Cost

The Cost task plan table is used to view cost data for tasks in a task plan, including baseline, actual, and remaining.

Cost Fields	Description
Actual Cost	The actual cost to complete actual work for a task (or a task plan).
Baseline Cost	The original, planned cost for a task (or a task plan).
Cost	The amount of money that is spent to produce something of value. In a task plan, a cost is the amount of money that is spent while finishing a task. For example, a resource's hourly billing rate or the cost of renting a tractor (a material resource) for a day. A cost can be associated with a task, a resource, an assignment, or a task plan.
Name	The name of a task (or a task plan).
Remaining Cost	The cost required to finish the remaining amount of work for all resources assigned to the task.