Write-off Costs
Use this form to write-off job costs in the event that you will not be invoicing the customer for the costs, and instead will absorb them internally.
The table on this form displays all costs for a selected job (based on filtering criteria) that have not yet been invoiced.
Any cost variances
resulting from the purchase of JC or IN lines allocated to a job will
also appear for selection.
Options Reference
Each option and field on the form is described below. Mandatory options and fields are highlighted in red.
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For fixed cost or quoted jobs, cost lines do not display as available to write-off if they are finalised. |
Job
The default value is the job that was selected when the write-off form was opened from JC Maintenance.
This field is read only.
Date
The default value is today's date. It represents the document date of the write-off transaction.
Include sub jobs
Select this option to include costs for all sub jobs attached to the selected job.
Posting Date/Period End
The posting date defaults to today's date, but you can change it. The period end date reflects the end date for the period of the posting date.
Cost line filtering criteria:
With the exception of Include zero amount, these options default to selected and the table will be pre-populated with costs for the job based on these selections. Select or deselect filters depending on the types of costs you want to display in the table. Once you have selected new criteria, click Apply to refresh data in the table.
Time/Stock/Purchases/Disbursements/Plant
Use these options as filters to determine which costs display in the table. For example, if you deselect Time, no time-based costs display in the table for selection to write-off.
Include write offs
Select this option to display costs that have been previously written off.
Include zero amt
Select this option to display zero cost lines.
Select all
Select this option to select all cost lines in the table for writing off. If this is not selected, you must click the Write Off box next to each line you want to write off.
Total Costs Written Off
This field displays the total of all cost lines selected to be written off.
This field is read only.
Details Table
This table displays all costs of the job that have not yet been invoiced. Select Write Off All Lines to select all lines for writing off, or select individual lines. Click the Save icon to save selections and process the write-off transactions.
The general ledger updates when a write-off is processed for input based, fixed charge, and schedule based job types if the JC Module Control option Use COS Journals is selected for the job type, for example:
- [Debit] - COS account specified for the JC activity code of the original cost.
- [Credit] - WIP account specified for the JC activity code of the original cost.
If the Job Cost Module Control option Use COS Journals is not selected for the job type, this journal will not be created. However, the WIP value displayed in the Job Summary totals reduces by the value of the written-off cost(s).
The Batch column updates with a batch number next to each line that is written-off when the transaction is saved.
You can access the write-off form to review costs that have been written off. You can also remove the write-off selection and reverse the transaction if you want the costs to be available again for invoicing.