Cost accounting

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Microsoft Dynamics AX 4

Cost accounting

Cost accounting is based on absorption cost accounting. You can redirect the costs of overheads and indirect costs to the entities that you set up as cost categories and to the dimensions that you define for use within cost accounting.

When you set up the cost categories, you can activate a link to the ledger accounts, so that a copy of posted ledger transactions automatically appears in the appropriate cost category. You can then redistribute the costs among other cost categories and dimensions and analyze the cost structure of your business.

You can learn more about these and other features of cost accounting by consulting the following collections of procedural and conceptual topics.

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For information about a cost accounting form, open a form and press F1.

Topic	Description
Setting up cost accounting	Provides links to topics about setting up cost accounting.
Cost categories	Provides links to topics about cost categories.
Dimensions in cost accounting	Provides links to topics about dimensions in cost accounting.
Journals and posting in cost accounting	Provides links to topics about journals and posting in cost accounting.
Structures	Provides links to topics about structures in cost accounting.
Expense distribution sheet	Provides links to topics about the expense distribution sheet in cost accounting.
Calculations, allocations, and distributions	Provides links to topics about calculations, allocations, and distributions in cost accounting.
Budgeting in cost accounting	Provides links to topics about budgeting in cost accounting.
Periodic activities in cost accounting	Provides links to topics about periodic activities in cost accounting.