accounting

What’s the Right Inventory Accounting Method for Your Business?

Inventory is one of the most significant assets on a balance sheet for many businesses. If your business owns inventory, you have some flexibility in how it’s tracked and expensed…

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Year-End Budgeting: Where to Look for Cost-Saving Opportunities

As 2025 winds down, business owners and managers are ramping up their planning efforts for the new year. Part of the annual budgeting process is identifying ways to lower expenses…

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FAQs About Creating and Optimizing Customer Profiles in Quickbooks

Small business owners might be tempted to rush through setting up customer profiles in QuickBooks® just to get invoices out quickly. But the extra data fields aren’t just busy work.…

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Evaluating Business Decisions Using Breakeven Analysis

You shouldn’t rely on gut instinct when making major business decisions, such as launching a new product line, investing in new equipment, or changing your pricing structure. Projecting the financial…

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Receivables Rx: Key Metrics to Assess the Health of Your Cash Flow

For many businesses, accounts receivable (AR) is one of the largest assets on the balance sheet. It represents the cash you’ve earned but haven’t yet collected. Efficient AR management is…

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Cash or Accrual Accounting: Choose Carefully for Your Small Business

To manage their finances and accurately file their taxes, most small business owners must choose between two accounting methods: cash or accrual. This choice directly affects how and when you…

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How to Prepay Expenses Strategically and Report Them Accurately

In accrual-basis accounting, timing is everything. One core principle of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is the matching concept, which requires organizations to recognize expenses in the same period…

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How to Turn F&A Turnover Into a Business Opportunity

Turnover in finance and accounting (F&A) leadership is on the rise. In 2024, CFO turnover among Standard & Poor’s 500 companies hit 17.8%, tying a record high in 2021, according…

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M&A Accounting: Identifying the Acquirer in Business Combinations Involving VIEs

On May 12, 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) finalized new guidance that clarifies how to identify the acquirer in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) involving variable interest entities (VIEs). The…

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Old Invoices, New Rules: Tap Into the Power of the AR Aging Report

For many businesses, accounts receivable (AR) are more than just a line item on the balance sheet. This account provides a key indicator of potential cash flow, customer relationships, and…

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