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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Example of price difference and booking variance</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Price difference</Level1>
			<Level2>example</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Booking variance</Level1>
			<Level2>example</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Booking difference</Level1>
			<Level2>example</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Your company needs to purchase some mouse pads for the computers it manufactures. You create a purchase with the following details:</Paragraph>
		<TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TH colspan="2">Order:</TH>
				</TR>
				<TR><TH>Quantity:</TH>
					<TD>10 mouse pads</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TH>Price per unit:</TH>
					<TD align="right">USD 10</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TH>Order amount:</TH>
					<TD align="right">USD 100</TD>
				</TR>
			</TBODY>
		</TABLE>
		<Paragraph>You receive the goods and the invoice from your business partner with the following details:.</Paragraph>
		<TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TH colspan="2">Invoice:</TH>
				</TR>
				<TR><TH>Quantity:</TH>
					<TD>10 mouse pads</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TH>Price per unit:</TH>
					<TD align="right">USD 11</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TH>Freight costs:</TH>
					<TD align="right">USD 20</TD>
				</TR>
				<TR><TH>Total invoice amount:</TH>
					<TD align="right">USD 130</TD>
				</TR>
			</TBODY>
		</TABLE>
		<Paragraph>There is a difference of USD 30 between the order amount and the invoice amount.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000024" role="glossary">price difference</Link> is the difference between 10 mouse pads costing USD 10 and 10 mouse pads costing USD 11. The total price difference for this invoice is USD 10.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The remaining difference is called a <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000025" role="glossary">booking variance</Link>. Booking variances can be different kinds of costs the business partner charges, such as freight costs, insurance costs and so on. The booking variance for this invoice is USD 20.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000104" role="manual">To process purchase invoices</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000106" role="manual">Extensive Purchase Invoice Matching</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000011" role="manual">To define tolerated price differences</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
