# Sales Price is less than Cost - Negative Profit Margin

**URL:** <https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/sales-price-is-less-than-cost-negative-profit-margin/79912>\
**Category:** Technical Forum\
**Created:** [January 25, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/sales-price-is-less-than-cost-negative-profit-margin/79912 "2024-01-25T22:55:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frank\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a5b964/32.png) [@Frank\_C](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/Frank_C)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/sales-price-is-less-than-cost-negative-profit-margin/79912/1 "2024-01-25T22:55:29Z")

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Hi, I would like to know the root cause behind a product being sold for less than the cost. As shown in the screenshot, the same product was sold with a profit margin of -288%. Does anyone know what could be the root cause for this discrepancy? Users don’t have permission to change the cost in the sales order. I checked the agency’s pricelist, but a logic didn’t exist in the pricelist. I really appreciate any help you can provide.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/dugusers/original/2X/3/346f97c28758407eca8d67465e71062434b5c6db.png)

These are the GL accounts that are getting hit when distributing this item

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/dugusers/original/2X/f/f1f132882763b542d96980ae7a0d8936ed30e8ff.png)