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Definition

Balance sheet or income statement items that are to be automatically posted for the elimination of interunit (IU) profit/loss in transferred inventory.

Structure

Combinations of Inventory Items and Product Groups

You can assign one, several, or all product groups to a single value or to a range of inventory items.

For each combination of inventory items and product groups, you determine the posting items:

The Posting Items in Detail

Posting Items for Interunit Profit/Loss

The system offsets the interunit (IU) profit/loss to be eliminated with the inventory item. The assignment of the item for the offsetting entry determines the treatment of interunit profit/loss: The system either posts the IU profit/loss to an income statement item (affecting earnings) – the standard procedure – or it posts to a stockholder’s equity item (without affecting earnings).

When you offset interunit profit/loss with an effect on earnings, you can determine which income statement item is posted for each inventory item. You can specify a debit item and credit item for the offsetting entry, which, in turn, are further specified by all subassignments.

When defining the tasks, you also decide whether the offsetting entry is posted to the inventory-managing consolidation unit or the supplying consolidation unit.

Posting Item for Translation Differences

You can use the posting items for translation differences to separately post and disclose translation differences from interunit profit/loss in your consolidated financial statements.

Posting Item for Distribution Costs

You can use the posting items for distribution costs if your corporate group uses cost of sales accounting in its income statement and, for this reason, you need to disclose your sales-related distribution costs as an element of cost of goods manufactured.