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. […]
Audit in science – What use is science in auditing?
The scientific background of zapliance can hardly be denied. After all, the foundation of our company can be traced back to the University of Hamburg, where the following story unfolded a few years ago… It was a humid Friday in the summer of 2014. Prof. Dr. Nick Gehrke and Prof. Dr. Frank Rump were attending […]
Open road ahead for innovation thanks to research allowances from the German tax office
The importance of research and development in terms of innovative capacity is difficult to deny. But, until now, companies have usually been left to their own devices when it comes to answering the question: “And who is going to pay for it?” But this all looks set to change in the future, if a draft […]
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 […]
8 risk categories and an audit approach for a social media audit
Theory and practice are often two very different things. This is why, Dr. Urban Becker, Head of Auditing at Melitta, has developed a procedure model for the auditing of social media. In collaboration with various experts in auditing and social media, eight risk categories that need to be taken into account in any social media […]
Compliance doesn’t have to be your enemy…
For a few years now, a new species has been making a nuisance of itself within companies… call us the compliance departments or, in smaller companies, the lone crusaders that are compliance officers. We started to emerge in the wake of various scandals, which we don’t have to list here (any longer). Unfortunately, we have […]
Social media audit – Ready for your first shitstorm?
Social media has long since made its arrival in companies. But, for quite some time now, the emphasis has no longer been on the networking of users. Many companies have discovered the possibilities of using social media for their own purposes, e.g. for HR recruiting. In the meantime, a huge industry has grown up around […]
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 […]
Nothing lasts forever – then again perhaps recurring entries in SAP actually do?
Nothing lasts forever, you might think. But today we are going to be talking about recurring entries. In many places, SAP offers the option of automating repetitive activities and thus minimizing the expense of, for example, the monthly posting of rent. This all sounds very good and helpful at first glance, but where there is […]