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Accounting for Costs Overview |
Cost accounting helps you understand the costs of running a business. This article provides links to other articles with more information. |
brentholtorf |
conceptual |
al |
1123 |
04/01/2021 |
bholtorf |
dynamics-365-business-central |
bholtorf |
Cost accounting is used to help you understand the costs of running a business. To get started with cost accounting, see the following topics.
| To | See |
|---|---|
| Understand the terminology that is used in cost accounting. | Terminology in Cost Accounting |
| Get an overall understanding of cost accounting. | About Cost Accounting |
| Configure the cost accounting system. | Setting Up Cost Accounting |
| Transfer general ledger entries to cost entries. | Transferring and Posting Cost Entries |
| Allocate costs. | Defining and Allocating Costs |
| Learn the processes in creating cost budgets. | Creating Cost Budgets |
| Cancel cost budget entries from the cost budget register. | Deleting Cost Budget Entries |
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