IFRS 18, Part 3: SAP CO View, the Cost Flow Behind Operating Profit and CO-PA
Part 1 summarized IFRS 18 itself and Part 2 covered the SAP FI side, the Financial Statement Version (FSV). Part 3 is about SAP CO. It follows how the expenses that end up in the IFRS 18 operating category are built in CO (cost center → distribution and assessment → activity allocation → production order → product cost → cost of goods sold → CO-PA), read from an S/4HANA sandbox. Example system: S/4HANA sandbox with two controlling areas, CA10 (company code CC10, operating concern OC10) and JNC2 (company code JNC2, operating concern JNC2). It is a training system; the amounts are only there to show the structure. 1. What IFRS 18 asks of CO Item Topic Detail Operating category How expenses are classified Expenses in the operating category are presented by function (cost of sales, selling, administration) or by nature (materials, personnel, depreciation), whichever is more useful. If presented by function, the notes must disclo...