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A chart of accounts (COA) is a list of financial accounts and reference numbers, grouped into categories, such as assets, liabilities, equity, revenue and expenses, and used for recording transactions in the organization's general ledger.
Management accounting principles (MAP) were developed to serve the core needs of internal management to improve decision support objectives, internal business processes, resource application, customer value, and capacity utilization needed to achieve corporate goals in an optimal manner.
The chart is the general guideline and every user can make any amendments and personally created accounts. The governments authorities accounting led by the Swedish National Financial Management Authority [2] and the communes led by Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions [3] [4] have special versions with adding special accounts for their purpose.
COB – Close of Business; COC – Cost of Credit [2] or Cost of Capital [3] COD – Cost of Debt [4] or Cash on Delivery; COE – Center of Excellence or Cost of Equity [5] COGS – Cost of Goods Sold; Corp. – Corporation; COO – Chief Operating Officer; CPA – Certified Public Accountant; CPI – Consumer Price Index
[10] [5] The accounting equation is the mathematical structure of the balance sheet. Although a general ledger appears to be fairly simple, in large or complex organizations or organizations with various subsidiaries, the general ledger can grow to be quite large and take several hours or days to audit or balance.
Management accounting is an applied discipline used in various industries. The specific functions and principles followed can vary based on the industry. Management accounting principles in banking are specialized but do have some common fundamental concepts used whether the industry is manufacturing-based or service-oriented.
All existing accounting standards documents are superseded as described in FASB Statement No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. All other accounting literature not included in the Codification is non-authoritative.
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