Intercompany Inventory Transfer Examples

Arm's Length Intercompany Inventory Transfer Example Arm's Length Intercompany Inventory Return Example Intercompany Drop Ship Example
Arm's Length Intercompany Inventory Transfer Example
This scenario illustrates an intercompany inventory transfer between two subsidiaries, U.K. and EU.
The EU subsidiary is the destination subsidiary and submits a purchase order for inventory item with transfer price of EUR 200. The base currency of the EU subsidiary is EUR.
The U.K. subsidiary is the source subsidiary and creates a corresponding sales order using the Manage Intercompany Sales Orders page. The inventory item is accessible by both subsidiaries. In the U.K. subsidiary, the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) amount for the item is GBP 100.
The U.K. subsidiary (source) fulfills the order and ships the item.
The EU subsidiary (destination) receives the item into inventory. On the Item Receipt, the receiving standard cost is EUR 160.
The EU subsidiary records a vendor bill. The U.K. subsidiary creates a sales invoice.
The following table presents the general ledger impact for each of the posting transactions involved in the inventory transfer.

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Note: The general ledger impact for COGS and Inventory lines post in the currency of the source
subsidiary (GRP), even though all of the transactions for the transfer are in the currency of the destination subsidiary (EUR).

Subsidiary	Account	Debit	Credit
Item Fulfillment
U.K.	Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)	GBP 100
U.K.	Inventory		GBP 100
EU	Inventory In Transit	EUR 200
EU	Intercompany Clearing		EUR 200
Item Receipt
EU	Purchase Price Variance	EUR 40
EU	Inventory	EUR 160
EU	Inventory In Transit		EUR 200
EU	Intercompany Clearing	EUR 200
EU	Accrued Purchases		EUR 200
Sales Invoice
U.K.	Intercompany A/R	EUR 200
U.K.	Intercompany Revenue		EUR 200
Vendor Bill
EU	Accrued Purchases	EUR 200
EU	Intercompany A/P		EUR 200

For more information about arm's length inventory transfers, see Intercompany Inventory Transfers ­ Arm's Length.
Arm's Length Intercompany Inventory Return Example
In this scenario, the EU subsidiary returns the item from the previous example back to the U.K. subsidiary. The return is a complete reversal of the accounting impact of the original transfer.
The EU subsidiary creates a vendor return authorization to initiate the return. The vendor return authorization must be created from the original purchase order and be linked to it. It must be in the

same currency as the original intercompany purchase order/sales order pair

same currency as the original intercompany purchase order/sales order pair.
The U.K. subsidiary creates the return authorization using the Manage Intercompany Return Authorizations page.
The EU subsidiary returns the item and records an item fulfillment.
The U.K. subsidiary receives the item and records an item receipt. The U.K. subsidiary restock the item or discard it as an expense.
The EU subsidiary records a vendor credit.
The U.K. subsidiary issues a credit memo.
The following table presents the general ledger impact for each of the posting transactions involved in the inventory return.

Note: The general ledger impact for Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and inventory lines post in the currency of
the source subsidiary (GRP), even though all of the transactions for the transfer are in the currency of the destination subsidiary (EUR).

Subsidiary	Account	Debit	Credit
Item Fulfillment
EU	Inventory		EUR 200
EU	Inventory In Transit	EUR 200
EU	Intercompany Clearing		EUR 200
EU	Purchases Returned Not Credited	EUR 200
Item Receipt
U.K.	Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)		GBP 100
U.K.	Inventory (Expense if received as scrap)	GBP 100
EU	Inventory In Transit		EUR 200
EU	Intercompany Clearing	EUR 200
Vendor Credit
EU	Purchases Returned Not Credited		EUR 200
EU	Intercompany A/P	EUR 200
Credit Memo
U.K.	Intercompany A/R		EUR 200
U.K.	Intercompany Revenue	EUR 200

For more information about intercompany inventory returns, see Intercompany Inventory Returns ­ Arm's Length.
Intercompany Drop Ship Example
This scenario illustrates an intercompany drop ship order involving two subsidiaries, U.K. and EU.
The EU subsidiary is the sales subsidiary and sells an item to Customer A that is to be shipped from a warehouse in the U.K. subsidiary. The base currency of the EU subsidiary is EUR. The EU subsidiary creates a sales order in the amount of EUR 200 and identifies the U.K. subsidiary as the vendor for the transaction.
The EU subsidiary submits a purchase order for inventory item with transfer price of EUR 200.
The U.K. subsidiary is the warehouse subsidiary and creates a corresponding intercompany sales order using the Manage Intercompany Sales Orders page. The inventory item is accessible by both subsidiaries. In the U.K. subsidiary the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) amount for the item is GBP 100.
The U.K. subsidiary fulfills the order and ships the order directly to Customer A. The U.K. subsidiary creates a sales invoice to bill the EU subsidiary.
The EU subsidiary marks the dummy fulfillment for the intercompany purchase order as Marked Shipped.
The EU subsidiary creates a vendor bill from the intercompany purchase order to bill the U.K. subsidiary.
The following table presents the general ledger impact for each of the transactions involved in the intercompany drop shipment.

Note: The general ledger impact for COGS and Inventory lines post in the currency of the sales subsidiary
(GRP), even though all of the transactions for the transfer are in the currency of the destination subsidiary (EUR).

Subsidiary

Account

Debit

Credit

External Item Fulfillment

U.K.

Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)

GBP 100

U.K.

Inventory

GBP 100

U.K. Inventory GBP 100

Dummy Item Fulfillment

Non-posting

Sales Invoice

U.K.

Intercompany A/R

EUR 200

U.K.

Intercompany Revenue

EUR 200

Vendor Bill

EU

Inventory Dropship Expense

EUR 200

EU

Intercompany A/P

EUR 200

External Sales Invoice

EU

Accounts Receivable

EUR 200

EU

Revenue

EUR 200

See Intercompany Inventory Drop Ship for more information.