Down payments for Asset Under Construction

Question

Hi Experts,
Urgent!
My client paying advances to vendors, thru TC-F-48.
Previously there is no PO requirement ,now asper client requirement I put  PO fild as requirement in posting key 29.
1)There is no problem for payment to vendors -for Raw materials.
2)while paying advance to vendors - for Asset Under Construction, system showing error.
*Error is:
Contact your system administrator (table error)
Message no. AA866
Diagnosis
No account has been entered for posting down payments in area 01 under the account assignment key 4800 (chart of accounts FTL).
Procedure
Enter the account using the Customizing menu.
Pls Reply frinds.
Regards
vinod

Answer 1

Hi Vinod,
I hope that you are following Valuated goods receipt concept.
Valuated goods receipt: Asset will be debited at the time of goods receipt
Non valuated good receipt: Asset will be debited at the time of invoice receipt
If you follow valuated goods receipt concept, then at the time of making down payment, AUC should not be debited (whatever the value date/ capitalization date be). Please refer SAP note number 310368 (valuated goods receipt paragraph) for reference. In that they have clearly mentioned the steps to make down payment against asset under construction Purchase Order without debiting to AUC and without any error message. You have to make F5 378 message number from error message to warning message and in posting key 29 and 39, you have to supress the asset related fields. If you have done the above settings, then system will not show any error message to update G/L account in AO90 transaction code for the Acquisition: down payments and Down payment clearing - 2nd and 4th field or for AUC related fields.
Hope this helps. Assign points if useful.
Regards
Dwarak.