Reclassifying the Balance Sheet

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to understand Balance Sheet Reclassification

Balance Sheet Reclassification - By Maturity

Balance Sheet reclassification is the last step in the sequence of the Advanced Valuation processes. You use the Post Balance Sheet Reclassification - Maturity job to sort your assets and liabilities according to their remaining term and their balance so that they can be reported correctly in your financial statements. You need to perform adjustment postings to do this and will find the Post Balance Sheet Reclassification - Maturity job in the Schedule General Ledger Jobs app.

The Post Balance Sheet Reclassification - Maturity job offers the following features:

  • Adjustment postings to trade receivables and payables according to maturity.
  • Adjustment postings for receivables with credit balances and payables with debit balances.
  • Consumption of not cleared payments to determine the amount to be reclassified.
  • It enables reporting capabilities of impairment effects separated from other valuations and balances.
  • It is integrated with the other processes of advanced valuations represented by the following jobs:
    • Advanced Foreign Currency Valuation
    • Post Discounting of Long-Term Assets and Liabilities
    • Post Credit-Risk Based Impairment
    • Post B/S Reclassification - Master Data Change

The Financial Statement version can be simplified as less general ledger accounts are required for adjustment postings.

The B/S reclassification by maturity job of advanced valuation in financial accounting is now running with reversal posting logic. That means that the postings, that B/S reclassification by maturity posted in previous runs, are posted back on the reversal date to the account where the amount of the invoice was initially posted.

Balance Sheet Reclassification - Master Data Change

When you change the trading partner, the reconciliation account for a business partner, the alternative reconciliation account, or all three, use Post B/S Reclassification - Master Data Change to reclassify payables and receivables from the old account to the new account.

Use this job when you change any of the following master data and want to reclassify the amounts accordingly:

  • The reconciliation account of a business partner in business partner master data
  • The trading partner of a business partner in business partner master data
  • The alternative reconciliation accounts for special G/L transactions

In advanced valuation in financial accounting, use the Post B/S Reclassification - Master Data Change job template in the Schedule General Ledger Jobs app to carry out this reclassification.

If you use Post B/S Reclassification - Maturity and Post B/S Reclassification - Master Data Change, always run Post B/S Reclassification - Maturity as the last step.

Summary

  • Reclassifies assets and liabilities by maturity or master data change for an accurate financial statement.

  • Post adjustments for receivables with credit balances and payables with debit balances.

  • Uses reversal posting logic to reset previous reclassification postings.

  • Simplifies financial statement versions by reducing the number of adjustment accounts.