Overhead Rate Maintenance - Fields

 

Overhead Rate Maintenance

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Job Type

Enter the job type associated with the overhead rate to add or maintain, or click the Lookup button to list all job types.

 

Cost Type

Select the cost type associated with the overhead rate to add or maintain. The overhead rate defined will be applied to the cost type selected here. The selection in this field represents the cost type on which you are calculating overhead.

 

Overhead Cost Code

Enter the cost code to be used to post the overhead amount calculated for the job type and cost type, or enter asterisks (*) to designate "masking" to be performed on the source cost code to determine the overhead cost code to be used. Click the Lookup button to list all cost codes.

Any asterisks entered in this field will be substituted with the character or number from the cost code associated with the original cost.

Expand/Collapse item Example - Using asterisks (*)

If you enter ***-***-990, the overhead associated with cost code 100-020-001 will be posted to 100-020-990.

 

Overhead Cost Type

Select the cost type to be used to post the overhead amount. The cost types activated for the overhead cost code appear in the drop-down list box in this field. The selection in this field represents the cost type to which you are posting overhead.

 

Overhead Rate

Type the percentage rate to use to calculate overhead.

 

Overhead Debit Account

Enter the general ledger overhead debit account number to post debit amounts for the calculated overhead, or click the Lookup button to list all general ledger accounts.

If the account number is longer than the field, use the left and right arrow keys to view the entire account number.

Accounts can be created in this field if the appropriate settings are defined in the Auto Create when all Segments are Valid field in the General Ledger Options window. For more information, see General Ledger Options.

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146-00-00 Work in Process – Overhead

 

Overhead Credit Account

Enter the general ledger overhead credit account number to post credit amounts for the calculated overhead, or click the Lookup button to list all general ledger accounts.

If the account number is longer than the field, use the left and right arrow keys to view the entire account number.

Accounts can be created in this field if the appropriate settings are defined in the Auto Create when all Segments are Valid field in the General Ledger Options window. For more information, see General Ledger Options.

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715-00-00 Applied Overhead