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Accounts Payable
Accounting
Down Payments
Buildiing Block Business Process Procedure
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Icons
Icon Meaning
Caution
Example
Note
Recommendation
Syntax
Typographic Conventions
Example text Exact user entry. These are words or characters that you enter in the
system exactly as they appear in the documentation.
<Example text> Variable user entry. Pointed brackets indicate that you replace these
words and characters with appropriate entries.
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Abbreviations
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Contents
Down Payment Processing.................................................................................................................. 6
1 Down Payment Request............................................................................................................... 6
2 Posting Down Payment................................................................................................................. 8
3 Posting an Invoice......................................................................................................................... 9
4 Displaying a Document............................................................................................................... 11
5 Down Payment Clearing............................................................................................................. 12
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Process Flow
This scenario shows the following steps
Create Down Payment Request
Post Down Payment
Post Vendor Invoice
Clear Down Payment
Prerequisites
Vendor master record must be created using the “Accounts Payable Accounting: Master Data” and
do not maintain any values in the Withholding Tax Accounting details screen.
Procedure
1. Access the transaction choosing one of the following navigation options:
SAP R/3 Menu Accounting Financial Accounting Accounts Payable
Document Entry Down Payment Request
Transaction code F-47
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2. On the Down Payment Request: Header Data screen, make the following entries:
Field name User action and Comment
values
Document Date Today’s date
Posting Date Today’s date
Document Type KA Vendor document
Company Code BP01 India Best Practices Ltd, Bangalore
Currency INR
Reference Request 453 Advance Payment reference text
Account A2000
Trg.Sp.G/L ind. A Enter the Target Advance Payment Special G/L
indicator to be posted at the time of clearing the
down payment request.
3. Choose Enter.
4. On the Down Payment Request: Add Vendor Item screen make the following entries:
Field name User action and Comment
values
Amount 25000
Bus.Pl/Secn.Code Leave blank Enter Section code, if the vendor is subject to
withholding tax
Due On Today’s date + 1 Due date of the down payment
Text Advance Payment Enter the relevant text applicable to this line item
to the Vendor
5. On the Down Payment Request: Add Vendor Item screen choose the Withholding tax push
button. System will display the pop window Enter Withholding tax Information. With holding Tax
codes will be default from the vendor master record. If the transaction is not relevant for
withholding tax, remove the withholding tax code in the pop up screen and choose Enter.
Result
The system displays the message Document 17000000xx was posted in company code BP01. Make
a note of the document number.
Example
Document 1700000002 was posted in company code BP01
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Procedure
1. Access the transaction choosing one of the following navigation options:
SAP R/3 Menu Accounting Financial Accounting Accounts Payable
Document Down Payment Down Payment
Transaction code F-48
2. On the Post Vendor Down Payment: Header Data screen make the following entries
Field name User action and Comment
values
Document Date Today’s date
Posting Date Today’s date
Type B1 Bank Payment SBI
Company Code BP01 India Best Practices Ltd, Bangalore
Currency INR
Reference Adv Payment 453 Advance Payment reference text
Account A2000
Sp.G/L ind. A Enter the Special GL Indicator.
Bank – Account 24510000
Bank - Amount 25000
Value date Today’s date Today’s date defaulted by the system, if required
can be changed
Bank -Text C.No.xxxxxxx Enter the relevant reference data as required
4. On the Post Vendor Down Payment: Choose Requests screen select the down payment line
item
7. To save the document, use the menu Document Post or press Ctrl+S.
Result
The system displays the message Document xxxxxxxx was posted in company code BP01. Make a
note of the document number.
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Example
Document 1400000 was posted in company code BP01
3 Posting an Invoice
1. To post a vendor invoice for office supplies, choose the following menu path:
SAP R/3 Menu Accounting Financial Accounting Accounts Payable
Document Entry Invoice
Transaction code FB60
2. Enter the following data if it is not already defaulted in the system:
Field name User action and Comment
values
Company Code BP01 India Best Practices Ltd, Bangalore
3. If the Company code is not defaulted use the following option to assign BP01 as the company
code.
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Other Field Values defaulted by the system in the Payment Tab (baseline date and Payment
Terms). If required you can change the default value.
If the Withholding tax information is not maintained in the Vendor Master Record, system will
not display any data in the Withholding Tax tab
5. Enter the following data for the item:
Field name User action and Comment
values
G/L Acct 58102000 Office supplies
D/C Debit
Amount in Doc. Curr. 50000 Enter the gross amount. The system calculates
the input tax automatically.
Tax Code V0 Input Tax Zero
Jurisdiction Code IN00 Jurisdiction code
IN00
Text Stationery Items Enter the line item relevant text
purchased
Cost Center Example Enter the valid cost center, if the cost
accounting assignment as applicable
1201-Purchasing
6. To check the document before it is posted, choose Simulate (F9).
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7. To post the document into the system use menu path Document Post or Choose Post
(Ctrl+S).
8. At the bottom of the screen, the system outputs the message: Document 19000000xx was
posted in company code BP01, where xx are the sequential document numbers posted by the
system.
9. Make a note of the invoice document number.
Results
You have posted the vendor invoice in Financial Accounting.
Example
Document 1900000005 was posted in company code BP01.
4 Displaying a Document
1. To display the posted invoice document, choose the following menu path:
SAP R/3 Menu Accounting Financial Accounting Accounts Payable
Document Display
Transaction code FB03
Choose Enter.
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On the screen that follows, the posted document is displayed in the document overview along with
all the document header information (such as the document number, posting date, invoice date, and
the individual posting lines).
Double-Click one of the posting lines (or choose the magnifying glass icon) to display the details for
that posting line.
You can then choose Display Change (Shift+F1) to switch to the change mode and change
certain details in the document, such as the terms of payment.
Alternatively, you can also go directly from the document overview to the change mode of a posting
line. To do so, position the cursor on the posting line you require and choose Change Row
(Ctrl+Shift+F11).
You cannot change vendor or G/L accounts, amounts, tax amounts, or tax codes. If you
detected an error when posting the document, you have to reverse it.
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