Crop/Job Cost transactions

	There  are four types of transactions: expense (costs), balance  forward, 
	estimate,  and income. Balance forward and estimate  transactions 
	cannot  be  entered  anywhere else  other  than  this  operation. 
	Expense  and  income  transactions  may  be  entered  from  other 
	applications (GL, AP, PR).

			Expenses 

	For  each  Expense transaction the user is prompted  for  the 
	crop/job  number,  the  cost code to use, the  date,  the  source  or 
	description of the expense, the invoice or reference number,  the 
	quantity used, and the amount of the expense.

			Balance Forwards

	Each   cost  code  in  a  crop/job  may  have  one  balance   forward 
	transaction.  Usually these are entered only when setting  up  an 
	existing crop/job while first installing the Crop/Job Cost system. The 
	total quantity used and total amount of expenses to date would be 
	entered.  If  necessary to correct an existing  balance  forward, 
	simply enter the correct amount.

	When performing File Maintenance on the transaction file 
	(File | File Maintenance| Transaction file Rebuild/purge) an option 
	may be taken for summarizing all expense transaction detail thru a 
	specified date for each  cost  code  into its  Balance Forward transaction.
	If the Balance Forward transaction  does  not exist,  one will be created. 
	Detail transactions within the summarization period are removed 
	and their file space is made available for re-use.
	Any  crop/job with a status of N (No  Balance  Forward) are skipped 
	during this summarization process , and will retain all detail.

			Estimates

	One  Estimate transaction may be entered for each cost code.  The 
	quantity and amount estimated (or budgeted) for the completion of 
	the crop/job is entered. This is added to the Estimate amount in  the 
	master record.

	A  Crop/Job Cost report will show comparison of accrued  expenses  to 
	the  estimate  for  each cost code, if an  estimate  is  present. 
	Income amounts may be compared to estimates if desired.
	Cost  tracking and accrual will function  properly  without 
	estimates being entered.

			Income

	An Income transaction provides tracking and comparison to  either 
	accrued  expenses or estimates. Multiple Income transactions  may 
	be entered for any cost code in the crop/job.

	For  each transaction the operator must enter the date billed  or 
	received, a reference number and the amount billed or received