Cornell Agricultural Management Information System: General Accounting Instructions and Code Manual

Abstract

The Cornell Agricultural Management Information System includes all the farm management accounting programs available through Cooperative Extension and the Department of Agricultural Economics at Cornell University. Instructions and codes for general accounting are contained in this manual, Farmers and others who enroll in this program will receive monthly and annual reports including a financial summary and a cash flow statement. Dairymen and poultrymen receive a monthly business analysis. All businesses will receive a last year to date comparison after one year in the program. The program includes features that will be useful for tax reporting, wage withholding, budgeting, and business analysis. An income tax depreciation program is also available. Request A. E. Ext. 76-37, Depreciation Instruction Manual. The CAMIS general accounting program is a mail in system. The cooperator records and codes each transaction using Farmer Data Sheets. Instructions for completion of Farmers Data Sheets and for making individual entries start on page 2 of this manual. Guidelines for using and understanding the report begin on page 14. There is a numerical listing of codes followed by an alphabetical code index at the back of this manual.