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A treasury which acts as a service centre which hedges operational exposures, at a cost. | 1. ''Corporate treasury organisation''. | ||
A cost centre treasury which acts as a service centre which hedges operational exposures, at a cost. | |||
This is the lowest-risk organisational response to treasury risk, compared with treasuries organised as cost saving centres or profit centres. | |||
2. ''Management accounting''. | |||
More generally, a cost centre is any part of an organisation to which costs may be charged for accounting purposes. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Absorption costing]] | |||
* [[Activity-based costing]] | |||
* [[Budget]] | |||
* [[Cost pool]] | |||
* [[Cost saving centre]] | * [[Cost saving centre]] | ||
* [[Hedging]] | |||
* [[Management accounting]] | |||
* [[Profit centre]] | * [[Profit centre]] | ||
* [[Response to risk]] | |||
* [[Treasury organisation]] | |||
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | |||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | [[Category:The_business_context]] | ||
[[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:28, 19 January 2022
1. Corporate treasury organisation.
A cost centre treasury which acts as a service centre which hedges operational exposures, at a cost.
This is the lowest-risk organisational response to treasury risk, compared with treasuries organised as cost saving centres or profit centres.
2. Management accounting.
More generally, a cost centre is any part of an organisation to which costs may be charged for accounting purposes.
