What is posting period variant in sap?

Posting period variant controls weather any accounting document can be posted in the period or not.

Document can be posted only in period which is open for posting.

To restrict document posting in future months and previous months, corresponding posting periods are closed.

Posting period variant allows maintaining period control for

Specific account type

Example: Document posting in a period is allowed for customer but not for vendor

Specific account number

Example: Document posting in a period is allowed for few customers but not for others

Specific user

Example: Particular users are allowed to post document in the period but not others.

Standard practice: Normally only one posting period is kept open.

Document posting is allowed only in current month hence only one posting period is kept open.

But when moving to the next month, certain month end activities need to be performed. Documents need to be posted in previous month hence both posting periods new and old are kept open for few days.

Only month end activities are complete, old period is closed and only one period (current month) is kept open.

GL ACCOUNTING

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

TAX ACCOUNTING

WITHHOLDING TAX

ASSET ACCOUNTING

SAP CONTROLLING

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