Configure capitalizable work
Identify the relevant ticket projects and set rules based on ticket title, type or labels. Review which development activities should be included with your accounting team.
Business Alignment
Automate Cost Capitalization
Track capitalizable engineering work automatically, no spreadsheets, no guesswork. Ensure accurate reporting, smarter resource planning, and reliable financial data, all in one place.
Use configurable capitalization rules and reports
Identify eligible development work, review monthly FTE reports and reconcile with accounting policies.
Automated Capitalization Reporting
Skip the manual work. Waydev gives you clear visibility into development costs with exportable monthly reporting based on configurable capitalization rules. Confidently support strategic decisions with data you can trust.
Eliminate Reporting Friction
Say goodbye to time-consuming spreadsheets and compliance stress. Automate your software cost capitalization process to stay accurate, reduce manual input, and meet financial requirements effortlessly.
Optimize Resource Allocation
See exactly where your engineering time goes, and what it’s worth. Make smarter planning decisions by identifying high-impact work and aligning resources with business priorities.
How it works · Data sources · Practical limitations
How software development cost capitalization works in Waydev
The report uses user-configured rules over issue-tracking data to identify eligible tickets and summarize associated engineering effort. Finance teams can export monthly reports and review the assumptions, rather than rely on an unqualified compliance claim.
Allocate documented effort
Review contributor work and capitalized FTE or days associated with eligible tickets. Consistent issue categorization and correct contributor mappings are essential for reliable estimates.
Export, reconcile and approve
Waydev offers monthly downloadable reports and a yearly CSV export. Reconcile the reports with payroll, project documentation, accounting policies and review controls before using them in financial statements.
Example evaluation
A controller defines qualifying development-ticket labels, confirms the connected Jira projects, reviews capitalized FTE by month and exports a CSV for finance review. The final capitalization treatment remains an accounting judgment.
Interpretation and limitations: Software capitalization rules vary by accounting framework, jurisdiction, development stage and organization. Waydev supplies configurable reporting, not an automatic determination of GAAP or IFRS eligibility or an audit opinion.
Frequently asked questions
Is every software-development ticket capitalizable?
No. Eligible activities depend on your policies and applicable accounting standards. Ticket rules must be reviewed and maintained.
Can finance export historical reports?
Documentation describes monthly downloads, annual CSV export and historical report access, subject to the organization’s available data.
See Waydev in action: capitalization and allocation
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