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Table of contents 

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Scope

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SCo PORTUGAL companies


ERP

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PF2

WP2

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Yearly

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1. Objective and Scope

1.1. Objective of this Operation

This user guide explains the steps to be performed to do the End-Year Postings for Portugal. This is a mandatory step to be able to deliver the annual SAFT file to the Portuguese Fiscal authorities.

1.2. Scope

This procedure applies to Specialty Portuguese companies:

  • 6414: Solvay Biotecnologia Portugal – Unipessoal, Lda

  • 6424: SLV Specialties Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda

2. Definitions

See Finance Glossary:

3. Responsibilities

  • CAM ( or ACP delegated)

4. Periodicity

Annually after General meeting assembly. This postings must be done before Annual SAF-T until 31/05.

5. Concepts


6. Tasks description

This Procedure consists basically in 3 parts: 

1st -» to perform Year End group's results posting- Application of Results

2nd -» to perform several checks.  

3rd -» to perform Year End Postings. 

6.1. I Perform application of results  

The allocation of results may be implemented only after the General Assembly has approved the directors’ proposal for the allocation of results.

This information is also included in the Management Report, which is signed by the Company’s directors. Can be verified here for 6414 and here for 6424. 

The approval is written in ATA (6414) and in ATA (6424). 


To know the Group results and local results in SAP,  take F.01 ( from 01 to 04 current year and compare from 01 to 14 previous year)
The local results were adjusted in period 14  previous year. 

6.1.1. I perform application results in company 6414 - Syensqo Biotecnologia

Example year 2025: 

Management report information: 

PK 

Account Account short texttextamount
5012800320 RETAINED EARNING-PROFIT OR LOSS FOR FINANCIAL YEARResultado Grupo 20251.418.707.19
4012800300 RETAINED EARNINGS-PROFIT & LOSS CARRIED FORWARDResultado Local 20251.225.907.19
5012800000 RESERVES - CARRYFORWARD NEW EQUIVALENT VALUEDiferença entre RL grupo e local-192.800
5081280032 PROFIT & LOSS FOR THE PERIODDiferença entre RL grupo e local-192.800
4081280000REPROCESS RESERVESDiferença entre RL grupo e local-192.800


 note: F.01 extraction performed on 28/01/2026 and posting 2300000083 recorded on 30/01/2026. 

This amount of EUR 330.36 was not considered in the financial statements.

RL F.011226237.55
RL DF's1225907.19
dif.330.36

Posting Key Notes:

  • 12800320 RETAINED EARNING-PROFIT OR LOSS FOR FINANCIAL YEAR

If it appears as a negative amount in F.01, it means PK 50, so I have to post PK 40 — this indicates a profit in the Group.

If it appears as a positive amount in F.01, it means PK 40, so I have to post PK 50 — this indicates a loss in the Group.

  • 12800300 - RETAINED EARNINGS-PROFIT & LOSS CARRIED FORWARD

Use PK 40 -» If there is a loss and the Company decides to recognized in retained earnings.

  • 12800000 - RESERVES - CARRYFORWARD NEW EQUIVALENT VALUE

The PTCA ( alternative account its C0340BIDON-RESERVE FOR ADJUSTMENT GROUP - LEGAL RES.  its used to record the elimination of the accounts 12800320  + 12800100

  • 81280032 - PROFIT & LOSS FOR THE PERIOD

If it appears as a negative amount in F.01, it means PK 50, so I have to post PK 40 — this indicates a profit in the Group.

If it appears as a positive amount in F.01, it means PK 40, so I have to post PK 50 — this indicates a loss in the Group.

  • 81280000 - REPROCESS RESERVES

To record the elimination of account 12800000 

6.1.2. I perform application results in company 6424 - Syensqo Portugal

Example year 2025: 


Management report information: 


PK 

Account Account short texttextamount
403042000000 Retained earn-currResultado Grupo 20252,940,945.71
  403042100000 Retained earn-priorResultado Local 20YY0.00
503042200000 Dividend paid on current earningsResultado Local 2025-879,904.71
503030000000 Legal reserveResultado Local 20YY0.00
403034000000 Res ajt gr-legalDiferença entre RL grupo e local-2,061,041.00
40C042000000 Retained earn-currDiferença entre RL grupo e local-2,061,041.00
50C034000009 9-Res ajt gr-legalDiferença entre RL grupo e local2,061,041.00








RL F.01879904.71



RL DF's879904.71



dif.0


Posting Key Notes:

  • 3042000000 Retained earn-curr

If it appears as a negative amount in F.01, it means PK 50, so I have to post PK 40 — this indicates a profit in the Group.

If it appears as a positive amount in F.01, it means PK 40, so I have to post PK 50 — this indicates a loss in the Group.

  • 3042100000 Retained earn-prior

Use PK 40 -» If there is a loss and the Company decides to recognized in retained earnings.

  • 3042200000 Dividend paid on current earnings 

Use PK 50 -» If there is a profit and the Company decides to distribute dividends.

  • 3030000000 Legal reserve

Use PK 50 -» If there is a profit, and the company decides allocate to the legal reserve. In Portugal, the legal reserve is a mandatory portion of the annual net profits (at least 5%) that commercial companies must retain to strengthen equity until it reaches at least 20% of the share capital.

  • 3034000000 Res ajt gr-legalT

The PTCA ( alternative account its C0340BIDON. its used to record the elimination of the accounts 3042000000 + 3030000000 + 3042200000 

  • C042000000 Retained earn-curr

If it appears as a negative amount in F.01, it means PK 50, so I have to post PK 40 — this indicates a profit in the Group.

If it appears as a positive amount in F.01, it means PK 40, so I have to post PK 50 — this indicates a loss in the Group.

  • C034000009 9-Res ajt gr-legal

To record the elimination of account 3034000000

6.2. I Perform several Checks before Year End Postings

6.2.1. I check in accounts the taxonomy assignation, the balance and PTCA maintenance 

The transaction FIPT_SAFT_GLAVR allows users to check if the GL accounts have the correct taxonomy assigned and if the balance is according to the Portuguese Fiscal Authorities.

Run FIPT_SAFT_GLAVR

Indicate the company code and the year press


Output Report 

Check the output report In the column “ExpBalance” check if there any “read sign”


A) If there are COCA GL accounts that don’t have alternative G/L account associated it will appear the following information:

          No alternative acct no. maintained for GL acct XXXXXXXXX in co. code 6414 or 6424.

B) If there are PTCA accounts with against nature balance it will appear the following information: 

          The nature of the balance should be debit or the nature of the balance should be credit.

C) If there are COCA GL accounts that don't have taxonomy associated it will appear the following information: 

          No Taxonomy Code defined for G/L account XXXXXXXXXX

 

HOW TO SOLVE IT? 

 A) open file most updated file,  SAFT_Taxonomy 6414 WP2_20YY or SAFT_Taxonomy 6424 WP2_20YY, Stored in Drive . 

go to sheet "Taxonomias_Balancete" and find similar account. 


 B) see several examples below: 

check in F.01 where the accounts are stated


Example 1: 


In this situation it’s needed to transfer the balance from COCA account 18000400 (PTCA 2691960000) to COCA account 18000300 (PTCA 2691960001). 

Step1: the account 18000400 can only be posted automatically. Ask DMR to update the GL account to allow manual posting (see request nr. 39724). 

Step2: Ask ACP to open in OB52 for period 14  previous year.

Step3: Post as below 

Note: the posting done in period 14 must be reversed in current year, but only after F.16 has been run.  


DT request: 

Example 2: 

In this situation it’s needed to transfer the balance from COCA account 21900250 (PTCA 4531000002) to COCA 21900259 (PTCAaccount 4531000001). 


Step1: the account 21900250 can only be posted automatically. Ask DMR to update the GL account to allow manual posting (see request nr. 39724). 

Step2: Ask ACP to open in OB52 for period 14  previous year.

Step3: Post as below 

Note: the posting done in period 14 must be reversed in current year, but only after F.16 has been run.  


DT request: 


Example 3: 

 In this situation it’s needed to update PTCA 4531000010 of COCA account 82190010. 

Step1: the COCA accounts 21900100  (PTCA 4531000010) and 82190010 (PTCA 4531000011) must have same PTCA equal to 4531000010. Ask DMR to update it. 


C) open file most updated file,  SAFT_Taxonomy 6414 WP2_20YY or SAFT_Taxonomy 6424 WP2_20YY, Stored in Drive . 

go to sheet "Taxonomias_Balancete" and find similar account. If there are any go to sheet "Códigos Taxonomia" and based on Código SNC base find the most appropriated taxonomy code. 

6.2.2. I  check the GL accounts that have postings during the year

Run transaction F.01 to check the GL accounts that have postings during the year.

Choose variants “BALANÇO 6424” & “BALANÇO 6414” and update the following fields accordingly: Reporting year and reporting periods 


Go to Menu – Export - Spreadsheet

Choose the option:

And press

Indicate the place where you want to save and a file name.

Press


PF2 - Company code 6424 - From the file, resume the GL accounts started by 6*, 7*, F* and G* 

WP2 - Company code 6414 - From the file, resume the GL accounts started by 9* 

6.2.3. I check GL Accounts Status 


Go to transaction S_ALR_87012328 and run variants “6424 GL CHECK” and “6414 GL CHECK”.

To check if the GL accounts are:

  • Blocked for posting in the company code
  • Blocked for posting in the chart of accounts
  • Configure to “Post automatic only”


 Output report


Download the report and compare with F.01 accounts with balance

If some of the GL accounts are blocked or flagged to “Post automatic only” create a workflow request to DMR team to unblock these situations.

In alternative, create a ticket to the DT team (Service One Request ID) to ask for this information.


Example 1: 

 WP2, GL account 98* in company 6414 is flagged with automatic posting:


 

6.3. I perform Year End Postings

6.3.1. I Open period 15 

Ask ACP team to open FI period in OB52 and in CO period in /FIN3/OKP1_BK

6.3.2. I update variants in transactions F_PT_01 

The End-Year Postings are done with transactions F_PT_01 and SM35. 

In transaction F_PT_01, there are two variants for each company that must be updated each year:


ccy 6414
6414CLOSING98* – for accounts PL started by 98*


ccy 6424
6424CLOSING6E7 – for accounts started by 6* and 7*
6424CLOSINGFEG – for accounts started by F* and G*


  • Check if it’s necessary to exclude/ add some GL accounts ( compare with F.01)
  • Indicate the Fiscal Year
  • In the tab It fulfilled a GL account in fields “Balance Sheet Account- Closing” and “Balance Sheet Account- Opening”. These fields are mandatory but there will not be postings on Balance Sheet Accounts. Only postings for P&L.


6424:

         

6414: 

         

  • In the tab indicate the posting date and the document date to post the documents as the last day of the year in ; indicate the posting date and the document date of the first year of the “next year” in  

 (the program will not do opening postings; this is mandatory only in the screen selection)


6424: 

         

6414:

         

  • In the tab don’t change the settings 


6424:

     

     

6414: 

     
     



After update the variants, Press

Go down to check all the GL accounts, values and totals.

Output report - example 6424

6* to 7* accounts   

F to G accounts

 Compare in F.01 Extraction with the total balance of Total Rendimentos e Gastos 

-1.685.623,89€ = 1.685.623,89€ (-5.056.730,66€+3.371.106,77€)



If amount its equal we can Run SM35. 

If the amount is different, verify which account is missing in the report and add.  

At this moment the postings were not yet down. The values can be checked and corrections done. If necessary the transaction can be run again (after the corrections done).

The postings are only done when its run SM35. 

6.3.2. I Run transaction F_PT_01

There are 3 purposes on the postings that are done via F_PT_01/ SM35.

1st:

In PF2 :  is to clear the 6*, 7*, F* and G* COCA GL accounts against COCA GL account 3042000000 (PTCA 8110000000) or COCA C042000000 (PTCA 8111000000).

 

In GL account master data is defined the detail for P&L statement account:

  • If it’s * the balance will be made against COCA GL account 3042000000
  • If it’s C the balance will be made against COCA GL account C042000000

This clearing is result of the customizing done OB53 transaction (by DT)

NOTE: this customizing is global: it’s applicable to all Syensqo companies (cannot be defined by company code)


It will be created on posting by each GL account.

In FS10N transaction, at this moment the balance of GL account 6020100000 is zero:

( update print screen)




In WP2 : The first step is to clear the 98*, 898* COCA GL accounts against COCA GL account 12800320 (PTCA 8110000000) or COCA 81280032 (PTCA 8111000000).

In GL account master data is defined the detail for P&L statement account:

  • If it’s * or X the balance will be made against COCA GL account 12800320 
  • If it’s C the balance will be made against COCA GL account 81280032 



6.3.3. I post automatically with transaction SM35 


When run SM35 there are 2 possibilities: 

A) 1st if we don´t want to perform yet postings

after insert transaction SM35, select the line, and click in

afterword's insert the date 31.12.9999 and press again



B) 2nd of we can proceed with the postings.   

Select the line and press


Some errors that can appear on executing SM35: 

ERROR 1
If appears the error: Indicate a cost center. After if it appears the error  indicate the internal order:

ZORD6414 miscellaneous for company 6414
870158000220 miscellaneous for company 6424


ERROR 2

If appears the error:

Delete what appears in the field “cost center” and don’t indicate any cost object.


ERROR 3 (update with 6424 print screen - example form ccy 5960 - SBS) 

If appears the error:

Check if it’s possible to indicate the miscellaneous order. If not, make an analysis to the cost center and to the GL postings.

The cost center was not created in 2019:

For this GL in 2019, all the postings were done in cost center FUE5960

 In OKB9 transaction, it’s configure for cost center FU46000000

(that’s the reason why the error appears)

This posting will be done manually.

In case we have one error and we want to overlap and pass to the next posting we need to indicate /N in the field marked in yellow below:

The batch input session will continue to run to post the remaining documents.

6.3.4. I post manually 



7. I save all information in Google Drive

It's very important save all information in Google Drive:

6424 -»  

6414 -»  

8. Legal Framework




End of document.