A Chart of Accounts is more than a list of General Ledger Accounts. A functing Chart of Accounts is:
(1) the center of the financial record keeping process
(2) a 'posting map' for recording financial transactions
(3) the outline for financial reports
Developed correctly, the Chart of Accounts will clearly communicate financially significant information; information that informs owners and managers about the financial condition of their venture and that assist them in making prudent, accurate, proactive business decisions.
A functional Chart of Accounts has three characteristics:
The point here is, 'don't just list expenses' think through the financial significances of each GL Account.'
The purpose of the chart of accounts is so that the correct account is used within the accounting system of a business. Certain businesses may have different names for cash, capital, and other accounts.
Generally the answer to this question is no, a chart of accounts does not have to be set up for every financial cycle, usually the chart of accounts is set up in the beginning of the business, when the business is first created, it is updated periodically too allow for new accounts to be added to the chart, but it is not set up each cycle from scratch.
Classification in terms of accounting is when the company accounts are determined for the chart of accounts. This classification helps the accounting department to allocate costs, expenses, and revenue to the correct accounts within the accounting system to appropriately track them.
A chart of accounts provides a listing
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A chart of accounts provides a listing of all financial accounts used by particular business, organization, or government agency. The system of recording, verifying, and reporting such information is called accounting
accounts payable, accounts receivable and taxes.
Traditional and Modern Accounting ProceduresBefore starting to record business transactions, Accountants have to decide what accounts to maintain and also specify the rules on how to allocate transactions to particular accounts. A Chart of Accounts and an Accounting Manual are the typical accountancy documents that are created to achieve these ends. The recording of day-to-day transactions into books of account is known as book-keeping. Book-keepers refer to the chart of accounts and accounting manual when necessary and allocate business transactions to the correct accounts.The graphic to the right looks at traditional and modern book-keeping practices (click on the graphic to enlarge it for readability). In traditional, paper-based systems, book-keeping typically involved:
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Statuatory Account are custom defined for a particular company if it is following its own accounting principles or a separate ledgers for its accounts then statuatory accounts will come in place where is regulatory accounts are regular accounts which is called as General Chart of Accounts which is already defined.