Foreign Currency Valuation – Unrealized Gain in SAP S4 HANA

Foreign Currency Valuation – Unrealized Gain in SAP S4 HANA.

Understanding: Foreign Currency Valuation is part of period end activity. Here business transactions may include foreign transactions, to ensure accurate financial reporting, we just need to valuate those and capture the Unrealized loss or gain.

We call it Unrealized Gain or Loss because the payment has not yet been made even though we performed foreign currency valuation.

Scenario for Unrealized Gain: Rs. 3/-

1. On 10-11-2024 the Currency Exchange Rate for 1 USD = 85 INR.
2. On 10-11-2024 Posted a Vendor Invoice T code: FB60 (1 USD = 85 INR).
3. On 30-11-2024 the Currency Exchange Rate for 1 USD = 82 INR (Exchange rate decreased, so gain by 3 INR).
4. Now period end activity, On 30-11-2024 Foreign Currency Valuation T code: FAGL_FCV.

Step 1: On 10-11-2024 the Currency Exchange Rate for 1 USD = 85 INR

T code: OB08.

Step 2: On 10-11-2024 Posted a Vendor Invoice (1 USD = 85 INR)

T code: FB60.

Step 3: On 30-11-2024 the Currency Exchange Rate for 1 USD = 82 INR

T code: OB08.

Step 4: On 30-11-2024, Period end activity, Foreign Currency Valuation T code: FAGL_FCV

Go to T code: FAGL_FCV.

Give Company code, Valuation Area, Date, Update Run (Give test run if you are just checking)

Now depends on your requirement select the Vendors/Customers/GL Accounts.

In this blog we are valuating the foreign currency transactions for vendor open items.

Select and give GL accounts (In this blog not valuating GL Accounts).

Click on Execute button.

Displayed the foreign currency valuation items.

Double click on the line item.

Here we can see 2 documents

• Doc no. 10031 – Foreign currency valuation
• Doc no. 10032 – Reversal of Foreign currency valuation document on 01-12-2024.

Double click on the line item.

Double click on the line item.

Click on overview icon.

This is the Accounting entry for foreign currency valuation – Unrealized Gain.

Same way check the Accounting entry for Reversal of foreign currency valuation – Unrealized Gain.

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Foreign Currency Valuation – Unrealized Gain in SAP S4 HANA, T code: FAGL_FCV