Foreign Currency Balance Revaluation In SAP

Foreign Currency Balance Revaluation
Company has taken loan from SBI FC Term loan USD worth 1,00,000 on 31.07.2017 and not paid until 31.03.2018
31.07.2017 : INR 60,00,000 (USD 1,00,000 * INR 60)
31.03.2018 : INR 64,00,000 (USD 1,00,000 * INR 64)
There is Exchange loss of INR 4,00,000 (INR 64,00,000 - INR 60,00,000)
Exchange loss should be transferred to P&L Account.

Customization of Foreign Currency Revaluation

Steps:
1. Creation of 3 G/L Masters
2. Define Account Principles
3. Assign Accounting Principle to Ledger Groups
4. Define Valuation Methods
5. Define Valuation Areas
6. Assign Valuation Areas and Accounting Principles
7. Prepare Automatic Posting for Foreign Currency Valuation
8. Delete Ledgers Assigned to Ledger Group OL other than OL
9. Assign Exchange rate difference key in G/L master

End User Area

Steps:
1. Foreign Currency Term Loan Receipt
2. Enter Year End Exchange Rates in Forex Table
3. Foreign Currency Revaluation

Creation of 3 G/L Masters
A) SBI FC Term loan - Secured loans
B) Exchange Gain - Other Income
C) Exchange Loss - Administration

To check account group for the accounts to be created follow the following path

Path: SPRO - Select SAP Reference IMG - Financial Accounting - General Ledger Accounting - GL accounts - Master Data - Preparation - Define Account Group (transaction code is OBD4)

Step 1) In the next screen scroll down to find the position button and click on it


Step 2) Enter the company code that we defined previously
Press Enter

Now we can find the Account Group, name, From Account and To Account details of the G/L accounts to be created SBI FC Term Loan


Step 1) Give the G/L account number, Company code and press With Template button in order to create a new G/L account with reference to another G/L account



Step 2) Enter the G/L we created previously (SBI Rupee Term loan) and Company code
Press enter

Step 3) Change the short and long text and select Control Data tab


Step 4) Account Currency change to USD
Deselect Only balances in local currency check box
Select Create/bank/interest tab


Step 5) Interest indicator: Blank Delete the Dates


Step 6) Select save button we get message below


Exchange Gain

Step 1) Give the G/L account number, company code and press With Template button in order to create a new G/L account with reference to another G/L account



Step 2) Enter the G/L we created previously (SBI Rupee Term loan) and Company code
Press enter


Step 3) Change account group
Change short and long text


Step 4) Select save button  we get message below


Exchange Loss

Step 1) Give the G/L account number, Company code and press With Template button in order to create a new G/L account with reference to another G/L account



Step 2) Enter the G/L we created previously (SBI Rupee Term loan) and Company code
Press enter


Step 3) Change short and long text


Step 4) Select save button  we get message below


Define Account Principles

Path: SPRO - Select SAP Reference IMG - Financial Accounting (new) - Financial Accounting Global Setting (new) - Ledgers - Parallel Accounting - Define Accounting Principles

  


Select the menu path


Step 1) Select New Entries button
Populate the fields Accounting Principle and Name/Description of Accounting Principle


Step 2) Select save button we get message below


Assign Accounting Principle to Ledger Groups

Path: SPRO - Select SAP Reference IMG - Financial Accounting (new) - Financial Accounting Global Setting (new) - Ledgers - Parallel Accounting - Assign Accounting Principle to Ledger Groups


Step 1) Select New Entries button
Give the Accounting principle defined and select Target ledger group from the drop down menu


Step 2) Select save button we get message below


Define Valuation Methods

Path: SPRO - Select SAP Reference IMG - Financial Accounting (new) - General Ledger Accounting (new) - Periodic Processing - Valuate - Define Valuation Methods


Step 1) Select New Entries button
Populate the fields Valuation method and Description
Select always evaluate radio button
Document type : SA
Exchange rate type for debit balance : B (bank selling rate)
Exchange rate type for credit balance : B (bank selling rate)
Select Determine exchange rate type from account balance



Step 2) Select save button we get message below


Define Valuation Areas

Path: SPRO - Select SAP Reference IMG - Financial Accounting (new) - General Ledger Accounting (new) - Periodic Processing - Valuate - Define Valuation Areas


Step 1) Select New Entries button
Populate the fields Valuation and Valuation method Currency type: Select Company code currency from the drop down menu


Step 3) Select save button we get message below


Assign Valuation Areas and Accounting Principles

Path: SPRO - Select SAP Reference IMG - Financial Accounting (new) - General Ledger Accounting (new) - Periodic Processing - Valuate - Assign Valuation Areas and Accounting Principles


Step 1) Select New Entries button
Populate the fields Valuation Area and Accounting Principle


Step 2) Select save button we get message below


Prepare Automatic Posting for Foreign Currency Valuation

Path: SPRO - Select SAP Reference IMG - Financial Accounting (new) - General Ledger Accounting (new) - Periodic Processing - Valuate - Foreign Currency Valuation - Prepare Automatic Postings for Foreign Currency Valuation (Transaction code is OBA1)


Step 1) Double click Exchange rate difference using exchange rate key


Step 2) Give Chart of Accounts and select right arrow button (change valuation area)


Step 3) Give Valuation Area and press enter


Step 4) Enter the Exchange rate difference key
Choose Expenses account from the drop down menu
Choose Exchange rate gain account from the drop down menu


Step 5) Select save button we get message below


Delete Ledgers Assigned to Ledger Group OL other than OL

Path: SPRO - Select SAP Reference IMG - Financial Accounting (new) - Financial Accounting Global Settings (new) - Ledgers - Ledger - Define Ledger Group


Select Ledger group 0L and double click Ledger Assignment folder
Select ledgers other than 0L
Save



Assign Exchange rate difference key in G/L master (FS00)

Step 1) Give G/L account 100301 SBI FC Term loan and Company code
Select Change button



Step 2) Select Control Data tab
Exchange rate difference key select USD from drop down menu


Step 3) Select save button  we get message below


End User Area

Foreign Currency Term Loan Receipt (F-02)

Step 1) Populate the following fields: Document date, Type, Company code, Currency/Rate, posting Key and Account Ignore warning message


Press enter


Step 2) Populate the following fields: Amount, Business area, Value date, Text (press enter to view Amount in Local Currency), Posting key and Account
Press enter


Step 3) Populate the following fields: Amount, Business area, Value date and Text


Step 4) Form the menu Document - Simulate
To view in INR press the Display Currency button



Step 5) Select save button  we get message below


Enter Year End Exchange Rates in Forex Table (Transaction code is OB08)

Step 1) Select New Entries button
Populate the fields : Exchange rate (select from drop down), Valid from, From, Direct quotation and To



Step 2) Select save button we get message below


Foreign Currency Revaluation

Path: Accounting - Financial Accounting - General Ledger - Periodic Processing - Closing - Valuate - Foreign Currency Valuation (new) (Transaction code is FAGL_FC_VAL)


Step 1) Give Company code, Valuation key date and Valuation Area
Select G/L balance tab
Select Valuate G/L Account Balances check box
Give G/L Account (SBI FC Term Loan)


Step 2) Select Postings tab and give batch input session name
Select execute button


Step 3) Select 1 Postings button



Here we find exchange loss account debit and SBI FC term loan account credit