Balance Carryfoward - New GL (FAGLGVTR)

 

Purpose

Use this transaction to transfer year end closing balance to next fiscal year.

When To Do This

Perform this procedure when year end closing process is done.

Prerequisites

·         Retained earnings account is created and configured.

Menu Path

Use the following menu path(s) to begin this transaction:

·         Select Accounting  Financial Accounting  General Ledger  Periodic Processing  Closing  Carrying Forward  Balance Carryforward (New) to go to the Balance carryforward (New) screen.

Transaction Code

FAGLGVTR

Helpful Hints

The balance carry forward for the new fiscal year must be manually performed at least once.  Any subsequent postings to the previous year will be automatically reflected in the balance forward.


Procedure

1.       Start the transaction using the menu path or transaction code.

Balance carryforward

 

2.       As required, complete/review the following fields:

Field Name

R/O/C

Description

Ledger

R

Description of the Ledger.

Example:         0L

Company code

R

Independent accounting unit; in most cases is a legal entity.  You can prepare a balance sheet and income statement for each company code.  Several company codes can be set up to manage the accounts of independent companies simultaneously.

    Give range from 1000 to 2000 to select all Limited company codes.

Example:         1051

Carry forward to fiscal year

R

The year to which the balances have to be carried forward

Example:         2006

 

3.       Perform one of the following:

To

Go To

Use multiple company codes

Step 4

Use a single company code

Step 8

 

4.       Click  to enter multiple company codes.

Multiple Selection for Company code

 

    Select specific company code/s.

 

5.       Click  to open the Ranges tab.

Multiple Selection for Company code

    Select a range of company codes.

 

6.       Click  to list values to be excluded.

Multiple Selection for Company code

    Exclude specific company code(s) within a designated range.

7.       Click  to execute.

Balance carryforward

 

8.       Click  .Deselect test run to update the Next fiscal year. It is recommended to do a test run first before a production run.

9.       Click  .

10.     Click  

11.     Click  to execute the Balance carryforward.

Balance carryforwardLedger 0L for the year 2006 Test run

 

12.     Click   to see a display of the balance sheet accounts carried forward.

Display of balance sheet accounts

 

13.     Click  to return to the test result log.

Balance carryforwardLedger 0L for the year 2006 Test run

 

14.     Click  to view a listing of accounts which have been carried forward to the retained earnings accounts.

Display of retained earnings accounts

 

15.     Scroll to the right to see the amounts that were transferred.

Display of retained earnings accounts

    Retained earnings shows the P&L GL accounts and its value which are net results of that company.  This balance will be transferred to new Fiscal year as retained earnings.

16.     Click  to exit the transaction.

17.     You have completed this transaction.

Result

You have successfully transferred closing balance to new fiscal year.

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