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Chart of Accounts

Wild, Shaw and Chiappetta (2015, p.58) defines the chart of accounts as a list of financial accounts used by the company to identify specific transactions in its journal/ledgers. Warren, Reeve and Fess (2005, p.48) pointed out that the ledger accounts are usually listed in a specific order, which is either from the most significant value or its ease of liquidation. But some companies list their chart of accounts based on their order of appearance in the financial statements (Warren, Reeve and Fess, 2005, p.48). However, in order to facilitate the tracking of business transactions for future references each of ...

The airline industry is considered to be highly competitive and therefore airline company managers will need to determine the relevance of their current ERP systems with regards to the applicability of the financial information it generates. This is because the same quantitative and qualitative information is used for both financial and management accounting. However, the main goal of a company is to generate better profitability for its owners while remaining sustainable. This is done by controlling costs while improving revenues through the use of budgets and the standardization of costs and results to variances, which are primarily under management ...

In cash basis of accounting, revenues are stated on the income statement in the period that the cash was received from the clients. Similarly, the expenses are also recorded on the income statement at the time customers are making cash payment (Warren, Reeve & Fess, 2009). On the other hand, the accrual system report revenues only when they are earned on the income statement. Additionally, this always occurs before the reception of cash from the clients. Moreover, expenses are recorded during the periods of their occurrence or when they expire. That is the period from the date of payment. However, ...