1. FI-CA and FI-AR What is the Difference ?
PRESENTED BY
Jeremiah Chibvuri
SAP ISU-FICA; FI; REFX Consultant
26 November 2010

2. Introduction
Tracking Multiple Receivables
Functionalities
Conclusion
Questions

3. Introduction
Account Receivable (FI-AR) and Contract Account Receivable (FI-CA) tracks accounts receivable transactions
SAP FI delivers the standard FI-AR module to track accounts receivables
Complexity of requirements and increase in volume of data lead to the development of FI-CA
FI-CA was developed to deal with
A large number of different customers
Different types of receivables

4. Tracking Multiple Receivables
In FI-AR a customer can only be linked to one receivable account
Impossible to trace different receivable for one customer in different account.
Create multiple customers with different receivables
In contrast, FI-CA has multiple level master data
The highest is Business Partner, equivalent to a customer in FI-AR
A Contract Account is created for each
Receivable for a singular
Business Partner
Contract Object
Distinguish Receivables within a CA

5. FUNCTIONALITIES
Both FI-AR and FI-CA supports the following functionalities
Account debit payments
Credit Processing
Electronic Bank Statement (EBS)
Interest Calculation
Dunning

6. FUNCTIONALITIES
The following functionalities are limited only to FI-CA:
Installment Plans
Collection Agencies
Cash desk Payments (with credit cards and postal orders)
Security deposits ( both cash and Non-cash)

7. CONCLUSION
FI-CA incorporates more accounts receivable function than just processing invoice and maintaining master date.
These functions are needed if you deal with a large customer base and high volume of invoice and payments.
This is the case with:
Utilities
Insurance
Telecommunication
Public Sector
Media

8. QUESTIONS sapwithjerry@gmail.com chibvurijera@gmail.com