> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.tradeqloud.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.tradeqloud.com/qloud-margin-control/using-qmc/examples/sales-costs/sales-costs-billing-and-variance-management.md).

# Sales Costs Billing & Variance Management

How Sales Cost purchase orders are billed, and how variances between budgeted and actual sales costs are handled.

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## Billing a Sales Cost Purchase Order / Variance Management <a href="#billing-a-sales-cost-purchase-order-variance-management" id="billing-a-sales-cost-purchase-order-variance-management"></a>

When Sales Cost Purchases Orders are billed, if any variances are identified, and the Sales Cost Budget has 'Automatically Process Sales Cost Variance' set to TRUE, the application will automatically create a Journal for the variance.

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