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GL Allocations

Once you have created debit rules, you can define the GL allocations that determine how consumer departments are charged for costs. A GL allocation is composed of a full GL account and a set of allocation rules. The rules represent the percentage of the allocated cost for a specified time period. A full GL account is a combination of the natural GL account and department.

For each GL allocation, you can evenly distribute chargeback percentages across all fiscal time periods, or specify different percentages for each time period. For example, if your company sets up its fiscal time period on a quarterly basis, you can specify 100 percent allocation for the first quarter. You can then specify 50 percent in the remaining quarters. The remaining costs for the last three quarters can be charged to another department or to overhead.