GL Accounts Not created as Cost Elements

Whether all the Expenses -GL Accounts are to be created as Primary Cost Elements?
What are all the exception of GL Accounts that won't be created as Primary Cost Elements apart from the Business Decision?
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Consumption accounts not created as cost elements - Implications

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There are following GL accounts as an Expense GL accounts:
Cost of Raw Material Consumption
Cost of Finished Goods Manufactured
Cost of Finished Goods Sold
Change in Stock WIP.
I have not created them as cost elements since its asking me cost center when i do any PGI or issue to sub contract stock, etc.
So i wanted to know the implications on CO-PA if i do not create cost element. I believe that value will flow to CO-PA on the basis of material code.
Further my doubt is, if i do not create it as cost element, how it will impact my cost center reports and product costing.
Please help. I am confused very much.
Edited by: Meenu_ND on Aug 4, 2011 7:55 PM

Hi Meenu
cogs - can not be created as cost elements- GBB-VAX- COSTING BASED COPA- MTS
Can be created as cost element -GBB-VAY- COSTING BASED COPA- MTO
always as a cost element GBB-VAY- Accounting based copa
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ram

Variance GL account not made as cost elements

We have created reports through report painter where we can see all the cost elements and cost cenetrs . Variance GL accounts are not there as they have not been created as cost elements .Is there any way to get GL accounts in the report painter report against cost center.....
We are not using the New GL . Is there any problem if we create these variance accounts as cost elements and do OKB9 .please suggest

Hi,
You can create the Cost element Account for Variance and assign it to cost center via OKB9.
You can also consider to show this element in COPA line item if it is activated assigned to source and value fields.
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CO-PA: COGS accounts created as cost elements

hello,
I have a question regarding COGS accounts, being created as cost elements. This was not causing problems, because client was using real internal orders for profit analysis. In the next phase of project, during implementation of costing based CO-PA, now I have problem, because of this situation, because I can not delete created cost elements (only possible at the beginning of the new fiscal year) , and the system asks for cost object assignment during GI creation. I was considering OKB9 assignment, but I think this will cause double values in CO-PA. Maybe temporary solution, by using real internal orders till the end of the year, and then deleting existing cost elements for COGS accounts, could work?
Please, advise what to do to solve this situation.
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Hope you are not using account based COPA
To avoid double values in COPA, you can do one of two things,
1) after the costs are transferred to the internal order, you can just keep them there without doing settlement, let the users know that there will be under absorption for the internal order.
2) If the users are not willing to have under absorption in the internal order, you can transfer the costs to a value feild in COPA which is not reflected in the report in KE30 (Remember that you may loose one value feild in COPA this way)
Both make no effect on KE30 report as data will be transfered to COPA at the time of billing
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Which G/L accounts to be created as Cost Elements

Hi
I wanted to know which G/L accounts should be created as cost elements since there are some G/L accounts that are usually not created as cost elements. Wats the logic that one needs to keep in mind while creating cost centres?

Hi,
G/L accounts are of two types
1) Profit and loss account
2) Balance sheet account
There are two types of cost element
1) Primary Cost element
2) Secondary Cost element
In P&L statement, expenses and revenues are shown.
Similarly in cost center costs are depicted, maybe departmentwise or product wise, etc..
So for every P&L account primary cost element is created so that these costs flow to cost center or in other words it is reflected both in Financial accounting and in Controlling.For secondary cost element you dont require an existing G/L account.
In short secondary cost element are used for assessment and distribution
I hope your doubt is cleared
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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.
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What type of P&L Accounts does not need Primary Cost Element ?

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The General rule is to create primary cost element for all the P&L items (GL Accounts).
However, it seems like certain P&L items are not suppose to create primary cost elements.
How do i know under what circumstances a P&L items need to create primary cost element and which are the one not require to create primary cost element?
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Hi Friends,
I, my self resolved the issue. by considering the following 3 rd strategy in
For Activity Type/Processes: Considered 3rd strategy as below:
Activity Types/Processes: 1 plan Price for the Period, 6 Most Up-to-date Plan Price
and 2 Plan Price as Average of All Fiscal Year Periods.
Now it has been resolved.
Thanks all.
Now it is closed.
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Finding G/l account created as cost element.

Hi All,
Is there a t.code or a table which shows me if a certain g/l account has been created as cost element?
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Hi
thru KA23 u can see the list of Cost elements defined in ur system. This obviously will be equivalent to ur GL numbers. By comparing this with S_ALR_87012326 (list of GL accounts) you can identify the cost elements to be defined.
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How to creat commitment for PO PR but not creat statistical cost for GR

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Quantities and Values in Valuated Project Stock: Example - Material - SAP Library
Planning
Material FIN-M is assigned to network activity V10 and is managed in the project stock for WBS element P/4711.1.
The network type is flagged as appended and apportioned to the WBS.
Before the first MRP planning run or before the planned orders are converted into purchase requisitions or production orders, the following amounts appear in WBS element P/4711.1:
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Valuated goods are received for the purchase order, but the price is $10 different at $60. Assuming that material RAW-M is price-controlled, this gives rise to a debit posting of $60,00 in the stock account and credit posting of $60 in the GR/IR clearing account (Financial Accounting).If the inventory accounts was created as a cost element in CO, the following appear in WBS element P/4711.1:
Statistical actual costs of $60,00 in the stock cost element
A cost commitment of $0,00
If material RAW-M is price-controlled the standard price is $50,00, the postings in Financial Accounting are: $50,00 debit to a stock account $10,00 debit to a price difference $60,00 credit to the GR/IR clearing account
In this case, the only figure in the WBS element would be statistical actual costs of $50,00.
Above excerpt from SAP help, may I know how to do configuration to creat commitment for PO PR but not creat statistical cost for GR?
Thanks and regards,
Ray

Hello Jie,
if i right assuming your query then PR->PO= Commitment should be created.
but GRN by MIGO=Statistical cost should not create once MIGO if right then actual cost would be 0.
you can activate commitment by OKKP transaction.
And you want to cost should not be statistical after MIGO right?
here solution is cost never statistical type until account assignment object not statistical type this is my assumption.
if this is the issue then check G/L account from the PO. then check that G/L account, whether it is a B/S account or P&L account? I think you have wrongly assigned P&L account.
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COGS created as Cost Element

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If COGS is created as cost element in CO-PA but in OKB9 no cost center is assigned & CE Category used is 1...does this means there will be double posting in CO-PA ???
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Varsha

When the Profitability Segment has not been assigned, the Cost center would be the default assignement.
So, when it is not Profit related, obviously Cost related. So there won't be any duplicate posting happnes.
Moreover, this is only for Automatic Account postings like, discounts, qty differences and price differences.
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How to define G/L Account while making Priamary cost Element (KA01)

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When I am going to define the Priamary cost element (eg PCE) which is define by newly then system gives error that "Define
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Check list for creating a cost element?

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Who can provide a check list for creating a cost element?
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Linda

Hi,
Cost Elements are broadly of two categories - Primary and Secondary cost elements.
In case of primary cost element a GL Account should have been created and in case of secondary cost no corresponding GL account should exist. Secondary Cost Elements are used only in Controlling Module. The transaction codes are:
KA01 - Create Primary Cost Element.
KA06 - Create Secondary Cost Element.
KA02 - Change Cost Element
KA03 - Display Cost Element
KA04 - Delete Cost Element
KA05 - Display Changes
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Another point in Cost Elements is defining the Cost Element category. Cost Element category determines which Cost Element category can be used for which Business Purpose. For example cost element category 1 is used for primary costs and 11 is used for revenues.
In the default account assignment tab, we can define a cost center / internal order and always the postings for that cost element will be posted to that cost object.
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How to create new cost element catagory

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Itemization item 00001 does not have a cost element Message no. CKBK024

Hi,
I'm getting the following error message while working with Easy Cost Planning.
Itemization item 00001 does not have a cost element Message no. CKBK024
Can any respond immediately on this.
Required information of this issue:
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CO Version Plan/Actual
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Then what would be the problem, pl respond immediately.
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Hi Friends,
I, my self resolved the issue. by considering the following 3 rd strategy in
For Activity Type/Processes: Considered 3rd strategy as below:
Activity Types/Processes: 1 plan Price for the Period, 6 Most Up-to-date Plan Price
and 2 Plan Price as Average of All Fiscal Year Periods.
Now it has been resolved.
Thanks all.
Now it is closed.
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