Should these 2 accounts always offset each other? If not, what maybe the reasons?
You can make these go out of line. You will need to analyse the period to discover what has caused it. I have encountered a couple of ways, but I am sure there are more. 1. Zero inventory and a positive adjustment was raised. A credit memo was then processed at 100% discount. Nothing hit the purchases and the costs went to direct cost. 2. This was around a credit memo for a drop shipment but I cannot remember the details. Happy hunting [:D]