zap News on the tax front
The time has come around again for us to tell you a bit more about the extended functionality of zap Audit. With the new release, zap Audit 2.1, 26 new data indicators (audit questions) have been published. These include some new indicators on the subject of VAT, which I will present below. Taxes, a never-ending […]
3 steps for auditing offsetting accounts in SAP
It’s once again time for us to continue our series on Journal Entry Testing (JET)! This time, we will be focusing on the well-known topic of offsetting account analysis in SAP. What is the purpose of an offsetting account analysis? Since the very beginnings of accounting, all business transactions have been recorded using double-entry accounting. […]
Searching for unusual posting texts in SAP
Performing a check for unusual posting texts is one kind of standard analysis within the framework of Journal Entry Testing (JET). In this blog article, we will show you two possible analyses to get a quick overview of how posting texts are being handled in SAP. What is considered to be unusual and what is not is […]
How digitized is your accounting system in SAP? Three hands-on analyses for real practitioners
The digitization of accounting is certainly one of the hot topics in the accounting departments of companies of late. In this blog post, we want to look more closely at the topic of how to measure the degree of digitization in accounting in the first place. I will show you how to perform three SQL […]
Journal Entry Testing: Who posts wins – or: How much has each user posted?
In this blog post, we are once again going to devote our attention to the topic of Journal Entry Testing. I’ll show you how to use SQL in SAP to find out how much each SAP user has posted, as well as how many reversals there have been and in what time span. This gives […]
Journal Entry Testing: Completely happy or unhappy gaps?
Journal Entry Testing (JET) examines the very basic requirements of accounting, the “Foundations of Accounting”, so to speak. In this blog post, we want to take a closer look at these basic requirements and show how, with SQL in your SAP, you can quickly and easily check whether document numbers are unique and whether they […]
Everybody is talking about it – but we are actually doing it: Journal Entry Testing in SAP
Journal Entry Testing (JET) contains standard analyses for use in auditing and especially in the context of annual audits. JET analyzes the accounting material in the accounts with regard to matters which are of general interest, i.e. those which are not tailored to the specifics of the company: the largest postings, most frequent postings, postings […]
Darkness favors secret dealings, or in other words: Let’s do Journal Entry Testing again!
If an auditor examines his or her accounting data, the keyword often turns out to be: Journal Entry Testing. In addition to the highest, most frequent and most problem-free amounts, one’s attention is most often drawn to: Weekend postings. Of course, you can also detect weekend postings immediately with zap Audit. But this is something […]
I think my transfer price may be attracting attention: When the taxman rings thrice
Transfer pricing is a sensitive issue. Especially when it comes to the tax authorities. Transfer prices often serve as “marshalling yards” for shunting profits around between Group companies. After all, which company would not rather report a high profit in a low-tax country than in a high-tax country (such as Germany)? In this blog post, […]
Open innovation in auditing – is there any such thing?
The auditing industry and even external auditors themselves are usually considered to be a pretty conservative bunch, endowed with a critical and questioning attitude. An industry where innovations are often sought in vain. But, at zapliance, it’s different, of course, because we’re committed to the digitization of the audit process. In today’s blog post, we […]