... Cooper and Sailendra PattanayakFiscal Affairs DepartmentINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDTechnical noTes and ManualsINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDFiscal Affairs DepartmentChart of Accounts: A Critical ... l’Etat,CGE)is a documentissuedeachyearalongwith the BudgetReview Act (LoideRègle-ment). The BudgetReview Act, preparedfrombudgetaryaccounts,records the execution of the precedingyear’sbudgetwhereas the CGEis a reportwhichdescribes the budgettransactions for the year,cashtransactions,and the results of the accountingentries,presentedin the form of a balancesheetand a statement of revenueandexpenditure.Accrualaccountingmakesitpos-sibletopresentnancialinformationin the CGE for a morereliableassessment of the govern-ment’sassetsandnancialposition.Inparticular,itenables the reporting of xedassetssuchasproperty,plantandequipmentandreceivablesandpayables(postedto the nancialyear for the purpose of trueandfairaccounts). The ... A well-de-signedCOAincludesbudgetclassication(revenue,expenditureandborrowings)plusasset,liabilityandequityaccounts. The COAalsoincludesanyinternalmanagementclassicationsuchasdepartments,costcenters,andregions.Eachclassicationshouldhaveitsname, a briefdescriptionand a codeornumberassignedtoaidinrecording,classifying,summarizing,andreportingtransactions.Eachclassicationisorganizedaround a segment.Each hierarchical segment of the COA can be further analyzed and sub-divided in the form of a parent-child relationship...