You can't.  That is how Sage is designed.  The variance amount posts to an account set in Product Line maintenance.

Thank you for your response.  How can I balance the variance in the account set in Product Line maintenance?

Thank you for your response.  How can I balance the variance in the account set in Product Line maintenance?

What do you mean by "balance"?  I'm not an accountant but it's my understanding this is usually a COGS type account.  If you still have the inventory you've maybe counted the difference early, but if the inventory is gone the variance is where it should be.

The inventory is correct. i.e. 5 cases shipped = 5 cases billed.  However 5 cases received @ $5 but 5 cases billed @ $6.  I am trying to figure out how I can adjust the $1 difference

Adjust where?  The amount should be posted to the GL as a COGS amount.

If you have the inventory on hand and want to make an inventory value adjustment, do that (IA... - old value, + new value), and a GL entry offsetting the difference between the adjustment account to the variance account... but that is not worth doing for small amounts, and impossible if the inventory is already consumed.