Suggested by Hansjürgen Müller – New
For stocked items, the system is posting the "complete" transaction:
- Project cost (debit) - Inventory (credit)
- WIP (debit) - Project cost item (credit)
Project posting for expenses and non-stocked items is just
- WIP (debit) - Vendor, or any other offset account (credit)
However, according to total-cost account method, this is incomplete.
The GL entries must be:
- Project cost (debit) - Vendor, or any other offset account (credit)
- WIP (debit) - Change in inventory (credit)
Therefore,
- rename "Project cost - item" to "Change in WIP"
- apply not only to stocked items but also to expenses and non-stocked items
In project expense journal and expense management reports,
- if the project applies WIP (Balance sheet), add "cost" and "change in WIP" posting types,
- if the posting does not apply WIP, just post project cost.