Schedule and reconcile deferred expense allocation

Procedure

1. Create an expense item with deferred-expense allocation and choose its allocation rule.
2. In the rule, select by months, calendar days or manual schedule; define the start, duration, target expense item and department.
3. Record the source expense under the intended company, business unit/direction and analytic reference.
4. Open Deferred expense allocation and select the amounts awaiting allocation and select the month/company/department.
5. Choose the allocation action and review any existing allocation document before updating it. Check the schedule, amount and receiving department.
6. Save the supported allocation document, run the applicable closing operation and inspect the deferred-expense analysis or expense card.
7. Reconcile source amount = recognized to date + remaining deferred amount; verify period/date and currency before another allocation.

See also: Create expense items and record a classified expense, Run preliminary and final cost calculation and investigate errors.