Whether you are a small business owner trying to get an accurate picture of cash flow or a Main Street investor examining financial statements to pick stocks, understanding deferred revenue can help ...

How does a company account for cash payments received in advance of delivering its goods or services? Under the "accrual-basis accounting" rules used by most companies, advance payments can't be ...

You might not realize it, but every time you sign a credit card slip for your lunch, you are executing a promise to pay. If you are paying in advance for a catered employee luncheon to be delivered ...

Business accounting practices often work with transactions that involve delayed payments for services rendered or products delivered. Deferred revenues consist of transactions involving delays in ...

IMGCAP(1)]There are a number of challenges when it comes to the valuation of deferred revenue, including the impact of the new accounting rules on revenue recognition. Deferred revenue typically ...

Source: www.LearningVideo.com via Flickr. What is the difference between deferred revenue and unearned revenue? Well, the short answer is that both terms mean the same thing -- that a business has ...

I work with a lot of companies, and sooner or later the topic of deferring revenue always comes up. Some companies do it, some don’t. Those that do tend to be happy with the process and accuracy of ...

In the world of software-as-as-service, deferred revenue is often used to predict future revenue. A SaaS company takes a payment from a customer up front, delivering the service over the length of the ...

Apple reported net earnings of $7.5 billion for the quarter ending in September, but it also amassed more than $10 billion in deferred revenues that it hasn't yet declared as income. Apple's deferred ...

Salesforce posted rapid deferred revenue growth when it last reported earnings, but there's a problem that investors need to know about. In the world of software-as-as-service, deferred revenue is ...