About posted hour costs

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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Options for posting hour costs are set in the Project groups form.

The following table lists where posted hour costs are debited and credited in the ledger.

Option

Description

Profit and loss

Costs of hours are debited to the cost account and credited to the payroll allocation account when the journal is posted. This option is mandatory on fixed-price projects, investment projects, and cost projects. When this option is selected, revenue can be accrued on the hour transaction.

Balance

Hours are debited to the cost value account and credited to the payroll allocation account when the journal is posted. This option is available for internal projects and time and material projects.

No ledger

No posting occurs on ledger accounts when hours are posted from journals. Upon invoicing, hours are debited to the cost account and credited to the payroll allocation account. This option is available for time and material projects and internal projects.

Never ledger

No posting occurs on ledger accounts when hours are posted from journals. This option is mandatory on time projects and optional on time and material projects and internal projects. When this option is selected, revenue can be accrued on the hour transaction. Hour transactions are never posted to ledger accounts on journal posting or upon invoicing.

See also

About project costs

Configuring posting accounts

About posting setup for project transactions

About WIP cost value accounts

Project groups (form)

Post costs (form)

Hour transactions (form)