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Chart of Accounts: How to Set Yours Up for a Small Business (Template + Examples)
Your chart of accounts is the backbone of your entire bookkeeping system — get it wrong and every report you pull will be confusing or misleading. This guide walks you through exactly how to structure yours: from numbering conventions and naming rules to a complete 70-account sample template, industry-specific variants, and a step-by-step process for cleaning up a messy existing CoA.
Sarah K.Updated