一. What is the Cash Flow Statements?
Cash flow statement is to report the in and out flow of cash and its equivalents in certain reporting period of one company. The cash flow information is very useful to analyze the company’s performance and capability of debt repayment.
二. Purpose
The cash flow statement is intended to
1)Provide information on a firm’s liquidity and solvency and its ability to change cash flows in future circumstances.
2)Provide additional information for evaluating changes in assets, liabilities and equity.
3)Improve the comparability of different firms’ operating performance by eliminating the effects of different accounting methods.
4)Indicate the amount, timing and probability of future cash flows.
三.Why issue a new version of the cash flow statement?
1)Performance issues with existing localization cash flow statement product.
2)Inconsistencies with core functionalities.
四.How to check the configuration when the expected document is missing in the cash flow statement?
1)Check whether the ledger and the company code have been activated in the configuration activity Activate Online Offsetting Account Determination for Several Countries/Rgns (ID 105333).
If you need to configure the specific document types, open this configuration activity. Choose one ledger and double click Define Company Code, and then choose one company code.
And then double click Define Version, and make sure the document type has been maintained under the Type tab. If you leave this tab as empty, it means that all document types are activated.
2)Check whether the missing documents were posted before activation.
If so, you can use the app Determine Offsetting Accounts for Unprocessed Journal Entries to process journal entries for which offsetting accounts were not determined previously.
If not, continue to check whether the G/L accounts in the FI documents have been maintained in the configuration activity Define Cash Flow Statement Versions for Several Countries/Regions (ID 105331).
Item Mode:
•All Values If you use this option, the system displays all the values without filtering
•Only Credit If you use this option, the system will only display the credit total for the selected items. This option is only applicable to items with the item type Opening Balance, Ending Balance, or Period Total.
•Only Debit If you use this option, the system will only display the debit total for the selected items. This option is only applicable to items with the item type Opening Balance, Ending Balance, or Period Total.
•Only Negative If you use this option, the system will only display the totals in the case of negative values for the selected document items. Otherwise, the amount of this item would be shown as zero.
•Only Positive If you use this option, the system will only display the totals in positive cases for the selected document items. the amount of this item would be shown as zero.
3)In the direct cash flow statement, if you need to trace the purpose of cash flows with retrospective clearing relationship in document chain, configure all account types: Cash Account, Offsetting Account, and Invoice Account in the configuration activity Define Cash Flow Statement Versions for Several Countries/Regions (ID 105331). Please also make sure that the specific G/L accounts are assigned to all these three account types and for offsetting account (Acct Type), the G/L account is the vendor or customer’s reconciliation account .
In the Account Type , there are three different account types available. For direct cash flow statements:
•Cash account configure the cash/cash equiv. accounts from the incoming/outgoing payment documents
•Offsetting Account configure the offsetting accounts from the incoming/outgoing payment documents, for example: receivables/payables accounts
•Invoice Account configure the offsetting accounts in the invoice documents that have clearing relationship with the payment document, for example: expense, inventory, revenue account, and so on
Note: In the direct cash flow statement, if you need to trace the purpose of cash flows with retrospective clearing relationship in document chain, please configure all account types: Cash Account, Offsetting Account, and Invoice Account.
You only need to configure Cash Account and Offsetting Account for pure G/L account documents without clearing of AR/AP accounts, such as document like: Cr Cash in Bank Dr Expense.
Hope the information could help you!
Best regards,
Lola
一. What is the Cash Flow Statements?Cash flow statement is to report the in and out flow of cash and its equivalents in certain reporting period of one company. The cash flow information is very useful to analyze the company’s performance and capability of debt repayment.二. PurposeThe cash flow statement is intended to1)Provide information on a firm’s liquidity and solvency and its ability to change cash flows in future circumstances.2)Provide additional information for evaluating changes in assets, liabilities and equity.3)Improve the comparability of different firms’ operating performance by eliminating the effects of different accounting methods.4)Indicate the amount, timing and probability of future cash flows.三.Why issue a new version of the cash flow statement?1)Performance issues with existing localization cash flow statement product.2)Inconsistencies with core functionalities.四.How to check the configuration when the expected document is missing in the cash flow statement?1)Check whether the ledger and the company code have been activated in the configuration activity Activate Online Offsetting Account Determination for Several Countries/Rgns (ID 105333).If you need to configure the specific document types, open this configuration activity. Choose one ledger and double click Define Company Code, and then choose one company code.And then double click Define Version, and make sure the document type has been maintained under the Type tab. If you leave this tab as empty, it means that all document types are activated.2)Check whether the missing documents were posted before activation.If so, you can use the app Determine Offsetting Accounts for Unprocessed Journal Entries to process journal entries for which offsetting accounts were not determined previously.If not, continue to check whether the G/L accounts in the FI documents have been maintained in the configuration activity Define Cash Flow Statement Versions for Several Countries/Regions (ID 105331).Item Mode:•All Values If you use this option, the system displays all the values without filtering•Only Credit If you use this option, the system will only display the credit total for the selected items. This option is only applicable to items with the item type Opening Balance, Ending Balance, or Period Total.•Only Debit If you use this option, the system will only display the debit total for the selected items. This option is only applicable to items with the item type Opening Balance, Ending Balance, or Period Total.•Only Negative If you use this option, the system will only display the totals in the case of negative values for the selected document items. Otherwise, the amount of this item would be shown as zero.•Only Positive If you use this option, the system will only display the totals in positive cases for the selected document items. the amount of this item would be shown as zero.3)In the direct cash flow statement, if you need to trace the purpose of cash flows with retrospective clearing relationship in document chain, configure all account types: Cash Account, Offsetting Account, and Invoice Account in the configuration activity Define Cash Flow Statement Versions for Several Countries/Regions (ID 105331). Please also make sure that the specific G/L accounts are assigned to all these three account types and for offsetting account (Acct Type), the G/L account is the vendor or customer’s reconciliation account .In the Account Type , there are three different account types available. For direct cash flow statements:•Cash account configure the cash/cash equiv. accounts from the incoming/outgoing payment documents•Offsetting Account configure the offsetting accounts from the incoming/outgoing payment documents, for example: receivables/payables accounts•Invoice Account configure the offsetting accounts in the invoice documents that have clearing relationship with the payment document, for example: expense, inventory, revenue account, and so onNote: In the direct cash flow statement, if you need to trace the purpose of cash flows with retrospective clearing relationship in document chain, please configure all account types: Cash Account, Offsetting Account, and Invoice Account.You only need to configure Cash Account and Offsetting Account for pure G/L account documents without clearing of AR/AP accounts, such as document like: Cr Cash in Bank Dr Expense.Hope the information could help you!Best regards,Lola Read More Technology Blog Posts by SAP articles
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