PGI Date and COGS accounting date should be different

Question

Hi All,
I have a scenario where the client wants to post the COGS account when the material reach to the Customer and on the same date wants to Invoice the Customer, this is required for the Matching Concept of Accounting so that Recognition of Cost and Revenue should be on the same Date.
For example : Order (01-01-2012) --> Delivery (02-01-2012) - material send to Customer and it reach to the Customer on 10-01-2012 --> PGI (10-01-2012) --> Invoice (10-01-2012)
However in India we need to update the RG1 register at the time when we remove the material from our Factory, and to update it we need to do the PGI, and as soon as we do the PGI the COGS accounts will be Debited. Whereas the material will reach to the customer, say for example, after 10 days and then the invoice will be created, so the Posting of COGS account and Revenue account will be different.
For Example (In India) : Order (01-01-2012) --> Delivery (02-01-2012) --> PGI (02-01-2012)(NO Accounting to COGS) - material send to Customer and it reach to the Customer on 10-01-2012 --> COGS entry (10-01-2012) --> Invoice (10-01-2012)
My Querry is:-
1) Is it possible to achieve the above requirement that we do the PGI but do not make any accounting entry?
2) If yes, then how can we recognise the COGS accounting on a later date, when the material reach to Customer?
3) Is it possible through Standard SAP?
4) If standard SAP procedure is not possible, kindly suggest the work-around and basic logic for the same.
For any further query feel free to ask.
Thanks and regards,
Amitesh Anand

Answer 1

Hi Ram / Karthik,
I think VL01N screen Actual GI date can serve your purpose.
Ram
If I change the Actual PGI Date to a future date and do the PGI, then the material document will be posted on the given future date, and so on Current Date (actual date when the material physically move out from the factory) we can not Update the RG1 Register. RG1 Register will be updated on the Posting Date of Material Document, so this will be an Excise Audit Issue.
Further, a report has to developed,
> It should show the list of documents posted to the 'Deferred COGS GL and not reversed yet.
> Based on the customer receipt, the reports should post an entry reversing 'Deferred COGS' GL to the regular 'COGS' GL
I am looking for the same work-around without defeating any Excise Legal norms. How do we reverse the "Deferred COGS G/L" and make the posting in actual COGS G/L, and what will be its implication on Inventory Ledger and Excise Audit?
Thanks and regards,
Amitesh Anand