Including Freight in Inventory Valuation and Purchasing Invoice Processing – SAP S4HANA & ECC

According to IFRS, Inventory Valuation should be at landed cost which includes the Purchase Price, Freight Cost, Customs and any other costs needed to make the product available in our warehouse

Based on this standard the correct financial entry for Goods Receipt should be:

Account	Debit	Credit	Notes
Inventory	820
Goods Receipt Invoice Receipt		800	Purchase Price
Goods Receipt Invoice Receipt		20	Freight, Customs, Duties, ..etc

And furthermore, any Purchase Price Variance (PPV) during invoice processing should also impact:

• The inventory value in case of moving average valuation
• The Inventory PPV in case of standard cost valuation

How can we easily post the freight and other related expenses to our inventory value without activating Transportation Management or any other components?

Check the video below for:

1. Business Process explanation
2. Full demo on the process on SAP S4HANA which is also applicable to ECC

Many SAP users don’t know about this process, so they end up posting the freight and other similar expenses (insurance, duties, customs, etc) to expense accounts without any link to the inventory, and this is wrong as it leads to wrong inventory valuation and a lot of manual processing

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Source: https://blogs.sap.com/2019/07/30/including-freight-in-inventory-valuation-and-purchasing-invoice-processing-sap-s4hana-ecc/