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No single published standard was found. Movie Magic Budgeting lets each budget define its own account-number pattern (1-6 characters per level) and says every category and account is expected to carry a number that can later match the production's accounting system [mmb Account Coding]. Telefilm's …

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No single published standard was found. Movie Magic Budgeting lets each budget define its own account-number pattern (1-6 characters per level) and says every category and account is expected to carry a number that can later match the production's accounting system [mmb Account Coding]. Telefilm's budget and ARR use fixed numbered codes (producers are summary code 4 of section A, directors budget line 5, actors line 6, fixed overhead item 72.01 of section D) [telefilm ARR; telefilm budget requirements]. CAVCO asks audit cost reports to follow the line items of the standard Telefilm live-action budget template and its Breakdown of Costs forms reference numbered lines (for example stock footage listed as 'other' expenses under line #72 c)) [cavco s7.09.04; cavco forms page]. The AICP bid form uses lettered sections A-O plus P breakouts [aicp bid form]. Canadian funders therefore share a numbered-line convention, while US commercial and software budgets use their own. Rationale: Each coding convention is documented in its own source; the absence of a cross-industry standard is a negative finding limited to what was searched. Counterevidence: EP's default templates carry a chart of accounts (budget templates page) that was not read, and may be a de facto industry standard; the Telefilm template (xlsx) and CAVCO forms were not opened. Uncertainty: A mapping table between these conventions was not found (question w2-t04-Q04). Sources: - https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Budget_Preferences/Budget_Prefs_Account_Coding.html - https://telefilm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/accounting-reporting-requirements-2024.pdf - https://telefilm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-02_Budget-production-financing-requirements.pdf - https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/cavco-tax-credits/canadian-film-video-production/application-guidelines.html - https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/cavco-tax-credits/canadian-film-video-production/forms.html - https://aicp.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/content/assets/editor/AICP_bidform_2023_update.pdf Checked: 2026-10-17

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  "context": "Is there an open, standard chart of accounts for production budgets?"
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[inference] No single published standard was found. Movie Magic Budgeting lets each budget define its own account-number pattern (1-6 characters per level) and says every category and account is expected to carry a number that can later match the production's accounting system [mmb Account Coding]. Telefilm's budget and ARR use fixed numbered codes (producers are summary code 4 of section A, directors budget line 5, actors line 6, fixed overhead item 72.01 of section D) [telefilm ARR; telefilm budget requirements]. CAVCO asks audit cost reports to follow the line items of the standard Telefilm live-action budget template and its Breakdown of Costs forms reference numbered lines (for example stock footage listed as 'other' expenses under line #72 c)) [cavco s7.09.04; cavco forms page]. The AICP bid form uses lettered sections A-O plus P breakouts [aicp bid form]. Canadian funders therefore share a numbered-line convention, while US commercial and software budgets use their own. source
[inference] No single published standard was found. Movie Magic Budgeting lets each budget define its own account-number pattern (1-6 characters per level) and says every category and account is expected to carry a number that can later match the production's accounting system [mmb Account Coding]. Telefilm's budget and ARR use fixed numbered codes (producers are summary code 4 of section A, directors budget line 5, actors line 6, fixed overhead item 72.01 of section D) [telefilm ARR; telefilm budget requirements]. CAVCO asks audit cost reports to follow the line items of the standard Telefilm live-action budget template and its Breakdown of Costs forms reference numbered lines (for example stock footage listed as 'other' expenses under line #72 c)) [cavco s7.09.04; cavco forms page]. The AICP bid form uses lettered sections A-O plus P breakouts [aicp bid form]. Canadian funders therefore share a numbered-line convention, while US commercial and software budgets use their own. source
[inference] No single published standard was found. Movie Magic Budgeting lets each budget define its own account-number pattern (1-6 characters per level) and says every category and account is expected to carry a number that can later match the production's accounting system [mmb Account Coding]. Telefilm's budget and ARR use fixed numbered codes (producers are summary code 4 of section A, directors budget line 5, actors line 6, fixed overhead item 72.01 of section D) [telefilm ARR; telefilm budget requirements]. CAVCO asks audit cost reports to follow the line items of the standard Telefilm live-action budget template and its Breakdown of Costs forms reference numbered lines (for example stock footage listed as 'other' expenses under line #72 c)) [cavco s7.09.04; cavco forms page]. The AICP bid form uses lettered sections A-O plus P breakouts [aicp bid form]. Canadian funders therefore share a numbered-line convention, while US commercial and software budgets use their own. source
[inference] No single published standard was found. Movie Magic Budgeting lets each budget define its own account-number pattern (1-6 characters per level) and says every category and account is expected to carry a number that can later match the production's accounting system [mmb Account Coding]. Telefilm's budget and ARR use fixed numbered codes (producers are summary code 4 of section A, directors budget line 5, actors line 6, fixed overhead item 72.01 of section D) [telefilm ARR; telefilm budget requirements]. CAVCO asks audit cost reports to follow the line items of the standard Telefilm live-action budget template and its Breakdown of Costs forms reference numbered lines (for example stock footage listed as 'other' expenses under line #72 c)) [cavco s7.09.04; cavco forms page]. The AICP bid form uses lettered sections A-O plus P breakouts [aicp bid form]. Canadian funders therefore share a numbered-line convention, while US commercial and software budgets use their own. source
[inference] No single published standard was found. Movie Magic Budgeting lets each budget define its own account-number pattern (1-6 characters per level) and says every category and account is expected to carry a number that can later match the production's accounting system [mmb Account Coding]. Telefilm's budget and ARR use fixed numbered codes (producers are summary code 4 of section A, directors budget line 5, actors line 6, fixed overhead item 72.01 of section D) [telefilm ARR; telefilm budget requirements]. CAVCO asks audit cost reports to follow the line items of the standard Telefilm live-action budget template and its Breakdown of Costs forms reference numbered lines (for example stock footage listed as 'other' expenses under line #72 c)) [cavco s7.09.04; cavco forms page]. The AICP bid form uses lettered sections A-O plus P breakouts [aicp bid form]. Canadian funders therefore share a numbered-line convention, while US commercial and software budgets use their own. source
[inference] No single published standard was found. Movie Magic Budgeting lets each budget define its own account-number pattern (1-6 characters per level) and says every category and account is expected to carry a number that can later match the production's accounting system [mmb Account Coding]. Telefilm's budget and ARR use fixed numbered codes (producers are summary code 4 of section A, directors budget line 5, actors line 6, fixed overhead item 72.01 of section D) [telefilm ARR; telefilm budget requirements]. CAVCO asks audit cost reports to follow the line items of the standard Telefilm live-action budget template and its Breakdown of Costs forms reference numbered lines (for example stock footage listed as 'other' expenses under line #72 c)) [cavco s7.09.04; cavco forms page]. The AICP bid form uses lettered sections A-O plus P breakouts [aicp bid form]. Canadian funders therefore share a numbered-line convention, while US commercial and software budgets use their own. source

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