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When to change the Balance Date if I use an older Cost Date?

Written by Tom Berrett

Updated at July 17th, 2025

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When to change the Balance Date if I use an older Cost Date?

When to change the Balance Date if I use an older Cost Date?

  1. Change the Balance Date if you are looking to evaluate the effect of some specific process change or investment that happened since, or to included mills that were closed since.
  2. Keep the latest available Balance Date if you want to compare the latest operational setup with different unit costs, then it best to keep balance date consistent at the latest available and only change cost date. 
     
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