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Learn about accounting interpretations, why they matter, and how they clarify standards, prevent errors, and provide consistency in financial reporting.

Successful businesses have money coming in and going out in an almost constant stream. To keep track of it all requires diligent financial accounting. This branch of accounting focuses on keeping ...

A company’s success hinges upon the mastery of its finances. While practically every business must maintain a tight rein on its assets, liabilities, income and cash flow, these accounting processes ...

Private and governmental entities use separate accounting standards to create their financial statements and manage their funds. Without knowing the differences between the standards, it is harder for ...

Accounting is the process of keeping track of all financial transactions within a business, such as any money coming in and money going out. It’s not only important for businesses in terms of record ...

The primary difference between financial and managerial accounting is one of audience. There are certain measures and metrics that may be more important to the operational control of business elements ...

On June 23, 2020, the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) further supplemented its previous guidance to assist public companies in navigating the ...

Increasingly, accounting firms are establishing wealth management practices. The rationale is often twofold. One reason is to serve their clients better. The other reason is that wealth management ...

PBMs' slim profit margins may be strongly influenced by their accounting practices, and widespread industry consolidation has made assessing PBM profitability more difficult.

In professor Jessica Berrett’s Nonprofit Financial Management class at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, graduate students from the College of Public Service compiled a list of best ...

Keeping track of the money flowing into and out of your business is fundamentally important. Yet for some small businesses, financial accounting does not receive the proper attention to detail. Using ...