Chargeback

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What is Chargeback?

Chargeback actually bills business units for the IT cost they consume through internal charge entries, unlike showback, which is informational only.

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It requires agreed allocation rules, reliable data (allocations, actual time), and an accounting process. It is more binding than showback.

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