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Clearing of Accounts in s4/HANA: Customer against Vendor and vice versa
Introduction
The purpose of this blog post is to describe how to clear Vendor Account along with Customer Account .In Actual business process, there is possibility that same company can be our supplier as well as our customer also. In order Clear Vendor account along with Customer Account and vice versa , Standard SAP has provided solution for it.
So, let’s start, how this can we achieve in SAP Standard. Here I choose same company code in which Supplier and Customer are same. The clearing between the customer and vendor can happen by following the below settings,let’s start to change in Vendor Master
In S4/HANA , open T-code – BP ( Business Partner) . In this T-Code , system has provided facility that here we can define role for the business Partner. Select BP Role as Vendor FI Role .
Vendor Master
Select Vendor : General Data from General Data Tab, here you can assign Customer Code in Vendor data.
After this , you can choose Company Code Tab and click Vendor : Payment Transactions Tab. Here , set indicator ‘Clearing W.Customer’.
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Customer Master
Okay…Now we have done with Master Changes. Now let’s Perform the Payment and Receipt Transaction to see the effect in Vendor Clearing – FBL1N and Customer Clearing – FBL5N as well.
Let’s first Create Vendor Invoice in T-code FB60 .
Here Vendor Account , 70006802 has credited with Rs. 100000.
Now Create Customer Receipt Document in T-code FB70.
Here Customer Account 1005227 has Debited with Rs. 52500.
Now, Let’s check the Vendor Line Item – FBL1N and Customer Line Item to see the effect of Transactions,
Here , You need to select Customer Items check Box in Vendor Line Item and Vendor Item Check Box in Customer Line Item.
Here, System is showing Balance amount after reducing Credit Amount from customer Account.
So, This is a Standard SAP , which will clear Vendor Account along with Customer Account and vice versa.
Hope , you find this Blog post as informative for the beginners . Please share your comments .
Bhumika Dodia
Your explanation is very clear.
After ticked the "Clearing with Vendor/Customer" in BP Master data, we are able to view all the transactions for both AR & AP in FBL1N or FBL5N with nett balance in total.
Can you advice how to knock off or clear the AR documents against AP document and only show the AP documents with a balance of IND47,500 when we view in Open Items status?
Many thanks