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Profit Center, Cost Center

Profit Center, Cost Center

Let's explore the main differences between profit centers and cost centers.

Budgets

Profit center “budgets” are “revenue budgets,” meaning they are on the hook to make a certain amount according to that year’s plan. Profit centers think about growth and what could go right.

Cost center budgets are what we normal human beings call budgets- an amount of money set aside that you are cleared to spend. Cost centers think about efficiency and what could ...