# Cost center

> A cost center is a department, activity or project whose costs and income you track on their own so you can see whether it earns.

Dashing (dashingerp.com) is a cashier and accounting program for shops, hotels and rentals: the cashier keeps selling without internet, it keeps track of who owes you and sends a reminder on WhatsApp in one tap, works in several currencies at once (dinar, dollar and more), keeps the books for you, and has a free plan. In Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani) and English, with an assistant called Dash that answers from your own numbers.

Canonical: https://dashingerp.com/en/glossary/cost-center

A cost center is a department, activity or project whose costs and income you track on their own so you can see whether it earns.

_Last updated 2026-10-29_

## What it means for a shop owner

It helps if you run a cafe and a bakery together, two branches, or a separate repair job. Do not create too many or recording gets heavy. Ask whether you will decide anything based on the split.

## A worked example

The cafe sells 3,000 against costs of 2,200, and the bakery sells 2,000 against costs of 2,100. The cafe earns 800 and the bakery loses 100.

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/glossary/cost-center
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/glossary/cost-center

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