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I'm trying find why I am having an indirect cost % calculating.

I have checked the Item Card, and there is no set indirect cost % or special cost pricing setup. There are no line discount % or dollar amounts assigned to the line. There is no overall invoice discount set on the order. The vendor card does not have any discount or special pricing setups.

When I change the Unit Cost to match the Direct Unit Cost Excl. Tax, it auto-calculates an Indirect Cost %. As soon as I change the Indirect Cost % to zero, it changes the Unit Cost back to 663.00.

The outstanding order total does not match the purchase order total, and when I run a post preview, the amount that is posting to the A/P account is the outstanding order total.

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Paolo Cecchelli 612 on at

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Hi, if this is Business Central you would want to move this post to the right forum (Small and medium business) so that it gets more visibility from experts. The forum is "Small and medium business"

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Thank you. I've moved to the correct forum.

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YUN ZHU 99,434 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi, hope the following can give you some hints.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/finance-about-calculating-standard-cost?wt.mc_id=DX-MVP-5004336#material-costs

https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/post/?postid=ade22232-46e6-ee11-a73e-0022485061ec

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OussamaSabbouh 13,532 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello ,

BC is just enforcing its cost formula: on purchase lines Unit Cost isn’t independent—it’s calculated from Direct Unit Cost using Indirect Cost % (and possibly Overhead Rate), so when you force Unit Cost to equal Direct Unit Cost, BC back-calculates an Indirect Cost % to make the equation balance; when you zero Indirect Cost %, BC recalculates Unit Cost back to the “correct” value again, which is why your totals/post preview follow the “outstanding orders” calculation rather than the number you’re trying to key in.

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Oussama Sabbouh

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Dhiren Nagar 2,898 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

This is quite weird to see. Do you have any customization around Calculation of Unit Cost ?

A Line Discount, Indirect Cost % or Taxes may impact this behavior. Also is this document partially posted? If it is partially posted then it may be posting the remaining amount.

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@OussamaSabbouh there is no Indirect Cost % or Overhead rate that is being used on the Vendor Card, Item Card or Set-ups that I can find.

@Dhiren Nagar I can not find any customizations anywhere. This document has not has not been posted yet.

I ended up creating a new purchase order using the same information and everything worked as expected. I appreciate your thoughts on the source as this is not the first document that I've had to re-create due to the same reason.

Thanks,

Marlana

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Dhiren Nagar 2,898 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @CU26022301-0,

If this is recurring issue, I would ask to raise a Support request with Microsoft.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/administration/raise-support-case

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