Charging Usage to FA Components

We are a construction company that has a number of tractor-trailer rigs where we would like to have revenue credited to the trailer (a component of the tractor) automatically at the same number of usage units (i.e. hours) as the parent tractor. Any help would be appreciated.

Without having more details it's difficult to give a detailed answer but have you looked at allocations on G0923 ?

How are you currently bringing revenue to account for the
tractor-trailer rigs, JDE Equipment Billing or just journal entries?



Is any given trailer always used in conjunction with the same tractor
("parent tractor") or are trailers swapped around tractors as required?



Is the revenue split between tractor and trailer always the same ratio
or does it vary according the particular tractor-trailer combination
used? (e.g. bigger, newer tractors have higher rate, specialised
trailers have different rates etc).



Do you actually invoice the customer for the use of the tractor-trailer,
or, do you charge the usage against a job using an internal rate, then
invoice the job to the end customer according to the contract terms for
the job?



There are a couple of possible solutions but their suitability depends
on what you do and what you want to achieve.



You can contact me "off list" if you wish.

Re: RE: Charging Usage to FA Components

Thank you for replying to my post. We are using JDE Payroll to key time (hours) into JDE Equipment Billing. Currently, the payroll personnel are keying hours for both the tractor and trailer separately.

Unfortunately they move trailers from tractor to tractor. They are fairly static, but I need to account for swappings that do occur.

We charge separate rental rates in Equipment Billing for each tractor and trailer. They are similar, but alas, there are differences based on size and type.

We charge the usage against a job using an internal rate generated from Equipment Rental Rates table. We then invoice the customer for completed work on a percent complete basis...we rarely bill using the time and material method.

I sure appreciate your response and help.

Mark Captino
Construction Partners, Inc.
334-673-9763