The chart of accounts (CoA) is an index of all financial accounts in a company's general ledger. There are 5 major account types in the CoA: assets, liabilities, equity, income, and expenses. The leading digit on each account is a reference number indicating what type of account it belongs to.

The chart of accounts is a list of all the accounts that QuickBooks uses to track your financial information. You use these accounts to categorize your transactions on everything from sales forms to reports to tax forms. Each account has a transaction history and breaks down how much money you have or owe.

A chart of accounts is an important organizational tool in the form of a list of all the names of the accounts a company has included in its general ledger. This list will usually also include a short description of each account and a unique identification code number.