{"id":1296,"date":"2020-08-08T19:18:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T19:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clubtreasurer.com\/blog\/?page_id=1296"},"modified":"2025-09-09T12:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:43:55","slug":"managing-cost-codes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clubtreasurer.com\/blog\/managing-cost-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Cost Codes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editing the Cost Code Structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>Setup&gt;Cost Code<\/strong> page you are able to append and modify your Cost Code Structure to best reflect your organisation&#8217;s activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You can make the following changes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rename <\/strong>Parent Codes and Cost Codes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Renumber <\/strong>Parents and Cost Codes (ie. change display\/report order)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add <\/strong>new Parent Codes* and Cost Codes* <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Re-Parent<\/strong> Cost Codes* (move them to a different position in the hierarchy &#8211; only if they have no transactions recorded in prior-years)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Delete <\/strong>Parent Codes* (only if they have no &#8220;child&#8221; Cost Codes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Delete <\/strong>Cost Codes* (only if they have no transactions recorded against them<strong>)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"#CC_Date_Range\">Change Cost Code Effective Date Range<\/a><\/strong>*<strong> <\/strong>for Cost Codes (allows you to create different structures across financial years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em>Premium Accounts only<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CC_Date_Range\">Cost Code Effective Date Range<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost Codes can have optional effective <strong>Date From<\/strong> and <strong>Date To<\/strong> values which you can use to control which Cost Codes can be selected when creating new Receipt and Payment transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you enter a Receipt or Payment transaction it will only allow you to select Cost Codes whose date range covers the Transaction Date.<em> For example, your Receipt Transaction Date is \u201c1-Jan-2019\u201d. 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