Burden Codes (AC60.1)

Process at a Glance

1. Define burden codes on this form

2. Assign burden codes to an activity group or posting activity on Account Category Burden Assignment (AC61.1)

3. Define burden eligibility criteria on Pool Driver Values (AC62.1)

4. Define burden rates on Burden Pool Rates (AC63.1)

More Information

Burden codes, burden pools, and burden assignments are used during Activity Posting (AC190) to calculate and create burden transactions for eligible activity transactions. For example, a labor cost transaction may generate two burden transaction--one for fringe and one for G&A overhead.

Each burden code includes:

• the account category to which the burden transaction should be posted
• the driver type to determine what transaction data triggers the burden transaction
• the order in which the burden should be calculated (with respect to other burden codes)
• information about whether the burden should post to General Ledger

You can associate burdens with multiple transaction types in the Driver Type field. You can select from Company and Work Accounting Unit, Company and Home Accounting Unit, Activity Company Accounting Unit, Activity, Account Category, Job Code, Salary Class, or Employee. Note that the following driver types can only be used with employee resource transactions:

• Company and Home Accounting Unit
• Job Code
• Salary Class
• Employee

Burden codes are identified by defining rules. These rules include step, post to account category, and driver.