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# Use business services with expenses

# Use business services with expenses {#ariaid-title1}

* Versão de lançamento: Australia
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* Atualizado 12 de mar. de 2026
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Manage the relationships between business services and their expenses with allocation units and cost centers.
* **[Define a cost center](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/eLTDEK2r2fuukM6__ZiDFA)**   
  Cost centers are a commonly used reference between financial systems and IT. Cost center records represent business entities, and have a related list of CI Cost Center Relationships that measure the cost center's consumption of business services.
* **[Default allocation rule](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/OjwoGUb_sXp9j6LbkLRyDg)**   
  For every expense line generated for a business service, the default allocation rule Process Svc-CC Relationships will attempt to process the expense and create allocations for each cost center that is consuming the service.
* **[Define an allocation unit](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/5B1TGkwWqg12KP5mFcWCJQ)**   
  Allocation unit records define the capacity and usage of a business service.