You want to include multiple company codes in a single payment run. What are the prerequisites for the company codes?

Question

Options

• AThey must all belong to the same company.
• BThey must have the same configuration for payment transactions.
• CThey must be located in the same country.
• DThey must belong to the same controlling area.

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  83% (19)
• D
  9% (2)

Explanation

In SAP's Automatic Payment Program (APP, transaction F110), all company codes included in a single payment run must reside in the same country because payment methods, banking regulations, and currency handling are configured at the country level - mixing countries would create incompatible payment method assignments. Option A is wrong because company codes from entirely different corporate groups can participate in a shared payment run as long as they share a paying company code in the same country. Option B is a tempting distractor, but while compatible payment configurations help, identical configuration is not the defined prerequisite - the country determines which configurations are even applicable. Option D is irrelevant here because controlling areas belong to the CO (Controlling) module and have no bearing on FI payment processing.

Memory tip: Think "same country = same payment rules." Since payment methods (e.g., SEPA, ACH) and banking regulations are country-specific in SAP, the country is the gating factor - not the organizational hierarchy (A/D) or config details (B).

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