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THE ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT FOR ECONOMICS Stefan Kooths Muenster Institute for Computational Economics University of Muenster/Germany. Real world accounting systems are the backbone of ACTAS. max. 80.000 transactions. (Inter-) National Accounting at your fingertips.
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THE ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT FOR ECONOMICSStefan Kooths Muenster Institute for Computational Economics University of Muenster/Germany
Real world accountingsystems are thebackbone of ACTAS max. 80.000 transactions (Inter-) National Accounting at your fingertips • ESA 95: European System of Accounts(binding framework for all EU member countries) • 37 sectors • 20 accounts Aim Strategy Educationalfeatures Innovativeaspects • BPM 93: IMF Balance of Payments System(available in all IMF member countries) learning by using:free, structured and assisted access for beginners, advanced students and experts (holistic approach: one tool serves all)
User-tailored complexity • Account compression/options (vertical complexity) • Sector consolidation (horizontal complexity) • 5 degrees of detail hiding (transaction depth) • ACTAS keeps the system consistent and allows for free navigation and experimental accounting („do and see“) Aim Strategy Educationalfeatures Innovativeaspects
Backed freestyle learning and supervised training • Freestyle mode • Navigation aid and Tracker • Consistency checks(system diagnosis) Aim Strategy Educationalfeatures Innovativeaspects • Wizard (entry finder) • Indicator generator • Visual data analysis • Authoring/Training Mode • Editor/Viewer for designing/solving exercices • Knowledge check for students • Electronic exams
Bringing accounts to life • Real-life accounting system approach allows for easy import of real-world data • ESA-import via Excel • BPM-import via Excel and clipboard from IMF-CDROM • COM-interface: ACTAS as server for displaying model-based results from client applications Aim Strategy Educationalfeatures Innovativeaspects • Multilingual accounting contents: • English • French • German • more languages can beadded easily without recompilation