Accountants are responsible for preparing three primary types of financial statements for a business. The income statement reports the profit-making…
If you have a checking account, of course you balance it periodically to account for any differences between what's in…
Most people probably think of bookkeeping and accounting as the same thing, but bookkeeping is really one function of accounting,…
It might seem like a no-brainer to define just exactly what profit and loss are. But of course these have…
It might seem obvious, but in managing a business, it's important to understand how the business makes a profit. A…
Most audit reports on financial statements give the business a clean bill of health, or a clean opinion. At the…
If a business breaks the rules of accounting and ethics, it can be liable for legal sanctions against it. It…
Accounting fraud is a deliberate and improper manipulation of the recording of sales revenue and/or expenses in order to make…
Independent CPA auditors are like referees in the financial reporting arena. The CPA comes in, does an audit of the…
Investors calculate the acid test ratio, also known as the quick ratio or the pounce ratio. This ratio excludes inventory…