Allocation tab

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The Allocation tab of a landed costs document contains details of landed costs' allocation between the purchased products.

The allocation details are used for calculating the total cost of each product.

To learn about the Allocation tab fields, see the following table.

All amounts and prices below are in document's currency (specified in the Document field of the Prices and currency settings of the document).

Field	Description
Purchase document	The document that records the product purchase. One of the following: Supplier invoice Expense claim
Product	Name of a purchased product. The product list is based on the Products catalog.
Variant	A product characteristic. For example, color or size. The variant list is based on the Product variants catalog. The field is only available if accounting by variants is enabled (in Settings > Purchases/Warehouse, the Inventory accounting by variants checkbox is selected).
Batch	A product's batch description. It is used for tracking the product by batch. The batch list is based on the Batches catalog. The field is only available if accounting by batches is enabled (in Settings > Purchases/Warehouse, the Inventory accounting by batches checkbox is selected).
Quantity	Quantity of product units purchased.
Unit	Unit of measure for a product.
Price	Sale price per product unit, in document's currency. It includes VAT if the Tax-inclusive prices checkbox is selected in the Prices and currency settings of the document.
Amount	The payment amount, in document's currency. The amount includes discount (if any). It also includes VAT if the Tax-inclusive prices checkbox is selected in the Prices and currency settings of the document.
Tax	The VAT rate and amount, in document's currency. This field is only available if the company’s accounting policy states that the company is registered for VAT (the Registered for VAT checkbox is selected on the Finance tab).
Total	The payment amount after VAT, in document's currency.
Warehouse	Warehouse where the purchased product is received.
Purchase order	A purchase order for the product. It is used for analysis of income and expenses.
Sales order	A sales order for the product. It is used for analysis of income and expenses.
Coefficient	Landed cost allocation coefficient for the product. Landed costs are allocated between products in proportion to their Coefficients. For example, if total landed cost for three products is 100 EUR and you fill in Coefficient for these products as 1, 2, and 2, then portions of the landed cost allocated to the products will be 20, 40, and 40 EUR respectively.
Allocated amount	Portion of the landed cost allocated to the product, in document's currency. The product's cost increases by this amount.
GL accounts	GL account for recording the product costs. The list of GL accounts is based on the Primary chart of accounts. This field is only available if the default accounting is applied (Use default type of accounting is selected in Settings > Company).

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