# CTA

> CTA — Cumulative translation adjustment — the running total of translation differences, held in AOCI until the foreign entity is sold or substantially liquidated.

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**What is cta?** In accounting, CTA means cumulative translation adjustment — the running total of translation differences, held in AOCI until the foreign entity is sold or substantially liquidated.

## Also known as

- Cumulative translation adjustment

## Words this system refuses for it

- FX adjustment

- **Category:** Statements
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Rendered by:** [cta-roll-forward](https://lopifi.com/md/components/cta-roll-forward)
- **Related:** translation