3763788 - Error "Create the retained earnings account & in company code &" when scheduling Balance Carryforward despite no balances to transfer - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public edition

• Error message: "Create the retained earnings account & in company code &." during balance carryforward when transferring balances to the next fiscal year
• No balances are available to transfer, yet the process still requires creation of the G/L account.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Start Balance Carryforward to move balances to the next fiscal year.
2. Run the process for ledgers 0L and 2L.
3. Observe that the run stops with the error: "Create the retained earnings account & in company code &."

The Balance Carryforward program performs a configuration completeness check before processing balances and verifies that the retained earnings account mapped to the relevant P&L statement account type in the chart of accounts exists at company code level; if the company code segment is missing, the error is raised even when no balances exist.

1. In the Manage G/L Account Master Data app (SSCUI 150001), create the company code segment for the retained earnings G/L account that is assigned to the relevant P&L statement account type in the chart of accounts for each affected company code.
2. Re-run Balance Carryforward in test mode and verify the process completes without errors.

Note: If a shared chart of accounts is used, extend the retained earnings account to all company codes that use the affected P&L account type to prevent future Balance Carryforward errors.

Refer to: KBA 3071770 – Understanding the logic of Retained Earnings account with Example

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