Cost Centers

Cost Centers let you break down salary expense, deductions and employer contributions per organizational unit rather than just per employee. They're optional and maintained per payroll - once a payroll uses cost centers, every employee needs one assigned, and postings then appear on the accounting posting document broken down by cost center.

Important: currently, only one cost center can be recorded per employee.

FAQ

Are cost centers required for every wage type?

No - they're an optional part of WageType-Accounting-Allocation.

Where do cost centers appear in outputs?

On the accounting posting document, alongside each booking line - see Outputs.

Is a cost center required for every employee?

Not by default - but once a payroll uses cost centers at all, every employee needs one assigned.

Can I change cost center data?

Yes (add/update/delete a lookup value).

What do I need to watch out for when deleting a cost center?

Unlike the chart of accounts, the standard product UI doesn't check whether a cost center is still referenced elsewhere before letting you delete it - check yourself first that it isn't in use, to avoid leaving a dangling reference.

Where do I assign a cost center per employee?

Via the employee's own case data (a cost-center case field on their master data), not a separate screen - that's what lets postings be broken down per employee and cost center.

API Endpoints

Maintained through the same generic lookup mechanism as other regulation-driven dropdown lists: