3755254 - PO Accruals Causing Double Budget Usage in Cost Centers

When a Purchase Order (PO) is created with a cost center account assignment, a commitment document is generated in CO, which reduces the available budget accordingly. This is the expected and correct behavior. However, when an accrual document is subsequently posted through automatic accrual posting using the same G/L account and the same cost center as the open PO to recognize the accrued expense for that period, SAP treats the accrual posting as an independent actual cost line item. As a result, budget availability control is triggered a second time, leading to additional budget consumption and causing the available budget to be reduced again.

• Controlling (CO)
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP S/4HANA Finance
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

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