3406386 - WIP Clearing Reversal Run Post to Price Difference Account Rather Than the Original Inventory Account

You process Production Lot ABC ('ABC' refers to Production Lot ID) with WIP Clearing Run XXX ('XXX' refers to WIP Clearing Run ID).
In the resulting journal entry the following items are posted: 

The G/L accounts in the Journal Entry are: (Original WIP Clearing)
100001 - 'WIP Credit' - 500 LC (LC=Local Currency)
100002 - 'Stock Debit' - 500 LC

Now you have reversed the Production lot ABC.

You execute the reversingWIP Clearing Run ZZZ ('ZZZ' refers to Reversal WIP Clearing Run ID) and notice that the reversing journal entry does not post to Inventory but a Price Difference account: 

100001 - 'WIP Debit'  - 500 LC
100003 - 'Production price Variance Credit' - 500 LC

SAP Business By Design

1. Go to the Inventory Valuation work center.
2. Go to theWIP Clearing sub view.
3. Search for *All clearing runs*, enter the WIP Clearing Run ID XXX.
4. Also search for the Reversal WIP Clearing Run ZZZ.
5. The G/L accounts used for the original WIP Clearing Run and the reversing run should be the same.

At the time of the reversing WIP clearing run the quantity of the produced product of Production lot ABC is lower than after the production: Production confirmations are reversed and as on the latest WIP clearing run you don't have any available stock which is causing the variance entries.  

For the WIP Clearing run or the reversing WIP clearing run to post to the respective Inventory account there must be stock available to be valuated. 

Before the Reversing WIP clearing run all production confirmation of production lot ABC have been reversed so that its confirmed quantity changed to zero. 

Therefore, the reversal is posted to the price difference account. 

The system works as designed: No matter if you execute a WIP clearing run or a Reversing WIP clearing run, there must be stock available of the valuated production lot to capitalise all valuations on the Inventory Account. 

We recommend to check the Production Lots - Line Items report to verify the sequence of business transactions for a production lot. 

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WIP Clearing Run, WIP Clearing Reversal Run, Production Lot, Available Stock , KBA , SRD-FIN-INV , Inventory , Problem