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3072233 - Amount Posted to Differences from Exchange Rate Fluctuation on Customer Invoice for one Set of Books

Symptom

You create a Customer Invoice and for one Set of Books there is a Posting to a G/L Account of Differences from Exchange Rate Fluctuation.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the General Ledger work center.
  2. Go to the Journal Entries view.
  3. Find the relevant Journal Entry.
  4. Go to the Journal Entry tab.

There is a posting to the G/L Account of Differences from Exchange Rate Fluctuation.

Cause

This can be caused due to a different Exchange Rate Type used for the Customer Invoice Posting on this Set of Books.

To check this:

  1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
  2. Go to the Overview view.
  3. Search for Currency Conversion Profiles activity.
  4. Select the relevant Currency Conversion Profile for the Set of Books.
  5. Filter the Business Transaction Type Customer Invoice.

Here the Exchange Rate Type is not 001 - Daily average rate.

Resolution

System is correct, it will use the 001 - Daily average rate for the Tax and calculate the difference for the different Exchange Rate Type used for the Currency Conversion Profile.

Keywords

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Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions