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title: "What are Cost Centers?"
description: "A Cost Centre is a department or a unit which controls, allocates, segregates, and eliminates all sorts of the cost related to a company. The main use of a Cost Center is to check and track the cost of an organization and to limit the unwanted expenditure the company may acquire."
url: https://helpdesk.aanyahr.com/tl/articles/126-what-are-cost-centers
collection: "Payroll"
updated: 2024-04-18
language: tl
alternates: [en]
---

# What are Cost Centers?

A Cost Centre is a department or a unit which controls, allocates, segregates, and eliminates all sorts of the cost related to a company. The main use of a Cost Center is to check and track the cost of an organization and to limit the unwanted expenditure the company may acquire.

How to view the Cost Center

1.  Go to **AanyaHR** and log in to your account.
    
2.  Go to **Admin** > **Dropdown Settings**
    
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3.  Select the **Cost Center** in the Dropdown Settings List and click the **Search button** to view the Cost Center.
    
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