Use

In the SAP System, you can post invoices to the previous period or the previous year. Changes in stock value only occur if there are price variances for a material subject to moving average price control. In this case, the stock value changes in both the previous period and the current period.

Features

Posting an Invoice to the Previous Period for a Material Subject to Moving Average Price Control

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Since the invoice price exceeds the order price by $3.00, the stock is debited with the price variance (200 x $3.00). Thus the stock value is increased in both the previous period and the current period by $600. As a result, the moving average price increases in each case.

Posting to the Previous Year

You can post an invoice to the last period of the previous year. The procedure is the same as for posting to the previous period.

You must note the following feature: If you post an invoice receipt before the goods receipt to the previous year, a balance results on the GR/IR clearing account. Since you cannot post a goods receipt to the previous year, this item cannot be cleared in the previous year. The open item is carried over into the current fiscal year as a balance carried forward; it can then be cleared by the goods receipt posting.