VMG/AAHA Chart of Accounts
Endorsed by several key veterinary organizations and industry partners, including the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), Veterinary Hospital Managers Association (VHMA), and VetPartners, the VMG/AAHA Chart of Accounts is the standard for classifying and aggregating revenue, expense, and balance sheet accounts in small-animal veterinary practice. The AVMA Economics Advisory Research Council initiated and coordinated this effort using previously created materials from VMG and AAHA.
Includes definitions for accounts such as:
- Vaccine Revenue
- Exam Revenue
- Hospitalization & Treatment Revenue
- Fluid Therapy Revenue
- Diagnostic Services Revenue
- Rehabilitation Revenue
- Laser Therapy Revenue
- Mortuary Revenue
- Behavioral Services Revenue
- Alternative and Complementary Medicine Revenue
- Specialist Revenue
- Medical Waste Revenue
- Pharmacy Revenue
- VIDEO: VMG/AAHA Chart of Accounts Update Overview
- VIDEO: VMG/AAHA COA Setup for QuickBooks® Online
- VIDEO: VMG/AAHA COA Setup for QuickBooks® Desktop
- NEW! Chart of Accounts Changes 2026 (PPTX)
- NEW! 2026 DATALINK Entry Revenue and Expense Field Definitions (PDF)
- NEW! 2026 Summary of Revisions – COA Refresh (PDF)
- NEW! 2026 VMG Grouped VMG/AAHA Chart of Accounts (XLSX)/li>
- NEW! Sample Updated COA (ZIP/QBM – Files are Intuit® QuickBooks® files)
- NEW! Updated Sample Companion Practice Balance Sheet (PDF)
- NEW! Updated Sample Companion Practice Profit and Loss (PDF)
- NEW! Updated Sample Companion Practice GL List (PDF)
- NEW! VMG/AAHA COA and Field Definitions (PDF)
- NEW! VMG/AAHA Chart of Accounts Book (PDF)
- NEW! 2026 VMG/AAHA Chart of Accounts (XLSX)
- Introduction to VMG/AAHA Companion Animal Chart of Accounts Field Definitions (PDF)
- VMG/AAHA Companion Animal Chart of Accounts Field Definitions (PDF)
- VMG/AAHA Companion Animal Chart of Accounts (XLSX)
- Sample Companion Practice Partnership (ZIP/QBB – Files are Intuit® QuickBooks® files)
- Sample Companion Practice Partnership COA (ZIP/IIF – Files are Intuit® QuickBooks® files)
- Sample Companion Practice Proprietorship (ZIP/QBB – Files are Intuit® QuickBooks® files)
- Sample Companion Practice Proprietorship COA (ZIP/IIF- Files are Intuit® QuickBooks® files)
- Sample Companion Practice S Corporation (ZIP/QBB- Files are Intuit® QuickBooks® files)
- Sample Companion Practice S Corporation COA (ZIP/IIF – Files are Intuit® QuickBooks® files)
- Sample Companion Practice LLC (ZIP/QBB – Files are Intuit® QuickBooks® files)
- Sample Companion Practice LLC COA (ZIP/IIF – Files are Intuit® QuickBooks® files)
- Balance Sheet Example (PDF)
- Collapsed Profit and Loss Example (PDF)
- Expanded Profit and Loss Example (PDF)
(Files are Intuit® QuickBooks® files)
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