Can we create a cost element for a Balance Sheet account?

Hi folks,
Is it possible to create a cost element for a balance sheet account? If yes, what are the scenerios we would need it and how is it done?
thanks in advance

Hello
Please review the below information regarding cost elements category 90 : Financial Accounting Balance Sheet Accounts                                                                               
Category 90  is automatically assigned when you create cost elements in CO whose   general ledger accounts in FI are asset reconciliation accounts            
(special balance sheet accounts), not income statement accounts. You       
cannot change this category in CO master data maintenance.                                                                               
FI does not require CO account assignments to cost elements of             
category 90. However, if you enter an account assignment, it is only       
recorded statistically for real objects.                                                                               
Category 90 allows you to check order or project budgets for fixed         
asset procurement. To do so, enter the investment order or WBS element     
in the corresponding field in the asset master. The Asset Management       
component ensures that the order or element automatically appears in       
the document when you access the asset procurement.                        
The R/3 System debits the order/WBS element statistically in the           
Controlling component, which you can then monitor with availability        
control.                                                                   
You can treat cost elements of category 90 as activity-independent as      
part of cost center planning. 
Also see note 75980  for further information.  From the note:
  The use of cost element category 90 is only provided in the standard        
  system in the following two cases:                                                                               
1.  As of Release 3.0G, asset acquisitions and down payments which are      
      assigned directly to a fixed asset or asset under construction can      
      be assigned to an account on internal orders or WBS elements            
      statistically. In this manner, for example, an availability check       
      can be triggered on the order or the WBS element for asset posting.                                                                               
2.  As of Release 4.0, cost elements of category 90 can also be created     
      for material stock accounts to display material make-to-order stocks    
      on sales orders or customer projects.                                   
Regards
Javier Reviriego

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