Finance/Controlling QuestionnaireFinance/Controlling QuestionnaireInstructionsThis questionnaire is a tool you can use to collect information about your business that will be useful for tailoring the R/3 System to your business needs. You will needMicrosoft Word for Windows to work with this document. nter your answers in the !elds after the questions" using the TAB key to mo#e from !eld to !eld. You may sa#e and later change your answers in this questionnaire $ust as you would with any other Word document.1 Organization Structure1.1 Company Codes% com&any code is an inde&endent accounting unit for which a balanced setof books is &roduced. 't is a legal entity. (alance sheets and )ro!t and *oss statements are required at the com&any code le#el.What are the legal entities that constituteyour business+,o you &roduce a )ro!t and *oss Yes -oStatement and a com&lete (alance Sheetwith retained earnings for each legalentity+ .'f a com&lete balance sheetincluding equity section is not &roduced"then it is not a com&any./,oes each legal entity ha#e a se&arateYes -o0ederal ta1 ', -umber+Which of these entities are true o&eratingcom&anies that transact business at arm2slength with #endors and customers+Which of these entities are holdingcom&anies+ 1996 SA America Inc. 1Finance/Controlling QuestionnaireWhat is your &ercentage of ownershi& foreach legal entity+,oes one entity su&&ly customers with&roducts #alued as in#entory underanother entity so re#enue is re&orted inthe selling entity though the cost.in#entory/ resides in elsewhere+'n which currency does each legal entityo&erate+'n which currency does each legal entityre&ort+When does each legal entity2s !scal yearbegin+0or each legal entity" list the number of&eriods .both accounting and s&ecial&eriods/ used. 'nclude the beginning andending dates for each &eriod.1.! "usiness Areas% business area is a s&ecial economic unit within a com&any code for which internal balance sheet and &ro!t and loss statements can be created.%re you sub$ect to segment re&orting inaccordance with 0%S34+'f your answer is yes" identify your industrysegments.'f not" do you generate a )ro!t and *ossStatement including arnings beforeTa1es" and a com&lete balance sheet.e1clusi#e of Retained arnings/ for anycom&onent of your com&any.fore1am&le" di#ision/+. 1996 SA America Inc. !Finance/Controlling Questionnaire1.# C$art o% Accounts,oes each com&any code ha#e its owno&erating chart of accounts with a uniquenumbering con#ention" or do allcom&anies use a common chart ofaccounts with a consistent numberingscheme+'f each com&any has its own o&eratingchart of accounts" are you interested instandardi5ing the charts into a commonnumbering scheme+'f each com&any has its own o&eratingchart of accounts" are they ma&&ed to aconsolidation/cor&orate chart of accountsfor re&orting+%re any of the com&anies required tore&ort in a statutory chart of accounts+.0or e1am&le" 0rance" 6ermany" etc./,o these com&anies use the statutorychart of accounts as their &rimaryo&erating chart of accounts .i.e." all&osting and account analysis is made usingthe statutory account code/" or do theyuse the statutory chart for re&orting only+'dentify the di7erent le#els of8onsolidation .e.g." by 8ountry" by Region"etc./9)lease list the e1ternal !nancial #iews ofyour organi5ation by which you woulde1&ect to &roduce com&lete )ro!t and*oss Statements and (alance Sheets..*egal entity" country" regions" continents"etc./ 1996 SA America Inc. #Finance/Controlling Questionnaire:ow many general ledger accounts do youcurrently ha#e+,escribe your current general ledgeraccount number .for e1am&le" di#ision"cost center" natural account" e1&ensecode/.'n R/3" the 0' general ledger account number consists only of the natural account. ;ther information resides in di7erent modules. 0or e1am&le" cost centers are de!ned in 8; and are not &art of the 0' account number.0or each com&any" how detailed is itso&erating chart of accounts+ 's ito&timi5ed so that detail data .for e1am&le"sub>>/+8an you de!ne grou&s of general ledgeraccounts that require similar informationon the master record+:ow do you wish to control general ledgeraccount creation and maintenance+ Will itbe done at the com&any le#el or thecor&orate le#el+,o you currently use tem&lates or&rototy&es to create general ledgeraccounts+:ow many retained earnings accounts doyou maintain &er com&any code+:ow many reconciliation .control/accounts do you need for each sub