Copy G/L accounts Questions???

Question

Hello,
I have created new company code (without copying Just New Entries), chart of accounts 4040 for Canada. There is no G/L accounts yet in charts of accounts or company code accounts.
One can copy G/L accounts from either charts of accounts or company code from SPRO/Financial Ac counting/General Ledger Actg/Master Data/G/L Act Creation & Preparation/Alternative Methids/copy chart of accounts  or copy company code accounts
I have chart of accounts standard CACA. Inn Global settings they have CACA chart of accounts & country charts of accounts as CAUS This have controlling area 2000 North America. I had earlier problems in G/L accounts while doing Billing etc. when I copied 4001 from CACA charts of accounts. In my Global sttings I have on chart of accounts assigned 4040. No country charts of accounts is yet assigned.
Q=Should I assign country charts of accounts 4040? Or no need.
Q=2 How to copy G/L accounts. If I copy from CACA charts of accounts then country charts of accounts CAUS will disturb settings? Should I cpy from CACA or go for copying comapny code 0001 & change currency? or copy from company code 1000.
Q=3 Please also advise the final impact to safeguard sales & billing process.
Your valued opinion is highly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi, Rajiv:
question1: Whether to assign country CoA depends on your requirement, you can refer to the definition of country CoA in SAP:
+___Chart of Accounts According to Country Legislation___+
+___The country chart of accounts represents the account structure prescribed under national regulations.___+
+___Use___+
+___The usage is optional and only necessary where the chart of accounts you are using is not allowed under national regulations.___+
+___Examples___+
+___You might want to use a standard chart of accounts worldwide. However, the usage of another chart of accounts is required by law in some company codes. By using the Alternative account number, the connection between the account in the worldwide standard chart of accounts and the account in the country chart of accounts can be set up.___+
+___The essential programs in General Ledger can output either the unique worldwide number or the country-specific number and the corresponding text.___+
question2: Normally, We copy SAP standard deliveried company code, like 0001, to create our own. At the same time, standard chart of account is assigned to your own company code.
An alternative way is OB_GLACC01 Create G/L Accounts with Reference, which you can use for your new created company code from scratch.
question3: To enable order2cash scenario in your new company code, some customizing, like setting up sales area, should be done additionally.  For any specific issue if you met during order2cash, I think you can share in forum for further discussion.
Hope it will help.
Best Regards, Lawrence