Labor burden and the general ledger

When you calculate amounts for labor burden during Payroll Entry or Select for Payroll Entry, Sage 50 will create distributions to your general ledger. The two accounts that are debited and credited are specified on the Labor Burden tab in Job Defaults. The Labor Burden Cost of Sales Account will be debited for labor burden; and the Applied Labor Burden Account will be credited.

Depending on how you process labor burden for your income statement, these fields will be filled differently. Here are three examples:

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