## TL;DR

Goods received before month-end without an invoice still belong in the period's expenses. Accrue them: list open receipts without matched invoices, estimate from PO prices, post the accrual, and reverse it when the invoice arrives. This keeps the close accurate without waiting for vendors to bill.

## Steps

1. List goods receipts in the period without matched invoices.
   Expected: The accrual population.
2. Value each at PO price (or estimate).
   Expected: Accrual amounts.
3. Post accrual journals dated to the period.
   Expected: Complete period expenses.
4. Reverse automatically when invoices post.
   Expected: No double counting.
5. Review unreversed accruals aging.
   Expected: Stale accruals get investigated.

## When to use

- Month-end close
- Uninvoiced receipts
- Period accuracy

## When not to use

- Invoice matching
- Payment runs
- Service accruals (different estimates)

## Compatibility

ERP-agnostic; often automated in SAP, Oracle, NetSuite.

## Variant phrasings

### GRNI accrual

### goods received not invoiced

### month-end AP accrual

## Root cause

Matching principle: expenses belong in the period the goods arrived, not when the vendor gets around to billing. Accruals bridge the timing gap.

## Edge cases

- Estimates need true-up when the invoice arrives; track variances
- Old unreversed accruals indicate missing invoices; follow up
- Partial receipts accrue partially

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_nVAwWTdADlPmI5OEsor7_Q

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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