Finance and margin — FAQs
Answers on how RebateLedger fits your finance stack — GL posting, revenue, cost, net and net-net margin, planning, and the reports it does provide.
These come up a lot when finance teams first meet RebateLedger, because it sits next to the accounting system without being one. The short version: RebateLedger determines the rebate and claims numbers precisely, and hands them to the systems that own revenue, cost, margin and the ledger.
The one-line model
RebateLedger is your rebate sub-ledger — it owns the determination of accruals, claims and settlements. Your ERP and BI own revenue, cost, margin and the general ledger. For how that works in practice, see RebateLedger and your finance numbers and pull your finance registers.
Frequently asked
Does RebateLedger post to my general ledger?
No. RebateLedger produces register detail with GL-code metadata, but it has no ledger module and doesn't write into your accounting system. You post the entries in your own ERP, against your chart of accounts.
Does RebateLedger track revenue?
No. RebateLedger tracks rebate accruals, claims and settlements — not sales revenue. Your transactions carry a net value, but there's no revenue figure that RebateLedger reports as such.
Does RebateLedger track cost or cost of goods?
Not in general. There's a cost input on specific claims like stock protection, but RebateLedger doesn't hold a cost of goods figure on your transactions, so it can't do cost-based analysis.
Does RebateLedger calculate net margin or net-net margin?
No. RebateLedger determines the rebate and trade-spend layer that feeds net-net margin, but the margin itself is computed in your BI or ERP, where your sales and cost data live.
Does RebateLedger do planning, budgeting or forecasting?
No. It's actuals-based. You can set per-counterparty targets, and the commercial reports show a straight-line run-rate projection, but there's no budget, plan-versus-actual or forecasting engine.
Then what does "margin leakage" mean in the Smart tools?
It refers to rebate cash you've earned but not yet claimed or collected — money left on the table — not profit margin. It's a cash-recovery signal, not a gross-to-net margin figure.
What finance reports does RebateLedger actually provide?
The accrual, settlement, open-accruals and write-off registers, plus agreement-performance and counterparty-scorecard reports. Together they cover the rebate sub-ledger and commercial review.
Still stuck?
Book a demo and we'll walk through it on your own data — or just talk to us.