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34 CHAPTER 1 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS<br />

FIGURE 1.26<br />

Payment terms<br />

While entering a transaction, the baseline date is automatically populated from<br />

the payment terms; however, you can change it by entering another date.<br />

67. What is a special G/L transaction?<br />

Special G/L transactions are transactions that are not normal business transactions<br />

with your business partners. These are generally shown in different control<br />

ledgers <strong>and</strong> are not grouped with the normal transactions. They include bills<br />

of exchange, down payments, bank guarantees, <strong>and</strong> provisions for doubtful<br />

debts.<br />

68. Why do you use special-purpose ledgers (SPLs)?<br />

SPLs are used for customer-defined ledgers, <strong>and</strong> contain information for reporting<br />

purposes. The customer-defined ledger can be used as the G/L or as a sub ledger<br />

<strong>and</strong> may contain the account assignments desired. The account assignments<br />

can be either <strong>SAP</strong> dimensions from various applications or customer-defined

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