About Budget/EFC (PAS)

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This help article is related to the Production Accounting Suite (PAS)

In Wrapbook, production accountants and administrators can manage budgets using either the Production Accounting Suite or Cost tracking. To understand the differences, click here.

Overview

The Budget and Estimated Final Cost (EFC) features in the Production Accounting Suite (PAS) allow you to track, manage, and analyze your production's financial data in real-time.

When you use PAS, each project budget will contain a comprehensive list of anticipated costs including:

  • Worker wages and fringes

  • Rental costs

  • Location fees

  • All other expected production expenses

The EFC will automatically based on actual costs incurred during production, helping you track variances from the original budget.

Access a project’s Budget/EFC

The Production Accounting Suite (PAS) is permission based

To access PAS features in Wrapbook, your account must have one of the following roles enabled:

  • Role: Company Admin, Accountant

  • Custom role with: Accounting & Cost Tracking / Budget/EFC - Full access, View & Import, or View only

To access a project’s Budget/EFC:

  1. Make sure Production Accounting has been enabled for your company’s account

  2. In the left-side navigation, click the dropdown menu

  3. In the dropdown menu, select the project that you want to see the Budget/EFC for

  4. In the project dashboard’s Budget & EFC overview, click View budget

Dashboard overview showing onboarding status, timecards, payroll, and budget details for a project.

Select a project, and then click View budget

Budget/EFC options

With PAS, you can manage project budgets/EFC in the following ways: