[Koha-devel] Question RE: Purpose of 'Actual Cost' field in Acquisitions

[Rosalie Blake]

Hi everyone
Yes
"My test showed that the budgeted cost is used
if no value is in Actual Cost, but that Actual Cost is used otherwise."
That's exactly what I expect to happen, and what does happen in my library
Rosalie Blake

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Joshua Ferraro <jmf at liblime.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Chris Cormack <chris at bigballofwax.co.nz>
> wrote:
> > * Nicole Engard (nicole.engard at liblime.com) wrote:
> >> That makes sense - but it's the 'Replacement Cost' that gets
> >> subtracted from the budget ... shouldn't it then be the 'Actual Cost'
> >> that gets subtracted from the budget?
> >>
> > Hi Nicole
> >
> > Yes it should, actual cost is what the library actually paid.
> > When they order an estimated/budgeted cost is put in, which is used when
> working out how much of a budget has been committed to being spent.
> > The actual cost is what the invoice says and what they actually paid when
> the item arrives.
> > Often these are different.
> > The actual cost should be used when working out what has been spent.
> Can anyone verify that it isn't? My test showd that the budgeted cost is
> used
> if no value is in Actual Cost, but that Actual Cost is used otherwise.
> Can someone
> else verify that this works as expected?
>
> Cheers,
>
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