Entering an Invoice in a Foreign Currency in fico

Use

In the following procedure you post a vendor invoice in a foreign currency, so that you can process a currency analysis.

Note that you should not post your invoice in MM but rather directly in FI. This makes it easier to post backdated invoices.

Procedure

1. Call up the transaction as follows:

Menu Path	Accounting ® Financial Accounting ® Accounts Payable ® Document Entry ® Other ® Invoice - General
Transaction Code	F-43

2. Enter the following data:

Field	Europe	North America
Document date	15.03.2001	15.03.2001
Document type	KR	KR
Company code	1000	3000
Posting date	15.03.2001	15.03.2001
Currency	USD	EUR
PstKy	31	31
Account (Vendor)	1560	4940

3. Choose .

The system tells you that your posting is in the past.

4. Choose .
5. Enter the following data:

Field	Europe	North America
Amount	12,000.00 (Gross amount inclusive of taxes on sales/purchases)	12,000.00 (Gross amount inclusive of taxes on sales/purchases)
Calculate tax	Select	Select
Tax code	V9	I0
Bus.area	9900	9900
PstKy	40	40
Account (revenue account)	415000	415000

6. Choose .
7. Enter the following data:

Field	Europe	North America
Amount	*	*
Tax code	V9	I0
Cost center	1000	1000

8. Choose .

The amount in local currency is displayed in the field Amt in loc.cur. Translation occurs according to the exchange rate valid at the time of posting.

9. Choose .
10. Make a note of the document number.
11. Choose until the overview tree appears.

In the Exit Editing dialog box, choose Yes.