Cost Codes

Updated June 23, 2022

Cost Codes standardize entries related to cost issues for a specific job and operation. Cost Codes allow an employee to enter a transaction (Labor or Material) against a job and to indicate whether the customer should be charged or not, and at what level.

 

For example, a labor or material transaction might be related to a House Error that should not be charged to the customer. Or, an overtime labor transaction might be an Authors Alteration that should be charged, and at a premium rate.

 

To setup and maintain Cost Codes, select menu option Job Costing/Maintenance/Cost Codes.

 

 

The system will display the Cost Codes screen where the user can Add, Edit or Delete Cost Codes.

 

Cost Codes Screen

 

Add or Edit a Cost Code

 

 

 

Cost Code : A unique alphanumeric code that will be used to sort the codes in the data grid.

Description : Text that describes to the user how the process will be charged.

 

There a 2 levels that can be assigned to a Cost Code allowing the user a great degree of flexibility as to how the cost will be assigned to a Job.

 

Cost Code Type

Cost Code Type	Result
Normal	Charged based on Payroll Type to the Job.
Author's Alteration	Charged based on Payroll Type to the Job..
House Error	Not Charged to the Job.

 

Payroll Type

Payroll Type	Result
Normal	Charged at AIl Inclusive Rate to the Job.
Overtime	All Inclusive Rate + (the difference between the Normal Wage and Overtime Wage rates as defined for the employee in Standards).
Double-time	All Inclusive Rate + (the difference between the Normal Wage and Double-time Wage rate as defined for the employee in Standards).

 

 

NOTE: An option may be set in System Settings that will require a Cost Code for ALL Data Collection entries.