About job costs

Job costs provide detailed information about costs, giving you the means to track the costs of a project using cost codes and cost types. This functionality provides you with another way to analyze costs and refine the estimating or budgeting process.

When you post a transaction to the Direct Expense or WIP range of accounts, Sage 100 Contractor prompts you to create a job cost record in the Job Cost Distribution window. Job cost records are maintained in a separate database from the accounting data, and therefore do not impact the general ledger.

If you have turned on WIP Verification for job costs, and are posting job costs to a job that is marked for WIP Posting, you will not be allowed to post to a direct expense account. A message will display: WIP Posting is not = to job costs. You must correct your posting before you will be allowed to save.
If you have turned on WIP Verification for job costs, and are posting job costs to a WIP (Asset) ledger account for a job that is not marked for WIP Posting, a message will display: WIP Posting is not = to job costs. You must correct your posting before you will be allowed to save.
If a text box is shaded, you cannot directly edit the data; you can only change it through an accounting entry.