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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.\n\nRationale:\nEach coding convention is documented in its own source; the absence of a cross-industry standard is a negative finding limited to what was searched.\n\nCounterevidence:\nEP'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.\n\nUncertainty:\nA mapping table between these conventions was not found (question w2-t04-Q04).\n\nSources:\n- https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Budget_Preferences/Budget_Prefs_Account_Coding.html\n- https://telefilm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/accounting-reporting-requirements-2024.pdf\n- https://telefilm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-02_Budget-production-financing-requirements.pdf\n- https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/cavco-tax-credits/canadian-film-video-production/application-guidelines.html\n- https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/cavco-tax-credits/canadian-film-video-production/forms.html\n- https://aicp.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/content/assets/editor/AICP_bidform_2023_update.pdf\n\nChecked: 2026-10-17","context":"Is there an open, standard chart of accounts for production budgets?"},"categories":["T04"],"tags":["research-finding"],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"discovered","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Budget_Preferences/Budget_Prefs_Account_Coding.html","claim":"No single published standard was found. 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