Overview
The Chart of Accounts (COA) is the heart of a government financial management system. The COA enables fiscal controls, discipline and transparency. It supports performance and policy management. The COA also serves to classify financial and budgetary data based on an organization’s requirements.
The Chart of Accounts is the key element for a public financial management system. The COA provides:
The Chart of Accounts differs from one government to the next depending on level of modernization, organizational structure and reporting requirements. FreeBalance Financials and FreeBalance Peformance Budgeting support the development of flexible Charts of Accounts. We have encountered one situation where the COA was not flexible enough to meet the customer requirement (Government of NWT), although there is doubt about the effectivenss of such a complex COA. The COA capabilities differ between Financials and Performance Budgeting. Therefore, to create a single COA component that is reused among all applications, the COA design must meet all expected government requirements.
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Chart of Accounts screen Fields
Field | Description |
Code | Unique identification number of the Chart of Account. |
Is Finalized | If checked, the Chart of Accounts is finalized and cannot be modified unless unchecked. |
Validate Roll Downs | When this value is true, system will not validate that elements within concepts has the respective roll-up. |
Uses Predefined Concepts | If flag is on, COA copy and use the predefined concept. |
Abbreviation | Short form of the Chart of Account title. |
Description | Short description of the Chart of Account. |
Source COA | Represents the current information related to a specific COA. |
CoA Fiscal Year | Fiscal year for which CoA is configured. |