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Processing Costs
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Objectives
After completing this topic you should be able to do
the following:
List the costing processes and know when to run
them
List the reports available for viewing costing
results
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Overview: Costing and the Payroll Process
Payroll
Calculations
Time
Capture
Data Input Prepayments
Adjustments Disbursement GL Costing
Salary
Management
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Typical Costing Issues?
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Typical Costing Issues
What if the accounting
period ends before the
current payroll
period?
Can I check cost
allocations before I
run the Costing
process?
What if I want to use
subledgers for greater
costing precision?
How can I be sure
that my journal
entries are up-to-
date?
Can I make late
changes?
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Costing Solutions
Issue? Solution
Accounting period ends
earlier than payroll
period?
Run Partial Period
Accruals
Check that cost
allocations are correct?
Preview Cost Allocations
Use subledgers for
costing precision?
Transfer to SLA rather
than GL
Make late changes? RetroCosting
Ensure that journal
entries are up-to-date?
Run Costing of
Payments process
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Costing Processes in Oracle Payroll
Run the Costing process to accumulate payroll
results to the allocated cost codes.
Run the Partial Period Accrual Calculation process
if you need to incorporate outstanding costs.
Run the Transfer to GL process if you also have
Oracle General Ledger:
Results are transferred to the GL interface tables
ready for posting to Oracle GL.
Results include payroll action ID to enable
investigation of journal entry costs.
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View Costing Results
View the results of the Costing process calculations.
Use the Cost Breakdown Report for Costing Run
to show results for a specific costing process
Use the Cost Breakdown Report for Date Range to
show results for specific set of data
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Partial Period Accruals
Accounting Period
Current Payroll Period
Run the Partial Period Accrual
process, and the Transfer to GL
process
Estimate the costs for this
part of the payroll period
Then, run the Transfer to GL
process again when your actual
costs become available
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Previewing Cost Allocations
Prior to running the Costing process, preview your
cost allocations to:
Assess cost allocation combinations
See a graphical display of your costing allocations
Ensure cost combinations are valid
Correct any errors so that the Costing process
runs smoothly and efficiently
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Subledger Accounting: Terminology
R11i Terminology R12 Terminology
Set of Books, SOB Ledger
Functional currency,
base currency, set of
books currency
Ledger currency
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Subledger Accounting
GL Costing
SLA Costing
You run the Transfer
to GL process
You run the
transfer to SLA
process
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The RetroCosting Process
Run the RetroCosting process to ensure your
costing information is correct if:
You incorrectly entered the original costing code
You need to capture late changes to costing codes
RetroCosting automates costing corrections:
Recalculates costing information
Identifies discrepancies with existing costing
records
Posts new and reversal entries to costing tables
Transfer costs to GL as normal once you have run
the above process.

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Costing of Payments: Overview
Payroll Cycle Reconciliation Cycle
Completion of journal
entries for cleared and
un-cleared payments
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Costing of Payments: Two Approaches
Payroll Cycle Reconciliation Cycle
Either, cost un-cleared payments during the
payroll cycle, and then cost cleared payments
during the reconciliation cycle
Or, on completion of the
reconciliation cycle, cost
cleared and un-cleared
payments in a single
operation
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Costing of Payments: Viewing Results
Payroll Process
Results window
Assignment Process
Results window
Costing Breakdown window
Costing window
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Summary
In this topic you should have learned how to:
List the costing processes and know when to run
them
List the reports available for viewing costing
results