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Negative Landed Cost Accounting and Calculation

  • May 29, 2026
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We need your help understanding the system's behavior regarding a negative Landed Cost.

In warehouse Item A beginning quantity = 52 units, using Average Cost. We received 12 units via 2 receipts (applied initial Landed Cost) -> Did some inventory transactions -> Ending quantity = 12 units

The vendor gave us a credit. We created a negative Landed Cost linked to the original 2 receipts to reduce costs.

When released, the system credited both the Inventory account and the COGS account.

Why is the amount split between Inventory and COGS? Where is this posting behavior configured in the system? How does the system calculate the specific amount allocated to each account?

Thank you!

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Samvel Petrosov
Jr Varsity III
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What is your valuation method on this item? Probably what happened was some part of the inventory from the original 2 receipts was already sold. The system took that into account and adjusted the cost of the remaining inventory proportionally to what was remaining and COGS to what was sold.


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  • May 29, 2026

What is your valuation method on this item? Probably what happened was some part of the inventory from the original 2 receipts was already sold. The system took that into account and adjusted the cost of the remaining inventory proportionally to what was remaining and COGS to what was sold.

We use Average method on this item