Chart of Accounts Crosswalk

A Chart of Accounts Crosswalk is a Financial Mapping Dataset that links corresponding accounts between two Chart of Accounts to enable consistent Financial Data Translation.

• AKA: COA Mapping, Account Code Crosswalk.
• Context:
  • It can establish Directional Mappings from source to target Chart of Accounts.
  • It can achieve complete coverage where every Account Code in the source Chart of Accounts maps to the target.
  • It can be decomposed into Hierarchical Mappings for each CoA Component (e.g., Fund Code, Department Code, Object Code).
  • It can support Automated Financial Reconciliation between different Accounting Systems.
  • It can range from being a Simple Account Mapping to being a Complex Multi-Level Crosswalk, depending on its Hierarchical Depth.
• Example(s):
  • Government Accounting Crosswalks, such as:
    • Federal to State COA Crosswalk for Regulatory Compliance.
    • GAAP to IFRS Crosswalk with Standardized Mapping.
  • Enterprise System Crosswalks, such as:
    • SAP to Oracle COA Crosswalk in ERP Migration.
    • Legacy to Modern COA Crosswalk for System Modernization.
  • ...
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Chart of Accounts Template, which provides a standard structure rather than mapping between accounts.
  • Account Code List, which only enumerates accounts without establishing relationships.
  • Financial Data Dictionary, which defines accounts but doesn't map between systems.
• See: Visualized CoA Crosswalk, Financial System Integration, Account Mapping Rule.

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