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title: "Enable Cost tracking and the Budget tracker"
slug: "enable-cost-tracking-and-the-budget-tracker"
updated: 2026-07-07T18:23:25Z
published: 2026-07-07T18:23:25Z
canonical: "help.wrapbook.com/enable-cost-tracking-and-the-budget-tracker"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Enable Cost tracking and the Budget tracker

> [!NOTE]
> Cost tracking and Budget tracker settings are permission based
> 
> To enable, your account must have one of the following [roles](/v1/docs/permissions-and-access-control) enabled:
> 
> - Role: *Company Admin, Company Manager, Project Coordinator*
> - Custom role with: *Accounting & Cost Tracking* / *Budgets (Cost Tracking)* *- Full access*

## Overview

In order to access Wrapbook’s cost tracking features, make sure the following features are enabled in the project’s settings:

- *Accounting chart (*COA*)*
- *Cost tracking*
- *Budget tracker*

## How to enable Cost tracking & Budget tracker

1. From the left-side navigation, click the dropdown menu
2. Select the name of the project that you want to enable cost tracking for
3. In the left-side navigation, click **Project settings** to reveal the *Project settings* panel
4. In the *Project settings* panel, click **Cost Tracking**
5. Click the toggles to enable *cost tracking* and the *budget tracker*
6. Click the **Save Changes** button

To learn how to set up accounting charts, see [Chart of Accounts (COA)](/v1/docs/chart-of-accounts-coa).

(Chart of Accounts)The master list of all the accounts used to track production costs, expenses, assets, liabilities, and income. These also can be referred to as Cost Accounts. In commercials, typically AICP line numbers are utilized in its stead.