A Chart of Accounts can include an Account type and a Detail type. The Detail type is used to track the cost of goods your business purchases for resale. You can assign a Name and set a parent account where the Name impacts under the parent Account.
Account Type
Detail Type
Parent Account
Debit/Credit
Charts of Accounts are very important for a company to organize the financial transaction in a way that is easy to access. This provides investors and other stakeholders to view a company's financial data.
Organization
Enhanced Reporting
Consistency
Scalability
Revenue
Expenditure
Assets
Liabilities
Update Equity is used in updating the credit/debit for the accounting type and detail type of a added account in Chart of Accounts.