How to: Post Purchases and Inventory Adjustments

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To avoid posting the inventory value twice (one time with the item journal and again with the Post Inventory Cost to G/L batch job), you must set up your purchases and inventory adjustment as described in the following procedure.

To post purchases and inventory adjustment

  1. In the Search box, enter General Posting Setup, and then choose the related link.

  2. In the General Posting Setup window, change the account numbers in the Inventory Adjmt. Account field to the accounts to which the inventory valuation was posted.

  3. Run the Post Inventory Cost to G/L batch job.

  4. In the General Posting Setup window, change the account numbers in the Inventory Adjmt. Account field to the accounts to which inventory adjustment will be posted in the future.

See Also

Other Resources

Registering Opening Item Entries
Post Inventory Cost to G/L Batch Job