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Revenue Recognition for Customer Return in SAP Business ByDesign
In this blog post I have explained how the Revenue is Recognized for the Revenue type ‘Customer Return’ with Credit Memo when the Accrual Method is “Recognized at the Point of invoice”
What is Customer Return?
Customer Return Processing is the management of products that are returned by customers. Products can be returned for a credit, replacement, or repair.
Prerequisites
Scoping
Navigate to Business Configuration >Choose the Open Activity List > Edit Project Scope > Make Sure that the Sales Order and Customer Return is in scope.
Figure1:Scoping
Make sure that the Sales and Profit Analysis under Financial and Management Accounting is in scope in the Business Configuration.
Figure2:Scoping
Enable the question “Do you want to use solution supported revenue recognition for sales order” in the Business Configuration.
Figure3:Enable the Question
Assign the Accrual Method for the Revenue type “Customer Return” in the finetuning activity “Edit Accrual Method Determination”.
Figure4:Edit Accrual Method
Enter the relevant GL accounts in the Chart of account and account determination for deferred net value , Deferred sales returns and Deferred Cost of Goods Sold on the Revenue Recognition- Deferrals tab of the Sales subledger. These accounts must be of the type ACLEAR > Accruals/Clearing.
Figure5:Enter the GL accounts and ADG mapping
Enter the accounts for Accrued Net Value, Accrued Sales Returns, and Accrued Cost of Goods Sold on the Revenue Recognition – Accruals tab of the Sales subledger .These accounts must be of the type ACLEAR – Accruals/Clearing.
Figure6:Enter the GL accounts and ADG mapping
Process Flow
Navigate to Sales order work center > Create new sales order > Enter all the mandatory details and click on Save
Figure7:Create sales order
Release the sales order
Figure8:Release sales order
Navigate to Outbound Logistics Control Workcenter > Customer Demand > Search for created sales order > Release the customer Demand
Figure9:Release customer demand
Navigate to Outbound Logistics Workcenter > search for created sales order > click on Post Goods Issue in order to outbound the goods to customer
Figure10:Click on PGI
Click on Propose Quantity and Release the outbound delivery
Figure11:Release Outbound delivery
Figure12:JE for Outbound delivery
Navigate to Customer Invoicing Workcenter > Invoice request > Search for outbound delivery invoice request > Click on Invoice
Figure13:Outbound delivery invoice request
Release the customer invoice
Figure14:Release Customer invoice
Journal entry posted for Customer invoice
Figure15:Journal entry for customer invoice
Navigate to Sales Order Workcenter > Under Common task Create New Customer Return Notification with the reference of sales order
Figure16:Create customer return notification
Figure17:Edit Customer Return Delivery Notification
After entering all the details check the “Customer return notification” document for consistency
Figure18:Check the document for consistency
Once the document is consistent Click on finish
Figure19:Click on finish
Click on “Post Goods Receipt for Customer Return Notification Document’” by doing which the company is going to receive the return quantity from the customer.
Figure20:PGR for return quantity
In the Inbound Delivery Document Click on Propose Quantity to update actual quantity which will directly go to the target scrap area > save and close the document .
Figure21:Inbound the return quantity
Journal entry posted for customer return
Figure22:JE for customer return
The “Customer Return” document is created in the document flow of Customer Return Notification or we can find it in the returns view of sales order work center
Figure23:Customer Return Created
Enter the Credit Memo quantity and Release Customer Return document with Credit Memo
Figure24:Release Customer return
Navigate to Customer Invoicing workcenter > Search for Customer Return Invoice Request in the Invoice Request view and click on invoice
Figure25:Customer return invoice request
Release the Credit Memo
Figure26:Release credit memo
Journal entry posted for Customer Credit Memo where Returns are posted to the Deferred Sales Returns account. This account is a balance sheet account, which means the returns are not yet recognized.
Figure27:JE for Credit Memo
Navigate to Cost and Revenue Workcenter > Sales document items view > Search for Customer Return Document > Click on Execute revenue recognition. Under Accounting data tab we can see the Accrual method “Recognize at point of Invoice” is assigned to corresponding Customer Return document .
Figure28:Execute Revenue Recognition
Enter all the mandatory details and click on ok
Figure29:Enter all the mandatory details
Journal entry posted for Revenue Recognition where if the credit memo has been posted, the revenue reduction and the reduction of the cost of sales are recognized. Returns are posted from the Deferred Sales Returns account to the Sales Returns account.
Figure30:JE for Revenue Recognition
Some of the Revenue recognition related documents from Help Library are:
Have a look at my previous blog posts on ‘Revenue Recognition for Product Sales and Project sales in SAP Business ByDesign’ mentioned below
https://blogs.sap.com/2022/09/19/revenue-recognition-for-product-sales-in-sap-business-bydesign/
https://blogs.sap.com/?p=1641218?source=email-global-notification-bp-new-in-tag-followed
Hi Sukanya,
Each and every organization finally run the revenue recognition lot of confusion at the time. you clearly explained well. Great working and brief clarification on your blog.
One request from my end. Above you mentioned customer return with credit memo. Another options for customer return with replacement this type how to journal entry posted in the system?. I request your another blog add this scenarios.
Thanks and Regards
M.Kannan