Issues of environmental cost accounting in crop production at the present stage

Subject. This article analyzes the approaches to environmental cost accounting proposed by different researchers. Objectives. The article aims to systematize and summarize knowledge about the problems and opportunities of accounting for environmental costs at crop production enterprises, as well as develop recommendations for dealing with areas of concern of accounting. Methods. For the study, we used the methods of observation, synthesis and analysis, the dialectical approach, as well as accounting methods and their elements such as valuation, accounts and double entry, reporting, etc. Results. Based on the analysis of the possibilities of accounting for environmental costs in the conditions of modern automation, the article formulates the definition of environmental costs, which implies the possibility of influence of force majeure circumstances on the environmental component in the activities of the enterprise. It substantiates and proposes an approach to environmental cost accounting based on the allocation of current and capital expenditure items in financial accounting. Conclusions. In modern accounting programs, there is no need to use new accounts to summarize environmental costs. The introduction of an additional account leads to the division of costs between accounts, which contradicts the production accounting methodology implemented in accounting programs.