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16 Functionality This program is used to carry forward the balances of the general ledger to the new fiscal year. You can run this transaction multiple times. You should always run it if there are discrepancies between the balances of the GL accounts in the previous and the current fiscal years. The GL balances are carried forward as follows: a) Balance sheet accounts are transferred with all additional account assignments to the same account numbers. b) P L accounts are carried forward to the retained earnings account. !dditional account assignments are not transferred. The transaction currencies are not transferred and are totaled in the local currency. Scenario You want to generate a report because there are discrepancies between the balances of the GL accounts in the previous and the current fiscal years. Requirements None. Menu Path !ccounting "inancial !ccounting General Ledger Periodic Processing #losing #arrying "orward ".$% & Balance #arry "orward ".$%
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0f you want to display the individual balances of the P L statement accounts which are carried forward to this retained earnings account1 clic( 2chec(bo*3 Balances in retain.earng.acct .
Tip: This process, as many processes in SAP, can be run in test or production mode.
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to carry forward balances and display a report: for t"e year 2 & )est run
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You can display individual balances of the particular accounts. #lic( to display balances of balance sheet accounts: Display of +alance s"eet accounts
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