Purchase Price Variance Allocation: Example 2

This topic describes all the documents that you would have to create and the transactions generated for these documents for the following scenario:
  • The Inventory Account mode is selected for allocation of purchase price variance (PPV) amounts.
  • Purchased items have the Average cost valuation method assigned.
  • Between the date of the receipt and the date of the bill, some quantities of the purchased items were issued (sold).

Step 1. Creating a Purchase Receipt

By using the Purchase Receipts (PO302000), suppose that you create a purchase receipt for the following items.

Table 1. Purchase Receipt
Item Quantity Unit Cost Amount
Item1 10 250 2500
Item2 23 120 2760
Item3 15 380 5700
Total: 10960

As a result, an inventory receipt is created and released. On its release, the following transactions are generated.

Table 2. GL Transactions Generated for the Inventory Receipt
Account Debit Amount Credit Amount
Inventory (Item1) 2500 0
Inventory (Item2) 2760 0
Inventory (Item3) 5700 0
PO Accrual 0 10960

Step 2. Creating an Inventory Issue

During the next few days, you sell some quantities of the items. The inventory issue is generated with the following lines.

Table 3. Inventory Issue
Item Quantity Unit Cost Amount
Item1 7 250 1750
Item2 23 120 2760
Item3 5 380 1900
Total: 6410

And this issue generates the following transactions.

Table 4. GL Transactions Generated for the Issue
Account Debit Amount Credit Amount
Inventory (Item1) 0 1750
Inventory (Item2) 0 2760
Inventory (Item3) 0 1900
Expense (COGS) 6410 0

Step 3: Creating a Bill

Later, you receive and enter the vendor bill for the initial quantities of the items with the following information.

Table 5. Vendor Bill
Item Quantity Unit Cost Amount
Item1 10 450 4500
Item2 23 200 4600
Item3 15 180 2700
Total: 11800

On release of this bill, the following transactions are generated.

Table 6. GL Transactions Generated for the Bill
Account Debit Amount Credit Amount
PO Accrual 11800 0
Vendor AP 0 11800

Also, on release of this bill, an inventory adjustment is generated with the following lines.

Table 7. Inventory Adjustment
Item Extended Cost
Item1 600
Item3 -2000
Item1 (PPV expense) 1400
Item2 (PPV expense) 1840
Item3 (PPV expense) -1000

On release of the adjustment, the following transactions are generated.

Table 8. GL Transactions Generated for the Inventory Adjustment
Account Debit Amount Credit Amount
Inventory (Item1) 600 0
Inventory (Item3) 0 2000
PPV expense (Item1) 1400 0
PPV expense (Item2) 1840 0
PPV expense (Item3) 0 1000
PO Accrual 0 2000
PO Accrual 0 1840
PO Accrual 3000 0