Reversing General Journal Entries

Reversing General Journal Entries

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Would you like to know more

about how a general ledger
accountant reverses general
journal entries?

If so, follow this interactive

tutorial.

1. To open the app, select

the Post General Journal
Entries tile.

2. To select a journal entry

date, open the date picker.

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3. Select January 28, 2020.

Clear the Journal Entry Type

field.

For this tutorial, the field will

be cleared for you.

4. In the Journal Entry

Type field, enter SA and
press Enter.

For this tutorial, the

Company Code and
Transaction Currency fields
are already selected for you.

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5. In the G/L Account field,

enter 63003000 and press
Enter.

6. For this tutorial, the Debit

amount has been changed
for you.

Expand the line item.

For this tutorial, the Tax

Code, Tax Jurisdiction and
Cost Center are already
entered for you.

7. Collapse the line item.

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8. In the G/L Account field,

enter 10010000 and press
Enter.

For this tutorial, the Credit

amount has been entered for
you.

9. Choose Post.

10. The Success message

confirms that the document
was posted successfully.

You will need the document

number later in this tutorial.

Choose OK.

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11. To return to the

launchpad, choose SAP.

12. Open the Manage

Journal Entries tile.

13. For this tutorial, the

Company Code, Journal
Entry Type, Date Range and
Fiscal Year are already
entered for you.

Choose GO.

14. Select the journal entry

you created earlier.

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15. Choose Reverse.

For this tutorial, the Reversal

Reason and Posting Date,
which is one day after the
original posting date, are
already selected for you.

16. Choose OK.

17. The entry is reversed.

To return to the launchpad,

choose SAP.

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You have successfully

reversed a general journal
entry.

This concludes the

interactive tutorial.