Changing the retained earnings account in General Ledger is pretty easy. Just go to the define Set of Books form and change the retained earnings account. But is this a proper method?No it isn’t. If you change the retained earnings since 11i there will be a warning displayed. In this warning also the steps that you have to perform are displayed.This warning appears if you change the retained earnings account from one account into another account. Off course this new account must exist in your SOB.

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