Shared costs have to land somewhere, and choosing where is a business call. FINK applies the rule you choose the same way every period and shows its working.
- Your drivers. Allocate on headcount, area, revenue or whatever basis your business has agreed.
- Multi-step allocations. A cost can be spread once and then spread again.
- Written down once. The rule runs itself each period. Nobody has to remember how last year’s allocation was done.
- A basis you can defend. Every allocated figure shows the rule behind it, so a number nobody could explain now has a stated reason.
Allocating shared costs is one of the bigger jobs in a monthly pack. The effort table on the FINK page shows how much of it comes off.
Questions
Commonly asked
Who decides the allocation basis?
You do. Where a shared cost lands is a business decision. FINK holds it as a rule you set and applies it.
Does an allocation change our books?
No. FINK only reads your ledgers. It never posts an entry.
FINK is offered by Ananta Technology Services LLP.