The Allocate Cost Per Period is used for periodical allocation of the costs of a finally posted invoice. Allocation is used for distributing costs, such as renting costs that are divided among several periods. The allocation takes place in Accounting Rules/Voucher/Manual Voucher/Voucher/View Voucher Rows tab through the Period Allocation operation.
The invoice must be finally posted. The operation can only be carried out if the voucher is not yet updated to the General Ledger.
The system effects of this activity occur when updating to the General Ledger. The updating routine creates a voucher for each period, with the voucher belonging to function group X. The posting type GP2 (Accrued Costs) controls the account to be used as a contra account.