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Intercompany Configuration Options in Sap
Intercompany Configuration Options in Sap
As shown in the sample org structure below we have three company codes and multiple profit
center/segments
We will use this structure to show various inter/intra-company configuration options in SAP
The system can be configured to create an accounting entry which automatically generates inter-company
clearing lines with the GL account during inter-company transactions
The clearing line items will have the trading partner field filled with the partner company code information
Option 2 – Configured between company codes 4900 and 5900
The system can be configured to post to customer (A/R) for inter-company debit lines and vendor (A/P) for
inter-company credit lines
Customer and vendor lines will have the trading partner field filled with the partner company code
information
Option 1 – Inter-Company Clearing Lines – OBYA
GL Account 194000 – Inter-company clearing account is created and used in this configuration per the
screen below
Between company code 3900 and 4900
Option 1 – Resulting Accounting Entry
As you can see from the previous slide the inter-company line in each of the company codes had the trading
partner field auto populated
As you can see from the previous slide the inter-company line in each of the company codes had the trading
partner field auto populated
Inter-company customers and vendors are created for each pair of company codes (e.g., between company
code 4900 and 5900)
As a best practice use a naming convention that helps identify inter-company customers and vendors
Assign the relevant trading partner in the master data of customer and vendor
Execute transaction code OBYA to set up Inter-company relationship (e.g., between company code 4900
and 5900)