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3693106 - Global Fiscal Year Variant

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Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 

Resolution

Global Fiscal Year Variant

The fiscal year variant contains the number of posting periods in the fiscal year and the number of special periods.

Followings are the standard fiscal year variants delivered as best practice content:

Fiscal Year Variant Name

Fiscal Year Variant Description

Number of posting periods within Fiscal year

Number of special periods within Fiscal year
***

Calendar year dependent 

Brief Remarks

24

Half periods

024

00

 

Each calendar month has 2 posting periods, Fiscal year = Calendar year s

BM

BI Monthly

006

00

 

Each posting period covers 2 calendar months, Fiscal year = Calendar year

C1

1st period (calendar year)

001

00

 

Only 1 posting period, Fiscal year = Calendar year

DL

Daily

366

00

 

Each calendar day is a posting period, Fiscal year = Calendar year

K0

Calendar year, 0 spec. period

012

00

X

Posting period = Calendar Month, Fiscal year = Calendar year; no special period

K1

Cal. Year, 1 Special Period

012

01

X

Posting period = Calendar Month, Fiscal year = Calendar year

K2

Cal. Year, 2 Special Periods

012

02

X

Posting period = Calendar Month, Fiscal year = Calendar year

K3

Cal. Year, 3 Special Periods

012

03

X

Posting period = Calendar Month, Fiscal year = Calendar year

K4

Cal. Year, 4 Special Periods

012

04

X

Posting period = Calendar Month, Fiscal year = Calendar year

M3 (used in FI-AA)

Apr-Mar, 24 Per., 4  sp. Per

024

04

 

* New added in CE1808, used in Asset Accounting only
* 1st Posting Period begins on 01.04
* 2 periods in each calendar month
* For posting periods in calendar month April - December, Fiscal year = Calendar year
* For posting periods in calendar month January - March, Fiscal year = Calendar year - 1

M4 (used in FI-AA)

Cal. Year, 24 Per., 4  sp. Per

024

04

 

* New added in CE1808, used in Asset Accounting only
* 1st Posting Period begins on 01.01
* 2 periods in each calendar month
* Fiscal year = Calendar year

M6 (used in FI-AA)

Jul-Jun, 24 Per., 4  sp. Per

024

04

 

* New added in CE1808, used in Asset Accounting only
* 1st Posting Period begins on 01.07
* 2 periods in each calendar month
* For posting periods in calendar month July - December, Fiscal year = Calendar year
* For posting periods in calendar month January - June, Fiscal year = Calendar year - 1

M9 (used in FI-AA)

Oct- Sep, 24 Per., 4  sp. Per

024

00

 

* New added in CE1808, used in Asset Accounting only
* 1st Posting Period begins on 01.10
* 2 periods in each calendar month
* For posting periods in calendar month October- December, Fiscal year = Calendar year + 1
* For posting periods in calendar month January - September, Fiscal year = Calendar year

N3 (used in FI-AA)

Apr-Mar,24 P.,4.SP,yr shift+1

024

04

 

* New added in CE1808, used in Asset Accounting only
* 1st Posting Period begins on 01.04
* 2 periods in each calendar month
* For posting periods in calendar month April - December, Fiscal year = Calendar year + 1
* For posting periods in calendar month January - March, Fiscal year = Calendar year

N6 (used in FI-AA)

Jul-Jun,24 P.,4.SP,yr shift+1

024

04

 

* New added in CE1808, used in Asset Accounting only
* 1st Posting Period begins on 01.07
* 2 periods in each calendar month
* For posting periods in calendar month July - December, Fiscal year = Calendar year +1
* For posting periods in calendar month January - June Fiscal year = Calendar year

Q4 ((only for PH)

Quarterly2

004

00

 

Used in Philippines only
*1st Posting Period / Quarter = January - March
* Fiscal year = Calendar year

QT

Quarterly

004

00

 

*1st Posting Period / Quarter = January - March
*2st Posting Period / Quarter  = April - June
*3st Posting Period / Quarter  = July - September
*4st Posting Period / Quarter  = October - December

S3

Apr-Mar,,4 Sp. Per,yr shift+1

012

04

 

*1st Posting Period = April
* For posting periods April-December, Fiscal year = Calendar year + 1
* For posting periods January-March, Fiscal year = Calendar year

S6

Jul-Jun,4 Sp. Per,yr shift +1

012

04

 

It is like fiscal year variant V6 but with year shift;
*1st Posting Period = July
* For posting periods July-December, Fiscal year = Calendar year + 1
* For posting periods January-June, Fiscal year = Calendar year

SA (used in FI-AA)

Configurable template FI-AA US

012

00

 

* Template variant ONLY for US customers in Asset Accounting.
* Freely configurable by customer, e.g. for "4-4-5" FYV.
* All settings must be completed by customer via SSC-UI in the Finetuning-Phase. No posting is allowed in the system until this step is done. 

SZ

Configurable template variant

012

00

X

* Template variant, freely configurable by customer, e.g. for "4-4-5" FYV.
* All settings except "Number of posting periods within Fiscal year" (currently only 12 periods are supported for corporate FYV) must be completed by customer via SSC-UI in the Finetuning-Phase. No posting is allowed in the system until this step is done. 

V3

Apr.- March, 4 special periods

012

04

 

*1st Posting Period = April
* For posting periods April-December, Fiscal year = Calendar year 
* For posting periods January-March, Fiscal year = Calendar year - 1

V6

July - June, 4 special periods

012

04

 

*1st Posting Period = July
* For posting periods July-December, Fiscal year = Calendar year 
* For posting periods January-June, Fiscal year = Calendar year - 1

V9

Oct.- Sept., 4 special periods

012

04

 

*1st Posting Period = October
* For posting periods October-December, Fiscal year = Calendar year + 1
* For posting periods January-September, Fiscal year = Calendar year

Y4 (only for US)

AA:Cal. Yr, 4 Special Periods

012

04

X

Like fiscal year variant K4 used in US solution for Asset Accounting only
Posting period = Calendar Month, Fiscal year = Calendar year

G3

Fiscal Year Variant for UK CIS

012

00

 

The Construction Industry Scheme for the UK requires the reporting periods to be from the 6th of one month to the 5th of the following month. 

 

*** Special periods represent an extension of the last normal posting period. When the posting date falls within the last normal posting period, then during document entry you can specify that the transaction figures be updated separately in one of the special periods.

See Also

Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year Variant

Ledger


Currencies

3530183 - Assigning Accounting Principles to Ledgers and Company Codes in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition: Details on Configuration in General Ledger Accounting and Asset Accounting 

3169537 - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition: Release Restriction Note for the Alternative Fiscal Year Variant

SAP Central Business Configuration

3537843 - Frequently asked questions in the organization management area in SAP Central Business Configuration 

Keywords

KBA , FI-GL-GL-2CL , Basic Functions (Public Cloud) , How To

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions