Balances Between Cost Type, Cost Centre, and Cost Object

When you set up cost accounting, you must make sure that all entries are assigned to a cost type as well as a cost centre or a cost object. The means that each cost entry must have a cost type assigned and a cost centre code or a cost object assigned. This rule ensures that each cost entry appears in either the cost centres or the cost objects, but never in both places.

By doing this, you create the following accounting equation:

Cost Type Balance = Cost Centre Balance + Cost Object Balance

When you print the chart of cost type, the chart of cost centres, and the chart of cost objects reports, you can analyse this relationship.

See Also

Accounting for Costs
Setting Up Cost Accounting
Terminology in Cost Accounting
About Cost Accounting
Creating Cost Budgets
Working with Dynamics NAV



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