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First and foremost: if you’re going to be the accountant for your own business, you’ll need to grasp the basic accounting principles. While we could go on forever on various accounting topics, there are a few key points to remember. First and foremost, understand the purpose of accounting...
One important driving force for changes in accounting is financial crises that create public scandals. After a public scandal changes are launched to prevent history to repeat itself. One alternative to scandals as a driving farce for changes is a public debate, because it can illustrate problems ...
Before you get preapproved, it’s a good idea to check yourdebt-to-income(DTI) ratio. Your DTI ratio is one of the biggest factors lenders look at when you apply for a mortgage. You can calculate this figure by dividing your monthly debt payments with your gross monthly income, and mult...
Accounts Receivables Turnover refers to how a business uses its assets. The receivables turnover ratio is an accounting method used to quantify how effectively a business extendscreditand collects debts on that credit. To calculate the Accounts Receivable Turnover divide the net value of credit sale...
Environmental Accounting The field of environmental accounting is one that has continued to grow at a steady rate over the past few years as more and more specialized accountants are needed to analyze the costs associated with pollution prevention. These costs are often compared fines, missed tax ...
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You must use cash accounting on your taxes. The points must not be used for items that are typically stand-alone fees, such as property taxes. You cannot have borrowed the funds to pay for the points from the mortgage lender or broker. The amount you pay must be clearly itemized...
Economists view investing and saving to be two sides of the same coin. This is because when you save money by depositing in a bank, the bank then lends that money to individuals or companies that want to borrow that money to put it to good use. Therefore, your savings are often someone...
returns, taking your multiperiod returns into a standardized yearly figure. But it doesn’t just prorate your returns over 12 months. Instead, you’re calculating what your return would be if the investment continued to perform the same over an entire year, accounting for the effect of ...