Chart of Accounts

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The ledger contains, as we have already explained, all the company's accounts. These accounts must be arranged in a way that makes it easier for the accountant to identify them when carrying over the financial transactions to them and when preparing the financial statments, and with the existence of accounting programs it has become necessary for the accountant to learn how to make a chart of accounts or what is known as the accounts tree.


Chart of Accounts

Chart of accounts is a statement containing the names and numbers of accounts that determine their location in the ledger, one of the methods used in preparing this chart is that the accounts are divided into five groups (assets, liabilities, owner's equity, revenue and expenses) so that such each of these groups and the sub-accounts are numbered to serial numbers. The numbering method varies from company to another; this is one of the methods that can be used in preparing the chart of accounts.

Assets Group
Account No. Account Name
1 Assets
11 Current Assets
111 Cash
112 Bank
113 Account receivables (Debtors)
1131 Name of the first debit
1132 Name of the second debit
1133 Name of the third debit
1134 Name of the fourth debit
1135 Name of the fifth debit
114 Notes receivable
115 Inventory
116 Accrued revenue
117 Prepaid expenses
12 Fixed assets
121 Lands
122 Buildings
123 Vehicles
124 Furniture
125 Computers
13 Intangible assets
131 Trademark
132 Patent
133 Goodwill
Liabilities Group:
Account No. Account Name
2 Liabilities
21 Current liabilities
211 Account payables (Creditors)
2111 Name of the first credit
2112 Name of the second credit
2113 Name of the third credit
2114 Name of the fourth credit
2115 Name of the fifth credit
212 Notes payable
213 Short-term loans
214 Deferred (unearned) revenue
215 Accrued expenses
22 Non-current liabilities
221 Long-term loans
Owner's Equity Group
Account No. Account Name
3 Owner's Equity
31 Capital
32 Owner's Withdrawals
33 Current of the company's owner
34 Reserve account
35 Retained profits
Revenue Group
Account No. Account Name
4 Revenue
41 Sales revenue
411 Sales
412 Sales returns
413 Sales allowance
42 Other revenue
421 Investment revenue
422 Lease revenue
Expenses Group
Account No. Account Name
5 Expenses
51 Cost of sales
511 Purchases
512 Purchases expenses
513 Purchases returns
514 purchases allowance
52 Selling and marketing expenses
521 Sales expenses
522 Selling commissions
523 Advertising
53 Administrative and general expenses
531 Salaries and wages
532 Rent
533 Electricity
534 Telephone and internet
535 Maintenance
536 Governmental expenses
537 Water

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