General Information
- Only items impacting the P&L should be reported.
- Only future items should be reported; items that have been transmitted to Consolidations (TCON'd) in a previous accounting close need not be reported.
- Only items greater than or equal to one million USD should be reported.
- Amounts should be entered in USD millions.
- Amounts should be entered as positive if favorable to the P&L and negative if unfavorable to the P&L.
- P&L line item impacted should be populated utilizing the drop down menu
- Control deficiencies that were identified and reported in connection with the unusual / abnormal items should be indicated in the provided column
- Legal Entity / Facility Code is a two-digit (Legacy) or four-digit (SAP) code representing the legal entity where the unusual / abnormal item will be recorded (example: 86 for Cat SARL Singapore).
Section I. Known items that will be booked in future periods
- This section is for known items; dates and amounts should be known and filled in.
Section II. Potential items that could be booked in future periods (likelihood 50% or greater)
- This section is for potential items that have a 50% or greater likelihood to occur.
- An amount should be filled in under the most appropriate date column given what you know at this time.
"- A low and high range amount should always be entered, even if the exact amount is known. If there is no range of loss, input the known amount in both the low range
and high range columns. "
Section III. Potential items that could be booked in future periods (likelihood less than 50%)
- This section is for potential items that have a less than 50% likelihood to occur
- An amount should be filled in under the most appropriate date column given what you know at this time.
"- A low and high range amount should always be entered, even if the exact amount is known. If there is no range of loss, input the known amount in both the low range
and high range columns. "