GR/IR Clearing Account - Clearing of old items

Hi All,
i am facing a serious issue; in our company the GR/IR account was not managed properly for years and has no about 3000 open POs w/ more than 8000 line items. We want to make a cut and clear w/ MR11 everything older than 6 months which includes about 1800 POs.
To avoid a screw up of material valuation the solution should be to create a new AP adjustment account and put it in the account assignment behind all affected accounts!
After running the MR11 and capturing all differences on AP adjustment account the changes in the account assignment will be directly reverted.
But what can I do w/ accounts that does not show up in the account assignment like cost elements (4xxxxx), how can I transfer postings from these accounts to the AP adjustment account?
The second issue is how to work around master data which is already blocked or deleted since the items on the GR/IR account reach back to 2005?
Has somebody faced a similar issue before, maybe in a migration project? I would like to hear some experiences or maybe there are other solutions we did not yet think about!
Helpful answers will surly honored!
Best Regards, JO

Hi,
Owing to the nature of this account(expense account) please note that F.13 or MR11 will never clear it since they are meant for clearing only GRIR related accounts.
You have to options here in order to nullify the balance in it.
1.. To wait untill year end so that amount in it will automatically be closed to Retained earning account as soon as you execute FAGLGVTR.
2.. For immediate purpose charge off its amount to retained earnings.
Beside this you should find out reasoning why such an huge amount is standing in it.
Regards

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