Why aren't burdened costs calculated based on the selected burden schedules for a sponsored project or task?

Actual cost transactions for sponsored projects use the burden schedules and burden schedule overrides that you select in the associated award. These transactions don't use the burden schedules and burden schedule overrides that you assign for a sponsored project or task.

You can select burden schedules for planning cost transactions in the planning options of the financial and project plan types. Alternatively, you can set planning options to use actual rates instead of planning rates for planning transactions, in which case, burden schedules and burden schedule overrides assigned in the associated award are also used for planning cost transactions.

If you are using planning rates for financial or project planning, you can select specific rate schedules and burden schedules for the plan type.