,2016at1:57am

HiVenkat,soinordertocleartheICAR/APbalancesyouwould
recommendasimplejournalentry?
Isthereanyotheralternatives,maybemoreautomatedif
possible?
Pleaseadvise.

Thanks,
Jerome

OlfaHAFSA

July12,2016at6:35am

SalutJerome,

jesperequetuvasbien

TherearemultiplewaysofclearingtheAR/AP
balancesbasedontheclientsrequirements:
1youcanclearreceivablesandpayablesagainst
eachothertoreducethebalance(ifthereare
transactionbothwaysbetweenthe2internal
partners).YoumighttrytoautomatethiswithF.13,but
inreallifeyouwillrarelybeabletocometoazero
balance.Butyoucanmanualcleartheitemsby
postingaresidualamount.
2iftherecanbecashtransfersbetweenthe2
internalpartners,thenyoucanrunaF110whichwill
automaticallypickuptheopenitemsandclosethe
balancebypayingit(andwillatthesametimeclear
theopenitems).

Ihopethishelps

JayF

July12,2016at1:11pm

HeyOlfa,mercipourtonmessage!
Yestheclientrequirementismore
demandingthanasimpleGLclearingand
wearemovingtowardstheInHouse
CashfunctionalityinSAPtomanageIC
fromanetting/clearing,paymenthub,
 cashpooling,paymentonbehalfstand
point.
IfyouhavefeedbackonIHC,Iwouldtake
them!

ChandanGundalaRamanaReddy

May13,2013at2:52pm

Excellentdocumentationthroughscreenshots.Pleasekeeppostingsuchimportantconcepts
sothatthereisclarity.

VenkatEmani Postauthor

May13,2013at2:57pm

thankyouChandan

SudhakarM

May13,2013at3:00pm

Nicework!Venkat.

Regards,
Sudhakar*

VenkatEmani Postauthor

May13,2013at3:06pm

ThankyouSudhakar

JayminBhatt

May20,2013at11:01am
Muchinformativeandworthpreservingdocument
Thanksforsuchrepositorydocument.
Regards,
jayminr.bhatt

NikolaosFiolitakis

May21,2013at7:01am

Vankatthisisacompleteposting.Thanks

MohdShazalyAJ

July9,2013at3:03am

Welldocumentedwithscreenshotsonthetopic.

Deservedtobebookmarked.

Raghavrao

July9,2013at3:30am

HiVenkat,

ItsanExcellentdocumentation.Fullycovered&veryclear.Thanksforsharing.

ThankinginAdvance,
Raghav.

VenkatEmani Postauthor

July9,2013at4:43pm

ThankyouRaghav!
ramkumar

July24,2013at11:29am

HiVenkat,

VerycleardocumentationThanksforsharing..

Cheers,
Ramkumar

PrasadTatikonda

July24,2013at12:01pm

HiVenkat,

Welldone.Nicedocumentationwithgoodexamples.

Thanks&Regards,
Prasad

VenkatEmani Postauthor

July24,2013at12:39pm

ThankyouPrasad.

SanthanakrishnanArumugam

September15,2013at5:50pm

DearVenkat,

Niceandgoodeffort,Pleasekeepitup
Veryusefulforlearners

TnQ
Santhanakrishnan.A.
SandeepAgarwal

September15,2013at6:11pm

NiceDocumentgoodforbeginners..

SandeepAgarwal

SanilBhandari

September16,2013at3:36am

Thanksforsharingagoodinsight

Regards
SanilBhandari

VinodVemuru

September17,2013at1:59pm

GooddocumentVenkat

suryakumar

April20,2014at6:45pm

HiVinod,

Youclarifiedfewofmyquiresinthepast,IthinkVenkat(authorofthisDoc)
loggedintoSCNlongback,soIwishtogetclarifiedmydoubtwithyou.
intheabovedocumentsection1.7

Prerequisite:Makesurethattherearesomeopenitemsforavendorincompanycode
1011orprocessavendorinvoicein1011usingFB60/F43

Vendor(900000)liabilitybookedincocd1009butwhilepayingf53theDocshowedas
vendor900010from1011,whyitisrequiredopenitemsoncocd1011?

Inadvancethanksforyourreply

Regards,
Surya
 SowmyaTiwary

April21,2014at8:03am

HiSurya

Thisisbecause,instep1,5,wehavespecifiedthatthesending
companycodeis1011andthepayingcompanycodeis1009.So,
thevendoropenitemsexistin1011whichispaidby1009.

Regards
Sowmya

suryakumar

April21,2014at9:21pm

HiSowmya,

Thanksforyourreply,butwecanseetheposting
donestep1.6,vendor900000bookedincocd1009,
thenwhyneedtocheckothervendoraccountincocd
1011?

Regards,
Surya

MEHULSHAH

September20,2013at11:37am

Helpfuldocument!!Thanks

MohanaSundaram.MMurugaiyan.M

September21,2013at7:56am

GoodDocumentationforIntercompanytransactions.

Regards,
M.Mohan

BenlyBenlyPanicker

October11,2013at1:58am

Clearcutdoc!
Thanks.

KhushbuRanjan

October18,2013at2:23pm

Helpfuldocument!Thanksforsharing.

ChrisXu

October29,2013at4:14am

DearVenkat,

Verygoodarticle,butIamabitlostfromstep1.7

Guessanonecrosscompanyinvoice,madebyFB60,thenIrunF53,selecttheinvoiceandclearit.

Ithinkitshouldbesimilarinthecrosscompanyscenario,IrunF53directlyandclearit,whyshouldthere

besomeopenitemsincompanycode1011?

Prerequisite:Makesurethattherearesomeopenitemsforavendorincompanycode1011orprocessa

vendorinvoicein1011usingFB60/F43

Thanksverymuch,

XuChris

RanuEugene

October29,2013at4:56am
HiVenkat,
Veryusefuldocumentwithdetaileddescriptionwithscreenshots.
Seriouslyappreciateyoureffort.

Thanksalotforsharing.

Keepupthegoodwork.

Bestofluck.

Regards
Eugene

SrinivasSalpala

October29,2013at7:00am

Verygoodandclearlyexplainedalltheinformationoncrosscompanycodetransactions.

Keepsharingknowledge!!!

BR,SrinivasSalpala

PradeepKiran

October29,2013at7:21am

Posthasbeenveryhelpful.Thanksforsharing.

Regards,
Pradeep

Diwap

October29,2013at8:34am

verygooddocumentsuper.

Regards
Diwa
LakshmiKumariSama

October30,2013at10:05am

HiVenkat,

Gooddocumentonintercompanytransactions.

Thanks&Regards,
LakshmiS

MohsinAbbasi

November8,2013at10:53pm

HiVenkat,

AwesomeBro.. .Professionalsolution.KeepPosting

Thanks&Regards,
MohsinAbbasi

SatyaYenumula

November29,2013at12:54pm

DearVenkat,

Itiscoveredthecrosscompanytransactioncycle.

Thanks
Satya

KrishnaKumar

January27,2014at5:00pm

Noneedtoselectintercompanypostingscheckbox
JandovalNascimentoSilvaJunior

February4,2014at6:29pm

HiVenkatEmani

Posthasbeenveryhelpful.Thanksforsharingitwihtus.

JandovalNascimento.

TrinathGujari

February13,2014at6:21am

HiVenkat,

yourposthasbeenveryhelpfultomethanksforsharingit

Trinath

March17,2014at1:41pm

HiVenkat,

Itisreallyusefulinformation.Thanksalotforsharing!

BR,
Linh.

ErwinLeitner

October16,2014at7:39am

Hello,

Like
Bookmark
and3stars

thankyouverymuch.

brerwin

NareshNimmakayala

November10,2014at9:46am

HiVenkat,

Ihavegotthebelowerror.Kindlyhelpmetosortitout.

Auniquecompanycodehasnotbeen
assignedtocompanynumberXXXXX
Messageno.GLT0001

ThanksandRegards
NareshNimmakayala

MahmoudElnady

November10,2014at10:58am

Thanks..forgoofdocument
Regards
MahmoudElnady

JaiReddy

November17,2014at9:44pm

Thankyoufortheinfo.
Isitpossibletoviewthecompleteintercompanyrelationshipsviaareportortcodeor
something?

Mypresentclienthasabout90companycodes.theyhaveIntercompanybilling,costallocation
implemented.

Iamtryingtounderstandtheintercompanyrelationshipsbetweenthecompanies,whichcompanycodeis
relatedtowhichandhow?

Pleasehelp.

Thanks
Jai.

HansButenschn

August29,2016at12:36pm

HiJai,
ifwhatyouaskistoseeallOBYAentriesinaconvenientform:extractalldata
fromtableT001Uintoaspreadsheet.Youshouldgetniceoverviewofwhich
customerandvendornumbersareassignedtorepresentthecompanycode
combinationsinintercompanypostings.

Regards,
HansB.

LynnHamann

January21,2015at1:24pm

WhenyouusetcodeFBU8(reversalofcrosscompanycodedocument)SAPreverseseach
FIdocumentindividuallyanddoesnotproduceanothercorsscompanycodedocumentto
linkthereversaldocumentstogether?IsthereawaytoconfigureSAPsothatitdoes.If
not,whatisthereasonbehindthis?Thanks.

SyedZiaAbbas

January21,2015at1:30pm

DearLynn

Understandthesystembehavior.Basicideaistoreversethedocumentand
postareversaldocument.IncaseofInterCodocumentreversal,sometime,as
pertheoptiongivenbySAP,usermaynotwanttoreversealldocumentsin
InterCo.Soyourlogicwillnotworkinsuchscenarios.

Regards
CAPareshBhagwat

February5,2015at1:16pm

VeryhelpfuldocumentThanks

KrishnarajKaliappan

June18,2015at7:36pm

Arethereanyconfigurationistobemadetopopulatetermsofpaymentandpayment
methodincrosscompanycodedocument(vendorandcustomerlineitems)?Theseshould
bedefaultedfromvendorandcustomermasterrespectively.

CecilD'Souza

September7,2015at2:03pm

Venkat,Thankyouforthisbrilliantdocument.Ivelearnedalotfrommanyotherpeoplewho
haveposteddocumentsbutthisonestandsout.Itisbasicallyidiotproofwithescreenshots
andclearexplanations.Pleasepostmorelikethissowecanalllearn.

akbargudur

October8,2015at4:43pm

HiVenkat,Verygooddocument..Howaboutiftherearemorethantwocompanycodes
involved.

LaraGupta

March14,2016at3:24pm

howtodothesamewhenpayingcompanycodeisinadifferentclient?
 JudyOrtscheid

April4,2016at6:35pm

Iseethattheinvoiceistovendor900000incompany1009,thepayingcompany.The
expensewenttocompany1011.

Thepaymentwenttoadifferentvendorincompany1011.

ImnotsureIfollowthisone.Iwouldliketoposttheinvoiceto1011andhave1009payfor
it.

Isitpossibletoposttheinvoicecompletelyto1011andhave1009payforit?

Thanks,
JudyOrtscheid

CAPareshBhagwat

April21,2016at6:05am

Simplejournalposting(FB50)isnecessarytopostICdocument.

ThanhHuyenLe

April26,2016at4:18pm

Manythanksfortheveryusefuldocumentation!
WhenIfollowthestep1.7ProcessManualPaymentonbehalfofothercompanycode,I
enteredthevendor9000010from1011,andthesystemgivesmetheerrormessage:
Thevendor9000010isnotinthecompanycode1009.

Howcomesthatyoucanselecttheopenitemsfromvendorofanothercompanycode?

Wouldbethankfulifanyonecanexplainthistome.

HelmutKoehler
 June23,2016at9:19am

Hello,justwonderingiftheVATconsiderationsofCrossCompanydocumentsaretreated
somewhereinrelateddiscussions?

ShuangWang

August2,2016at3:59am

Hello,couldyoupleaseadvisehowyousolvetheauthoritydesignforcrosscompany?By
yourowndevelopedenhancement?Thankyou.

ZeeshanChaudhry

August30,2016at3:55pm

VeryHelpfull

Thanks

Zeeshan

Share & Follow

Privacy TermsofUse LegalDisclosure Copyright Trademark Sitemap Newsletter