Change in Fiscal Year Variant

[SAPSupport]

Dear All,

We set up our fiscal financial calendar to be January through December, however, we have realized that this should have been May through April to align with HMRC tax reporting.  We have some transactions in the system but have not closed any periods yet.  Can you help with putting in the new fiscal calendar, and advise on how to accomplish this / what are the steps to take?  

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[SAPSupport · Accepted solution]

Dear All,

It is not possible to switch to a different fiscal year variant for a set of books if journal entries exist for that set of books.

Refer to the below KBAs for additional information, please:

KBA 1825057 - How to Change Fiscal Year Variant https://me.sap.com/notes/1825057

KBA 2013755 - Fiscal Year Variant Cannot be Changed https://me.sap.com/notes/2013755

Regards,
Anderson
SAP Support