Symptom
You have released a customer invoice. However, the document does not show in the customer account monitor and no effective posting in accounting has been created.
Invoice XYZ fails to post due to missing account determination for Differences from Exchange Rate Fluctuation.
(XYZ represents the Customer Invoice ID)
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Customer Invoicing work center.
- Go to the Invoice Documents view.
- Find the corresponding Invoice XYZ.
- Status of Customer Invoice is released.
- Open the Customer Invoice and click "View All".
- Go to Document Flow tab.
- Here, there is a Business Transaction (For Accounting), open it.
- Here we can see the following error message:
"Account Determination is missing. Configure account determination in chart of accounts and account determination profile PQR (PQR is the account determination profile ID). Column Path Tax -> Difference -> Differences from Exchange Rate Fluctuation, Position Type Exchange Rate Differences: Tax Postings general."
The same can be seen in the unposted source document in the General Ledger work center.
Cause
Released invoice did not get posted to account since the account determination is missing for Differences from Exchange Rate Fluctuation of the invoice.
Resolution
To maintain the account determination:
- Go to the Business Configuration work center.
- Navigate to the Implementation Projects view.
- Select the project and perform the action Open Activity List.
- Select the activity Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structures, Account Determination.
- Choose "Tax" from Account Determination.
- Select the Account Determination Profile .
- Navigate to the Differences tab.
- Maintain the G/L Account for Differences from Exchange Rate Fluctuation.
To post the affected document:
- Go to the General Ledger work center.
- Navigate to the Source Documents subview in the Closing Cockpit view.
- Search and select the invoice XYZ.
- Click Actions and select Post Business Transaction.
Keywords
account determination, exchange rate differences, tax postings, invoice error, unposted source document, general ledger, business configuration, chart of accounts, financial reporting structures, differences tab, G/L account maintenance, tax exchange rate fluctuations. , KBA , SRD-FIN-ACR , Receivables , Problem
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