Glossary of Common Terms

Accounting -
The recording of revenues and expenditures according to generally accepted accounting principles to provide meaningful financial information.
Account Coding - Account coding is the identification on an invoice or deposit record of an account to which a particular transaction is to be charged or credited.
Account Number = Folio = General Ledger (G/L) Code/Number = Account Code -The number assigned to identify a classification of Revenue or Expense item.
St. Paul's R.C.S.S.D. uses the following 12 digit structure for account codes:

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Account NumberFacility NumberClassroom/Program/Project Depart.
Charge against an Account - The recording of an expense is a charge to an account.
Chart of Accounts - A list of account codes for an accounting entity.
Credit to an Account - The recording of a revenue item to a revenue account is a credit to the Revenue Account.
Disbursements - Payment of amounts owing, for goods and services purchased or consumed, usually by way of cheque.
Facility Number - The number assigned to a particular budget manager. In the majority of cases this is the school's number.
Program or Department Number - The number assigned to a particular classroom, program, project or department within an account. This facilitates the tracking of revenues and expenses at a more detailed level.

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