Burdens (AC/BR/GM)

Burdens are transactions that are created automatically to capture overhead, fringe benefits, or other indirect costs associated with cost transactions you post in Project Accounting. Burdens provide a more accurate reflection of actual business costs for a given activity.

Burdens are calculated during Activity Posting (AC190). When you run Activity Posting (AC190), the system determines which transactions in the batch are eligible for burdens. Burdens are calculated according to burden parameters you define, and a new burden transaction is created for each eligible cost transaction. This diagram shows how burdens are calculated during activity posting using source transactions and burden setup parameters: