Learn the principles of financial accounting, its importance, and how it functions to provide a clear picture of a company's financial health and compliance.

Companies prepare the balance sheet and the income statement periodically at the end of each accounting cycle. While a balance sheet relates to a specific date, or a given point within an accounting ...

The link between a balance sheet and an income statement is obvious, but it's also tricky. The more income your business earns, the more value should show up on its balance sheet. But the calculations ...

A balance sheet is a financial statement that provides a snapshot of a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholder's equity. A balance sheet is a type of financial statement. It gives you an ...

The Balance Sheet represents the financial position of the University and Business Areas at a particular point in time. The Balance Sheets are represented as Assets, Liabilities, and Equity/Fund ...

In the previous issue, we republished a column from 2008 to help readers who might be confused or even baffled by the massive paradigm shift contained in the recent lease accounting exposure draft ...

The new lease accounting standard caused lease liabilities for the average company to increase a whopping 1,475 percent, skyrocketing from $4.4 million before the transition to $68.9 million post ...

Just this month, Meta Platforms Inc. has secured about $60 billion in capital to build data centers, part of its spending to get ahead in the artificial intelligence race. Half of that won’t show up ...

The ability to raise capital is essential to keep your business growing and thriving. However, if you want to attract interest from potential investors or secure a loan, your balance sheet becomes a ...

Learn how carrying value signifies asset value on balance sheets, using formulas and examples to assess depreciation and amortization accurately.

For February 27, my forensic accounting needle in a haystack comes from an airline that early adopted a new accounting standard related to its operating leases. Analyst Peter Apockotos found an ...

If your company leases real estate or equipment, proposed changes in lease accounting standards could add significant debt to your balance sheet, change the way your business is perceived by investors ...